Example sentences of "can not be given " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can not be given to many scientists to be outstanding as experimenter , technical innovator and teacher ; Kuypers was unquestionably all of these . |
| 2 | It can not be given in consideration of any sum under £30 . |
| 3 | Luke 's vet 's name and number have also been provided with a note about one particular drug he can not be given — eternal optimist , my friend . |
| 4 | Monetary policy can not be given to an ‘ independent ’ bank because it makes no sense to talk of monetary policy as independent of economic policy . |
| 5 | Such is the fluid nature of the Hindu syncretism that the unifying power behind the gods can not be given a single name . |
| 6 | Approval can not be given after the six-month period has elapsed . |
| 7 | Their Lordships held that such consent can not be given or implied by a course of conduct over the years as it is important in the interests of both the local authority and the public that consent should not be accidental or informal . |
| 8 | If the answer can not be given in the shape of one person then it may be better to hold panel or sequential interviews ( see pp. 109 — 12 ) . |
| 9 | There was a cultural belief that children below 6–12 months of age can not be given solids , particularly rice . |
| 10 | Complacency can not be given full rein , for the future of local airfields and light aviation in the UK is under threat . |
| 11 | Some things can not be given away by will |
| 12 | Illiterate people can not be given a questionnaire , though they may , of course , be interviewed . |
| 13 | By way of reply , Strawson can of course fall back on his belief that this is not true of our commitment to reactive attitudes because it is part of ‘ the general framework of human life ’ , which can not be given up . |
| 14 | The answer can not be given by considering whether in the context of utterance it is likely to produce attitudes of some distinctively ethical sort , rather than some non-ethical attitudes or perhaps beliefs . |
| 15 | Within a few weeks the Minister Mrs Hedy d'Ancona , who is on record as saying that some of the works are in such poor condition that they can not be given away without loss of face , will come forward with a number of proposals . |
| 16 | They may define positions that have often been repeated , but they can not be given a timeless quality . |
| 17 | There were of course other institutions of central government , which can not be given more than a bare mention here . |
| 18 | As Karl Barth expresses it , woman is to man as B is to A ; why should woman mind ? 17 The idea that western religion has itself been a cause of attitudes which have deeply harmed women obviously can not be given entrance by them . |
| 19 | Consent can not be given by a child , for example , or by a severely subnormal individual . |
| 20 | One merely has to read its wording to see that it can not be given any sensible meaning in a context such as the present , where the mind and will of the defendants are also treated in law as the mind and will of ‘ the other . ’ |
| 21 | An answer to these questions , if a satisfactory answer is to be possible at all , can not be given except as part of a theory of reality , and my purpose in the following pages will be to sketch out the fundamentals of just such a theory . |
| 22 | In other words , his argument might be seen as an attempt to confront the common sense with the disconcerting fact that references to what are assumed to be numerically identical spatio-temporal particulars inhabiting an objective world " out there " can not be given a satisfactory justification , and consequently that one can not claim with certainty that such particulars represent the basic material of which the world is made up . |
| 23 | Whereas the former leads into a philosophical cul de sac and can not be given any definitive answer , the latter indicates the kind of approach that promises to be illuminating and fruitful . |
| 24 | This can only occur if the superior initially possesses the authority to delegate , ie a subordinate can not be given organisational authority to make decisions unless it would otherwise be the superior 's right to make those decisions . |
| 25 | If the receiver of the gift can not respond in due time with a ‘ counter-gift ’ ( counter gifts can not be given too soon after gifts , because this would imply a logic of calculation which would deplete the symbolic force of the exchange ) then the giver is in a position of creditor and the receiver in one of debtor . |
| 26 | First , there must be a ‘ sale ’ of the article in question : secondly , the sale must be a ‘ retail sale ’ : thirdly , it must be possible to predicate of it that there is an ‘ ordinary retailing selling price ’ of it , for if there is not , an essential part of the prescribed notice can not be given . |
| 27 | Questions concerning productivity and technical change , the efficiency of investment , likely future trends in employment and output , the consequences of the energy crises and the effect of tax and financial incentives can not be given meaningful answers until reliable estimates of micro level technological parameters have been obtained . |
| 28 | The letter started by saying that ‘ permission can not be given ’ but finished by calling for a site meeting ( a most peculiar letter really ) . |
| 29 | The coincidence between the ordinary predicative and clausal positions is all the more striking in that the inherently restrictive adjectives can not be so used in predicate qualifying position ( where restriction for identification is not appropriate ) ; this is why there is a further contrast between ( 57 ) and ( 59 ) , even though the adjective is one of this inherently restrictive group in both cases , and despite the fact that the property THIRD is certainly compatible in itself with the noun ox : ( 57 ) she considers the Admiral ( to be ) the worst ( e.g. of the village 's gardeners ) ( 58 ) she declared the squire ( to be ) the lazy ( 59 ) the revellers had eaten the ox the third ( 60 ) they ate their steaks well done Example ( 60 ) shows that eat can support predicate qualifiers , so that incompatibility between the verb and the construction can not be given as a reason for the ungrammaticality of ( 59 ) . |
| 30 | High priority can not be given to presubmission enquiries ; in urgent cases they can be made in the form of a one-page fax . |