Example sentences of "[noun sg] can not be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The contrast between self-criticism in science and an uncritical spirit in religion can not be made absolute . |
| 2 | Religion can not be divorced from morality in his view for it is belief in an ordered moral government of the universe and when we lose our basis in morality we cease to be religious . |
| 3 | The same does not apply to the view that religion can not be divorced from a form of morality . |
| 4 | The educational needs of people engaged in rural development action can not be met by present provisions . |
| 5 | However , the nature of the state 's action can not be understood solely by reference to what happens outside the state . |
| 6 | It follows that , if what is being sought in this action against the third , fourth and fifth defendants is compensation for the loss suffered by the investors arising out of their purchases of or subscription for Euramco shares , the action can not be sustained . |
| 7 | As a consequence , they dislike having to attend incidents at this time which are so serious that action can not be avoided . |
| 8 | It is not the same sort of task as that of the natural scientist in search of hidden causes , because the context of action can not be divorced from the actors ' understanding of the context . |
| 9 | This means that an action can not be founded on a bad cause . |
| 10 | In an economy as complicated as ours , action can not be taken very quickly , and any change in our national taxation system would take years to complete . |
| 11 | This action can not be interpreted as an inhibition by stauro sporine of negative modulation of the histamine H 2 receptor by a basal activity of protein kinase C because similar effects were found with gastric inhibitory polypeptide , the action of which was not inhibited by activation of protein kinase C. Finally 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-glycerol , a diacylglycerol analogue which activates protein kinase C in intact cells , inhibited histamine stimulation of cyclic AMP content in HGT-1 cells at a concentration at which it inhibited histamine stimulated aminopyrine accumulation in partietal cells . |
| 12 | But he warns that the ideas of civil association and enterprise association can not be understood as complementary characteristics ; they each stand for an independent , self-sustaining mode of association . |
| 13 | The tendency of the mind to move from one thing to another has to consist in the straightforward fact that one thing usually follows , or is caused by , the other ; the tendency or association can not be thought of as some experienced feature of the situation without reviving the original situation of having an unanalysed conception of the mind 's ability to reach out and apprehend things . |
| 14 | Likewise they implicitly assume that over the medium-term ( 3-10 years ) , the supply side can not be assumed to be constant . |
| 15 | Whatever the case , the number one lesson to learn is that a horse can not be prevented from pulling by merely pulling back at him . |
| 16 | As with any evasion , the horse can not be expected to know that he is not supposed to do it . |
| 17 | ‘ If there is chaos , the process of renewal can not be continued , ’ Mr Wolfgang Meyer , the government spokesman , said . |
| 18 | However , the abolition of unfree labour can not be analysed simply in terms of economic calculation . |
| 19 | The reality that there are rights of ownership and that they are liable to , and do , conflict with those of labour can not be exorcised by pretending that they are not there ; and it is the exclusion of the public sector from the Committee 's purview which admits that reality . |
| 20 | The struggle to end capitalist wage labour can not be helped by women opting out and can only be undertaken by a working class that is less divided by male domination than the present one . |
| 21 | It is true that on defence Labour can not be trusted . |
| 22 | The Tories say Labour can not be trusted to form the next Government . |
| 23 | As a commodity , labour can not be allowed by management to participate in decision-making since this loss of control could endanger the private appropriation of profit ( Nichols 1980 , pp. 287–9 ) . |
| 24 | This extra card can only be used by that shaman — the card can not be used by other shamans . |
| 25 | Your card can not be used to withdraw more than your daily limit from Cashline machines . |
| 26 | Leisure Card can not be used in conjunction with Moneysavers , S.E.A.T. , Party Booking Discounts , Standbys and other special concessions . |
| 27 | Units not subject to fear can not be affected by this spell . |
| 28 | Fear can not be experienced at the same time as love — whether we are talking of love of an individual , of mankind , of the world or of yourself . |
| 29 | Accordingly , generalization decrement can not be held responsible for the context-specificity of the CR seen in the latter case . |
| 30 | If that is so , the defendant can not be convicted if he raises doubts as to whether or not he realised that the person with whom he was dealing was a policeman , or that he did not realise that what he was doing would make the task of the policeman more difficult . |