Example sentences of "can [not/n't] be [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The differences between the two groups can not be couched in such grandiose terms . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The essence of a club is that it is select and private ; you can not be followed in there . |
| 5 | A fragment from an altarpiece can not be appraised in just the same way as an independent portrait ; and a craftsman 's skill is esteemed more accurately when the materials used are rightly identified . |
| 6 | The misery of our troops huddled in their impromptu lines or strung out in shell-holes , can not be pictured in words . ’ |
| 7 | The modified theory can not be tested in any way that was not also a test of the original theory . |
| 8 | The view expressed by Lawani & Bayer , that self-citations are used as an ego-enhancement , can not be tested in the present case , and should be rejected in the absence of evidence , because it is essential for an author to be able to refer back to the unpublished parts of theses . |
| 9 | Clearly , the work of such agencies can not be conducted in the full glare of the political process , but there are enormous risks also in leaving such agencies uncontrolled and unaccountable , as is graphically illustrated by reference to the recent history of the FBI . |
| 10 | This inquiry can not be conducted in isolation from the general developments that have occurred in connection with judicial review of executive authority , an area in which the courts have been extremely active . |
| 11 | HIV can not be transmitted in this way . |
| 12 | HIV can not be transmitted in this way . |
| 13 | The role of the team leader is to support the village health worker in her activities by providing consultation , treatment that is beyond the skill of the village worker , and referral of patients who can not be treated in the village to the main health centre ( the third tier ) in Jamkhed which has facilities for diagnosis , acute care , in-patient treatment , and training . |
| 14 | The nosodes are invaluable for clearing up inherited predispositions and acquired disease toxins which often can not be treated in any other way . |
| 15 | Many other writers working in Southeast Asia have drawn attention to the fact that particular ethno-linguistic groups can not be treated in isolation , but must be regarded as forming part of a larger social system . |
| 16 | Other features of the phenomena which can not be treated in this way are ignored or denied any narrative or causal significance . |
| 17 | The risks of a drug can not be treated in isolation from its benefits , from the risks of the disease being treated , or from the potentially deleterious effects of drug withdrawal . |
| 18 | They were told that the underlying constipation can not be treated in a short period of time . |
| 19 | An administration order can not be made in relation to a company which has gone into liquidation ( s. 8(4) Insolvency Act 1986 ) . |
| 20 | Accordingly , if the question before the court is to be decided on the basis of the attitude adopted by Her Majesty 's Government , an order can not be made in favour of the interim government or Crossman Block . |
| 21 | The same claim , however , can not be made in relation to the social aspects of housing — central heating , play space , garden , location of housing , garage , etc . |
| 22 | Since defining the problem can implicate a whole range of linguistic and social issues such as those discussed in this chapter and in chapter 5 , decisions about appropriate methods of statistical analysis can not be made in isolation . |
| 23 | Thus the order can not be made in the case of a contract for the sale of unascertained goods which have not been appropriated to the contract — Re Wait ( see paragraph 3–04 above ) . |
| 24 | Note that a s34 order can not be made in respect of a child accommodated by a local authority under a voluntary arrangement . |
| 25 | The problem is usually discovered only when the threads of the device can not be detected in the vagina . |
| 26 | Sometime , changes in blood either in the white cells or in the blood proteins , i.e. antibodies , can not be detected in people who react adversely to foods . |
| 27 | PT-gliadin can not be detected in relation to the intercellular space in the controls in the current study and an uptake of PT-gliadin via the tight junctions/lateral membranes therefore seems unlikely in healthy individuals . |
| 28 | But anger is growing that the success of the Skerne Park Neighbourhood House project in Darlington can not be repeated in the town 's other council estates . |
| 29 | Without internal means of communication the group can not be united in its performance , and without the common objective the group lacks the rationality and purposive control that would unite the actions of the elite in its efforts to establish , maintain and strengthen its own power . |
| 30 | In practice , however , from about 5 o'clock in the morning onwards changes occur that can not be explained in this way . |