Example sentences of "[noun prp] can [not/n't] [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The quarrel between Aldfrith and Wilfrid can not have been without its political dimension . |
| 2 | As there is no apparent sulphate reduction in these zones and the SRB can not have been recently introduced to these deeply isolated environments , we speculate that the SRB must survive by reducing Fe(III)-reducing environments is needed . |
| 3 | It would seem that Miller can not have been on amicable terms with the gardeners there , otherwise he would have made a point of a visit then . |
| 4 | During these weeks Prince Charles can not have been other than impressed by her handling of the press and by the public reaction to her . |
| 5 | And Robert Donat can not have been the only one who complained to Korda about a ‘ silly and unproductive attitude towards scripts ’ , which he credited as being at ‘ the root of the failure of so many British films . ’ |