Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [be] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The customer can not be bound to the finance company by his signature on a document which the finance company 's agent knows does not reflect the customer 's intention . |
| 2 | Replacement seats can not be fitted to Supataps . |
| 3 | The scatter at the high end — small numbers of authors publishing large numbers of papers — is so large that a straight line can not be fitted to this graph with any degree of confidence . |
| 4 | The scatter at the high end — small numbers of authors publishing large numbers of papers — is so large that a straight line can not be fitted to this graph with any degree of confidence . |
| 5 | All behaviouristic theories of cognition are viciously third-personal , where that expression signifies , first , that they can not be applied to the first-person perspective and , second that our ability to apply them to the third person really rests on our bringing to bear first-person knowledge : as with rats in mazes , where my plain and unreduced apprehension of the rat 's environment enables me to see its grasp of that environment in terms of its behaviour within it . |
| 6 | Most certainly it can not be applied to the peasant buildings of a century or so later . |
| 7 | At least with the man , a urethritis can be diagnosed , albeit imperfectly , by noticing pus cells in the urethra , but the same criteria can not be applied to the woman . |
| 8 | This means that the kind of discount which supermarkets , for example , are able to offer on other consumer goods can not be applied to books . |
| 9 | While the double-blind trial is well suited to testing of conventional drugs it often can not be applied to complementary therapies , for instance , the acupuncturist must establish a close link with the patient during treatment , and the therapist must know which points he is needling and possibly modify them as the patient 's responses change . |
| 10 | The equation linking trades unionism with Labour 's advance can not be applied to London ; not only were unions weak , but in the interwar period suffered setbacks as the depression deepened . |
| 11 | This criticism can not be applied to the results for 1984–90 . |
| 12 | ‘ Realism maintains that universal moral principles can not be applied to the actions of states in their abstract universal formulation . ’ |
| 13 | This rule can not be applied to items from the newer weaving countries ( Pakistan and the Balkans , etc ) which produce workshop versions of almost any type of design . |
| 14 | He argues that the ‘ local state ’ is not simply the national state writ small , and that a general theory of the state can not be applied to the local level . |
| 15 | First , the models are one-dimensional only and can not be applied to a real solid . |
| 16 | The general technique for converting an equation valid for SR into one valid in all frames , namely replacing normal derivatives by covariant derivatives , can not be applied to gravitation . |
| 17 | Data analysis techniques were largely developed to cater for the implementation of database systems , although that does not mean that they can not be applied to non-database situations . |
| 18 | I said that ROM can not be written to except when it is first manufactured , and that is true also of the DNA in cells , except for occasional random errors in copying . |
| 19 | The statute can not be referring to the interests of all those individuals because they may differ and the interests of the majority are not necessarily the same as the interests of the State . |
| 20 | Mr Fuchs has made it clear that he can not be called to task for the museum 's deficit and has blamed two principal factors . |
| 21 | If balance is important it can not be limited to public television . |
| 22 | The article shows that the interpretation of a text can not be limited to a purely linguistic analysis and advocates the case for the " bibliographical and productive histories of the poems we read " ( p. 205 ) . |
| 23 | The question of criminal liability can not be relegated to a matter of medical consensus . |
| 24 | The Kingdom is not and can not be relegated to an appendix which follows the turning of the last page of world history . |
| 25 | On flat surfaces this action is minimised by laying a carpet of light-reflective white limestone chippings on the asphalt , but this treatment can not be extended to sloping sections or to roofs carrying regular foot-traffic . |
| 26 | As safety in shared spaces is currently sought by short sight lines , this variant of the principle can not be extended to residential roads in general . |
| 27 | ‘ Whilst there may be sanctuary men and sanctuary women — ’ he pointed out , producing as it were his trump card , ‘ — since children can commit no crime for which asylum would be needed , the privilege of sanctuary can not be extended to them . |
| 28 | For instance , in the eight queens problem , the position Q can not be extended to a goal because no queen can ever be put in the left file . |
| 29 | The most common criticism of HARPY is that its approach can not be extended to larger vocabularies and/or more habitable grammars . |
| 30 | For the moment , it means that recently completed properties can not be connected to the sewage system in 43 towns and suburbs . |