Example sentences of "can not be [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leaving aside publications in parts , which are a special problem , books which should contain advertisements can not be reckoned complete without them , so that , if they have been removed or discarded in a rebinding , the value suffers considerably , even though the text is perfect . |
| 2 | Teaching at night is unlikely to prove popular ( with teacher or pupil ! ) and the night shift in a hospital ward can not be made equivalent to the day shift ( except for intensive care units which are continuously busy ) . |
| 3 | All macro-level features which can not be made intelligible in this way are regarded as being of secondary importance to the outcome of the story . |
| 4 | Radar can also yield images , but whereas a radio telescope or a group of such telescopes can yield an image of an object in an analogous way to a conventional telescope , a radar pulse from the Earth can not be made narrow enough to select anything other than the whole disc of the planet , except for the Moon where small areas can be examined because of its large angular diameter . |
| 5 | They can not be made wide enough … ’ |
| 6 | If the draftsman wishes to create a lease for a period that can not be made certain at the time of the demise the only way is to express it as being granted for a fixed term subject to a power to break at the expiry of the period . |
| 7 | And perhaps their foolishness will make everyone understand that however much fun Home Alone is for children at the cinema it is fiction and can not be made real by acting it out . |
| 8 | The contrast between self-criticism in science and an uncritical spirit in religion can not be made absolute . |
| 9 | On the other hand , the contrast between market-originated and producer-originated work can not be made absolute , once market conditions have been generalized . |
| 10 | Below and beyond this zone behavioural responses must become the major controlling mechanism , but this becomes metabolically expensive , and must lead to exhaustion if it can not be made good by an increased intake of food and rest . |
| 11 | In litigation and arbitration , the amount of the costs is subject to the control of the court 's " taxation " procedures , which are made available to arbitrations by s18(2) of the Arbitration Act 1950 , but can not be made available for expert determinations by any means , including a provision to that effect in the expert clause . |
| 12 | The task of child protection is , in a sense , the other side of the coin and one that can not be made easy for social workers , despite the sharper and hopefully more effective legal tools they will now have for the job . |
| 13 | We ignore those which can not be made basic ( no positive pivot ) or whose introduction into the basis would lead to a tableau already on our list . |
| 14 | The clients appreciate being kept in the picture , even if their stay can not be made shorter . |
| 15 | Because plutonium can not be made safe rapidly , Russia must at the very least compile and police a thorough inventory of its nuclear materials . |
| 16 | Reason is more certain than revelation , and can not be made any more certain by it . |
| 17 | A corporation can not be made bankrupt ; but a company formed under the Companies Act 1985 or similar earlier Acts can be wound up , and its property distributed , according to rules similar to those applicable to bankruptcy . |
| 18 | Such regulations can have a material impact on the performance of these industries and it surely can not be accepted that audit reports be presented to the Secretary of State of a government that has imposed them . |
| 19 | Given the prior interest in orthogenesis , the assertion by Gail Vines that ‘ molecular drive ’ is a new mode of evolution can not be accepted unqualified . |
| 20 | The relative molecular mass of ozone , 03 , which can not be obtained pure , can be determined by application of this law . |
| 21 | He says it is absolutely the case that the baby can not be born alive if a Caesarean operation is not carried out . |
| 22 | The introduction of a job-sharing scheme can be useful in two differing circumstances : first , where there are insufficient full-time posts to meet the number of applicants and , second , when the posts can not be filled due to insufficient numbers . |
| 23 | The Salvationists associated together ‘ for a purpose which can not be said to be otherwise than lawful and laudable , or at all events can not be called unlawful ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ The Editor ’ , he blandly explained , ‘ can not be called dishonest for making his author speak what he believes , with more knowledge , the author would have said . ’ |
| 25 | Floor , garage floor , and step paints are hard wearing and not slippery , although they can not be called non-slip . |
| 26 | There we claimed that if nothing in your experience could count as evidence that you were not a brain in a vat , your belief that you are not a brain in a vat can not be called justified . |
| 27 | The advantages that they are getting are admirable and important but reforms that only give these advantages to a select minority can not be called fair . |
| 28 | However , in many cases , the invention can not be kept secret , especially if articles made to the invention are to be marketed commercially or if a large number of employees know of the invention , in which case a patent is the only realistic solution . |
| 29 | It has been established that new information rapidly decays from the memory ; it can not be kept ready for instant recall unless its impression on the brain is renewed . |
| 30 | It is difficult to feed hay from a rick so covered because the shape is constantly changing and the top can not be kept convex . |