Example sentences of "can not be trusted " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no evidence for this , which is probably why the quality of their argument can fall so low , with Shamir saying of perhaps the most influential and long-standing of PLO ‘ moderates ’ , Khalid Hassan , that ‘ when you see his face you know he can not be trusted . ’ |
| 2 | My sister can not be trusted with any but the simplest of tasks . ’ |
| 3 | SIR — As the Labour Party can not be trusted to display the red rose without it withering , may we have it back again in time for St George 's Day , April 23 , so that it may be proudly worn again by loyal Englishmen . |
| 4 | On the other hand , if we view the phenomenon of addiction from the point of view of the enforcement officials , they will tell us and we will be bound to report that they believe addicts are criminal types , have disturbed personalities , have no morals and can not be trusted . |
| 5 | The clear message behind this and so much more of national policy at present is that teachers can not be trusted . |
| 6 | Teachers are told that what they do is vitally important , that they alone can translate and extend the National Curriculum into rich comprehensive learning opportunities and at the same time that they can not be trusted to do the job . |
| 7 | They say that the French can not be trusted to maintain safety at a plant which , though on French soil , is surrounded by Belgium . |
| 8 | Above : The Dwarf Gourami is peaceful , but can not be trusted with fry . |
| 9 | In characteristic style , Professor Tweedie is determined to stamp on loose interpretation now , before the issue gets out of hand , and is not beyond threatening to throw an encyclopaedia of rules at the profession if it can not be trusted to follow the spirit of the ASB 's principles . |
| 10 | Their image of non-Chewong is that they are ‘ bad ’ ( yabud ) — they can not be trusted not to harm one . |
| 11 | If teachers can not be trusted to organise schools in the interests of their pupils , should not the state restrict their autonomy ? |
| 12 | We who teach should not expect to be valued as ‘ professionals ’ if we can not be trusted . |
| 13 | Parliament , in short , can not be trusted ; and the referendum showed that by and large the people do not trust it . |
| 14 | Some later biographies survive of the Pythagoreans who settled in Italy , and these describe the oligarchic governments and even federations of cities which they established , but the details can not be trusted : ‘ saint literature ’ is notoriously fanciful , and these are hellenistic treatises whose authors had ideas of their own about the theory of kingship ; these have probably contaminated the biographical material beyond salvage . |
| 15 | Their intention is to convince readers that genetics will have a powerful influence on their lives and that scientists can not be trusted to protect them : ‘ We can not just sit by as passive worshippers or victims ’ . |
| 16 | Scientists , economically linked to their enterprise and preoccupied with patents , can not be trusted to protect the public interest even when they seem to try . |
| 17 | There should be angels in the streets at checkpoints and at traffic crossings for we can not be trusted … |
| 18 | It is a matter of common wisdom that such newspapers can not be trusted . |
| 19 | ‘ You really can not be trusted , can you ? ’ |
| 20 | The conclusion is that the eye can not be trusted . |
| 21 | Their muddled statements show that they can not be trusted on tax ; they shift their position from day to day . |
| 22 | It is true that on defence Labour can not be trusted . |
| 23 | of the Soviet deterrent can not be trusted with Britain 's defences ? |
| 24 | Kinnock can not be trusted . |
| 25 | His account of their arrival and his etymology for their name can not be trusted . |
| 26 | This may well have been the intention , but in fact the implications are clear : demolition rates are too low , compulsory purchase of homes for redevelopment is inevitable in the future ; owner-occupiers can not be trusted to be the final arbiters of whether their homes arc unfit' ; and some existing environments may be so drab as to be not worth preserving' . |
| 27 | So , governmental reasoning runs , because they lack an economic interest in saving energy , such occupants can not be trusted to conserve it . |
| 28 | Because occupants can not be trusted to conserve fuel , liberties of theirs which may be infringed against by centralisation of control are dismissible since they are liberties to do mischief . |
| 29 | The Tories say Labour can not be trusted to form the next Government . |
| 30 | Mr Bush turned to attacks in a last bid to keep his job and pull off the political upset of the century and ripped into ‘ the slippery one ’ as a man who can not be trusted during a hectic five-state blitz to shore up his support . |