Example sentences of "can not be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Warton replies : ‘ It can not be of any use to the dead themselves . |
| 2 | He meant that the deepest and profoundest truth , the truth that ultimately matters and is in the end really worth grasping , can not be of the sort that can be contemplated and appropriated in an attitude of serene detachment . |
| 3 | If you are sorry that you can not be of assistance , then you should say so . |
| 4 | Surely such a creature can not be of use to us ? ’ |
| 5 | The domestic arrangements of an elderly bachelor like myself can not be of much interest to anyone . |
| 6 | What more has happened can not be of your doing . |
| 7 | No planks for the flooring yet , and if it is raining we can not be on the roof . |
| 8 | In Fig. 9–7(a) point 1 is the centre of the box and , unless individuals have identical preference maps , can not be on the contract curve . |
| 9 | Of Norman , of Jean-Paul and of little Beatrice who feels this as deeply as anyone , including the Sussex branch of the family who , because of the railway accident you all know about , can not be with us here today . |
| 10 | His warning should put the importance of conviction in faith beyond all question : ‘ Bear in mind , then , that when you face death or persecution , I can not be with you , or you with me . |
| 11 | Indeed John is so enthusiastic that one can not be with him without catching some of his zeal in the cause , and I can not regret our coming , though looking anxiously forward to our return . |
| 12 | This in my view , is a tremendous tribute to everybody in this hall and the many thousand who can not be with us today . |
| 13 | Tell him there has been a change of plan , that you can not be with him tonight . ’ |
| 14 | The poem does convey a message , though the message can not be at every point decoded . |
| 15 | Unfortunately their ideas have not been tested out a great deal in other areas of London or the rest of the country , so we can not be at all sure whether the findings they claim are appropriate for application to the whole of our society are in fact so . |
| 16 | It is sufficient to contravene this regulation where the patch is more than a quarter of the breadth of the tread , because there can not be at least three-quarters of good tread around the whole circumference of the tyre in such a case . |
| 17 | The oscillators can not be at rest because then they would have exactly defined positions and moments . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm sorry , but I can not be at your beck and call all the time , my dear . |
| 19 | A woman I know has given me the name of a midwife who will come and otherwise I shall have to engage a nurse for the shortest time possible since I can not be without assistance when my time comes . |
| 20 | THE CAN YOU CAN NOT BE WITHOUT , CATMINT AND THE QUINTESSENTIAL ROSE . |
| 21 | It can not be without significance that Ealhmund , slain by Eardwulf 's men in 800 , was buried at Derby and venerated as a saint in Mercia . |
| 22 | You can not be without money . |
| 23 | The purpose of preparing a transcript is to present , in print , as complete a record of the taped material as is required for the particular assessment : ‘ It provides the foundation of ; 11 subsequent analyses and , as such , its importance can not be over estimated ’ ( Crystal 1984 ) . |
| 24 | If democracy is about government by the people for the people , then it can not be about giving a bunch of politicians a blank cheque to govern us every five years . |
| 25 | But if the asserted proposition is about Ruritania , then surely it must be false , for in that case the subject term has a reference , i.e. there is something for the proposition to be true about If , on the other hand , the proposition is true , then by the same token it can not be about Ruritania , for Ruritania does not exist ; it is fiction . |
| 26 | It follows that management 's shares can not be worth more than par value at the date they subscribe . |
| 27 | The exceptions are that , unlike riot and violent disorder , the offence can be committed only when the violence is directed towards the person rather than property , and the threats can not be by words alone ; they must be at least accompanied by threatening gestures . |
| 28 | True enough , we have only fragments of his history ; but it can not be by chance that while the Greek side of his tale is full of internal conflicts , the story of Italy is miraculously free of them . |
| 29 | Before flying to the conclusion that certain things are ‘ against the rules ’ ( heaven save us , procedures are already erected into RULES ! ) let the neophyte consider that a man can not be in New York and Pekin at the same moment . |
| 30 | No harm in that : pedestrian documentation is what there is a call for — Pound himself , and his admirers emulating him , have been so sprightly for so long that they have persuaded people they , and he , can not be in earnest . |