Example sentences of "[noun sg] it can [not/n't] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Detrimental to the plaintiff it can not be , if he has no cause of action ; and beneficial to the defendant it can not be ; for , in contemplation of law , the defence upon such an admitted state of facts must be successful , and the defendant will recover costs , which must be assumed to be a full compensation for all the legal damage he may sustain . |
| 2 | All the rest depend on this being present , for if a procedure is not appropriate to a particular patient 's condition it can not be judged quality care ( Shaw undated ) . |
| 3 | Once we play the card of the threat of recognition it can not be used again . |
| 4 | As was noted above , however much one may value identification with one 's community , since it can be expressed by other means than respect for law it can not be a foundation of an obligation to respect the law , nor a basis for the general authority of governments over all their subjects . |
| 5 | The counterpart is that by its nature it can not be shared with those who by disposition or location are incapable of being represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom . |
| 6 | In an adult population it can not be excluded on the grounds of age alone . |
| 7 | Detrimental to the plaintiff it can not be , if he has no cause of action ; and beneficial to the defendant it can not be ; for , in contemplation of law , the defence upon such an admitted state of facts must be successful , and the defendant will recover costs , which must be assumed to be a full compensation for all the legal damage he may sustain . |
| 8 | When a sentence expresses an attitude or a wish it can not be true or false in this sense , for wishes and attitudes can not be true or false as beliefs can . |
| 9 | Similarly , if a cancer is found at a screening colonoscopy in a patient presenting to a unit years after the programme entry date for example , colitis of 17 years duration or when referred from another centre it can not be counted a success becaue these cancers represent a selected group detected outside the regular surveillance protocol . |
| 10 | If that income is lawfully accumulated in an irrevocable settlement it can not be taxed on the settlor . |
| 11 | But in that case it can not be ‘ a sensation of the lines on the paper ’ . |
| 12 | Though intimidation was not discussed in the case it can not be that B could have avoided the binding nature of the contract by the simple device of counterclaiming for damages for intimidation and it seems therefore that for the purposes of intimidation the plaintiff should be required to show unlawful coercion at least of such a degree as would enable him to avoid a contract . |
| 13 | However , where such a term is used simply to define the consequences of breach of an express term in the contract it can not be regarded as an exclusion clause . |
| 14 | The language presented to them may be a genuine record of native speaker behaviour , genuine , that is to say , as textual data , but to the extent that it does not engage native speaker response it can not be realized as authentic discourse . |
| 15 | These two definitions are tautologous when taken together : a computer-generated work is one created in circumstances such that there is no human author but if we attribute authorship to a human it can not be computer-generated . |
| 16 | Please ensure that all money submitted , whether as cash or cheque , by hand or by post is accompanied by a clear statement as to what it represents e.g. Q.T. fees , payment for music lessons , subscriptions to the Society , donations etc. etc — because , one an amount has been credited to a certain account it can not be transferred to another . |
| 17 | I 'm sorry Mr , I think we have to press you on this , can I can I take it from what you have said We have to press you because for the reasons we explained on Friday morning , we have to go through the sector sites , if only to find at the end it can not be done . |
| 18 | While the case may appear to support the Woolwich principle it can not be treated as a decision of any weight . |
| 19 | The conclusion derived from this is that if an object is such that in principle it can not be referred to directly and unequivocally with a simple symbol , only described , then it can not qualify as a fundamental ontological existent . |
| 20 | It is ‘ dirty dirt ’ and in epidemiology it can not be tolerated ’ . |
| 21 | When near maximum it can not be mistaken , and it is of course very red , but do not be surprised if you fail to find it , because for most of its period it is well below binocular range . |
| 22 | But if the asserted proposition is about Ruritania , then surely it must be false , for in that case the subject term has a reference , i.e. there is something for the proposition to be true about If , on the other hand , the proposition is true , then by the same token it can not be about Ruritania , for Ruritania does not exist ; it is fiction . |