Example sentences of "[det] can not be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liberal Democrats know that this can not be achieved without fundamental reform . |
| 2 | Underlying this argument there may well be a different one , namely , that there is a need for a more progressive tax structure , and that this can not be achieved without a greater emphasis on direct taxation . |
| 3 | This can not be achieved if you constantly chatter and move about . |
| 4 | This can not be achieved by existing military contractors moving into civilian markets for which they have few skills , but by giving the market-oriented companies more access to ‘ front-line ’ technology . |
| 5 | This can not be achieved through a structured interview or a questionnaire . |
| 6 | This can not be done by the person alone , because help is needed in overcoming the amnesias and the emotional repressions , and this can not be achieved by introspection . |
| 7 | Other people need to be excited by new approaches and this can not be achieved by a dull and formal memorandum . |
| 8 | Strategic vision and consistency of policies by firms , by their financial investors , and by government , are crucial , and this can not be achieved without a coherent sustained industrial strategy . |
| 9 | This can not be achieved unless the chemical process itself is efficient . |
| 10 | This can not be said of the colourful house , which turns out to be as likeable as its architect . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , this can not be said of the licence fee . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , while his powers of mental control are impressive , this can not be said of his ability to control his physical body . |
| 13 | This can not be said of the ‘ Nutter ’ , whose conduct is the exception which proves the rules . |
| 14 | This can not be said of the relational algebra and it is more ‘ user friendly ’ than a straight relational calculus language such as QUEL or SCL . |
| 15 | And by doing so , The Accused rejects the assumptions of the other films , saying in effect that if this can not be said of this woman then it can never be said of any women in any situation . |
| 16 | This can not be said of Lagerfeld 's Chloe collection for next autumn . |
| 17 | That this can not be assumed of language , which appears to serve just such a purpose , has been illustrated very clearly by the linguist Lehrer in an analysis of the language used in the description of wines . |
| 18 | The fact that Lords of Appeal in Ordinary and other senior judges are invited to advise the visitor show that this can not be assumed . |
| 19 | This can not be assumed so easily in variable analysis . |
| 20 | This can not be covered under the contents section . |
| 21 | In turn this can not be obtained through asking each part of the organisation for its views . |
| 22 | This can not be asserted as a metaphysical proposition ; as something , that is , which is true of the world of existents irrespective of the manner in which existents are given in our experience . |
| 23 | It is not impossible that [ h ] -loss became fashionable because of its loss in French , but this can not be demonstrated . |
| 24 | What is happening — and this can not be prevented — is that the bound Fiend within the weather-vane is being freed , and at the end of 3 Turns the weather-vane will shatter and it will be released . |
| 25 | The importance of this can not be overemphasised . |
| 26 | If Jones has outlived Smith this can not be explained by showing that he earlier had the higher life expectancy , and then arguing that this duly caused him to live the longer life . |
| 27 | In accounting for the curious distortion of the doctrine that has taken place in England , it is clear that this can not be explained by the mere presence of constitutional arrangements based on a separation of powers or it would be much more prevalent than it is . |
| 28 | In the former slave economies this can not be explained on political grounds , since the South was conquered and the old plantation aristocracy was at least temporarily powerless , though it soon returned . |
| 29 | Indeed it is quite possible that at this pH range there is a mixture of gastric acid and duodenal alkaline juices which may be damaging ( with toxic synergism ) to the oesophageal mucosa , but this can not be assessed using the parameter of pH . |
| 30 | As all that remains of the type specimen in the MCZ Harvard are fragments of the arms this can not be confirmed . |