Example sentences of "can [not/n't] be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have discharged my duty , she thought , I can not be troubled by my conscience in that respect . |
| 2 | Cos they do n't actually , if you do something like that , say you put plus five , minus five and then sit down and , you 're the one that plus three and minus three you do n't actually lose marks doing something wrong , you can not be penalised for doing it wrong , you can only gain credit for doing something right , because they 'll , give you five marks to doing that bit right and then knock three off for doing something else wrong , they , they would never give you penalty marks , they will only credit for doing things right , but so often it 's quite like down as you want , you ca n't . |
| 3 | The differences between the two groups can not be couched in such grandiose terms . |
| 4 | Our deductive practice needs no such justificatory shoring up and can not be revised by rational argument , hence there is no circularity in deploying it in the explanation . |
| 5 | the presentation of a winding up petition — it has , however , been held that a winding up petition can not be advertised during this period ; |
| 6 | The successes of molecular biology are sufficiently striking to show that whatever the true relation of biology may be to physics , it is certainly a subtle one that can not be encapsulated in a single word . |
| 7 | The law , however , has never allowed a corporation to sue in respect of injury to its feelings on the basis that the injury might be suffered by its agents : as Lord Reid said in Lewis v. Daily Telegraph Ltd. [ 1964 ] A.C. 234 , 262 : ‘ A company can not be injured in its feelings , ’ and he added , ‘ it can only be injured in its pocket ’ but pecuniary damage to a corporation 's reputation was not in issue in that case . |
| 8 | Firstly , many innovations are school-wide in their application and can not be implemented at all unless a number of teachers , perhaps even the entire staff of a school , both agree to , and become committed to , their implementation . |
| 9 | However , if untraceable shareholders ( plus dissenting shareholders ) exceed that percentage and the procedures can not be implemented by the offeror as a result , the offeror will have to make an application to court under s430C ( 5 ) for an order for leave to give notices under s429 , despite the fact the 90 per cent threshold has not been reached . |
| 10 | The essence of a club is that it is select and private ; you can not be followed in there . |
| 11 | In a lake , photosynthesis is limited to the epilimnion , where the depletion of nutrients can not be replaced from the hypoplimnion until mixing occurs in winter . |
| 12 | 80 inch steering boxes are unique and can not be replaced by another without great modifications to the 80. 86 inch to 109 inch SI to SIII will all swap but there are two types of steering wheel splines . |
| 13 | Do so can not be replaced by a ‘ copy ’ of part of the first clause . |
| 14 | If they can not be replaced by more adequate instruments , an electric keyboard can lie appropriate . |
| 15 | Relatives say the care and dedication of staff at Thornton Lodge Hospital , Wensleydale , can not be replaced by alternative plans . |
| 16 | It is the essential but usually overlooked fact that in any psychophysical experiment when , for example , subjects are asked whether or not they perceive a stimulus , their responses , verbal or otherwise , can not be relied on as accurate accounts of their conscious experiences . |
| 17 | Statistics for the UK chemical industry , as provided by the government , can not be relied on , warned Freeman . |
| 18 | The ferry too can not be relied on throughout the year but will generally be available on request . |
| 19 | The Tide tables can not be relied on for precise highs and lows of the tides . |
| 20 | Almost by definition , crises are periods when the normally routinized operations of the bureaucracy are insufficient or can not be relied on , when decisions have to be quickly pushed up through the chain of command , and where unusually large and direct role in controlling policy implementation has to be taken by political leaders . |
| 21 | Where an absolute norm for English can not be relied on , the next best thing is to compare the corpus whose style is under scrutiny with one or more comparable corpuses , thus establishing a relative norm . |
| 22 | This theorem can not be relied on in other cases . |
| 23 | Whilst the factual study produced considerable valuable information , there are gaps and some errors in methodology which mean that its conclusions can not be relied on exclusively in an assessment of the present procedure . |
| 24 | The test therefore , from this and other evidence can not be relied on completely . |
| 25 | Hodson-Smith says , however , that the software has not been fully debugged and thus can not be relied on in an emergency . |
| 26 | In addition , it is obvious that it can not be relied on until there has been a substantial amount of trading between the same parties . |
| 27 | But he can not be relied upon for ever . |
| 28 | Abraham would seem to be dealing with a God who has his own cruelty , and who can not be relied upon to keep his promises . |
| 29 | The point is that reasons that could have been relied upon to justify action before his decision can not be relied upon once the decision is given . |
| 30 | These are the chronically mentally ill and minors , and , if the above is accepted , also include those whose judgment , others assert , can not be relied upon . |