Example sentences of "can not be of " 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 . |