Example sentences of "can [not/n't] be [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The draft for this is almost complete but it ca n't be finalised until the costs of the revised programme have been agreed for each of the participating nations . |
| 2 | The children ca n't be prosecuted because they 're under ten years old . |
| 3 | ‘ She knows he ca n't be prosecuted and so does he . |
| 4 | or , or alternatively because I have n't , I have made this clear throughout , I come to the conclusion that the , the questions as posed erm or posed in any court which any one has yet suggested really ca n't , ca n't be answered or , or there are reasons for not answering at this stage whatever it may be |
| 5 | This is n't really a satisfactory method , as the slabs ca n't be vibrated and , because of their size , they are also difficult to lay on a full bed of level sand . |
| 6 | This finding not only reinforces the review that the engram site has been correctly located , it also strongly suggests that the engram is intracellular — it remains stored in the cell but ca n't be communicated when the neurotransmitter is inhibited . |
| 7 | Its atmosphere and suspense are nursed by locality — Petersburg — in ways which ca n't be escaped but which often get misreported . |
| 8 | It ca n't be assumed that they will just learn and pick things up as they go along . |
| 9 | But they ca n't be rewarded as men can . |
| 10 | His ca n't be traced because he does n't have a licence for it . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It ca n't be denied that all this has taken a very long time to come about , but I think that , political wrangling aside , much of the delay has been due to genuine uncertainty about the tax implications of moving money around from one body to another . |
| 12 | It ca n't be denied that many players have John Mayall to thank for their career launch … |
| 13 | But it ca n't be denied that in the days following the concert — which was seen by one-and-a-half billion people all over the world groups watched their LPs , new and old , surge healthily up the charts , taking their bank balances to new heights . |
| 14 | Most of them ca n't be played because they 're so fragile and if they were restored they would n't make their original sound . |
| 15 | B — jumps at him , Jack the referee drops on stomach to count but is fast between wrestlers and ca n't be seen and he manages to free himself , and counts 1 2 3 very quickly . |
| 16 | Helen is looking forward to the day when Jenny can also be treated but this ca n't be done until she stops growing . |
| 17 | Eighteen miles today , and tomorrow , the worst leg of all , twenty-six miles to Cambridge that ca n't be broken because there is nowhere to stop overnight . |
| 18 | ‘ So , provided the next urine test is OK , I see no reason why she ca n't be discharged as well , ’ said Lindsey . |
| 19 | ‘ Nothing that ca n't be changed if you have a scheme that 's worth thinking about . ’ |
| 20 | They ca n't be changed if they are not identified . |
| 21 | Not to sort of well you , you ca n't be blamed because I mean yo , in the innocent you were actually going because of the concert . |
| 22 | 2 of those due to go ca n't be told until they return to school next week . |
| 23 | The weather ca n't be controlled and I hate sitting around waiting for it to clear up because I ca n't sit still for too long ! |
| 24 | But these things ca n't be forced and sweet as singer Elizabeth sounds double-tracked and on helium , she raps as crap as Mr C. And samples . |
| 25 | The tensions ca n't be avoided and the ultimate outcome ca n't be predicted . |
| 26 | What he ca n't be saying if he understands the system is , " 1 want to vote effectively both for my first-preference candidate and for my second or any lower preference " . |
| 27 | That there was a pattern for her in Lermontov 's novel is conceivable : but it ca n't be claimed that it fits her with exactitude , or that it provides an explanation of her conduct . |
| 28 | They ca n't be sold but they could be a kind of gift ? |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't see why I ca n't be playing when the season starts in Scotland in September , ’ said Hastings , who needed a four hour operation . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's early June now and I do n't see why I ca n't be playing when the season starts in Scotland in September , ’ said Hastings . |