Example sentences of "it ca [adv] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then it ca n't be broken . |
| 2 | ‘ It ca n't be denied that all this has taken a very long time to come about , but I think that , political wrangling aside , much of the delay has been due to genuine uncertainty about the tax implications of moving money around from one body to another . |
| 3 | It ca n't be denied that many players have John Mayall to thank for their career launch … |
| 4 | But it ca n't be denied that in the days following the concert — which was seen by one-and-a-half billion people all over the world groups watched their LPs , new and old , surge healthily up the charts , taking their bank balances to new heights . |
| 5 | The draft for this is almost complete but it ca n't be finalised until the costs of the revised programme have been agreed for each of the participating nations . |
| 6 | It ca n't be given retrospectively . |
| 7 | ‘ Stop telling me reasons why it ca n't be done , ’ the Prince thundered , ‘ and get on and find a way . ’ |
| 8 | It ca n't be done . ’ |
| 9 | How much longer would the silence last , when would someone say , please , stop , for heaven 's sake , give up , it ca n't be done ? |
| 10 | It 's a bit like trying to put together a Lego Technic kit without the instruction leaflet or cook a complicated meal without a recipe book ; let's face it , it ca n't be done ! |
| 11 | Why it ca n't be done |
| 12 | It has to be rehearsed all together , it ca n't be done best if someone arrives two days before the performance . ’ |
| 13 | It ca n't be done simply ! |
| 14 | It ca n't be done |
| 15 | But the er but it ca n't be done on modern alarms now because the bell boxes they use are anti-foam and they probably have two or three alarm |
| 16 | Think about the task naïvely , and it ca n't be done . |
| 17 | It ca n't be done , and if it could it would n't be any use ; If you play innocent and unnoticing too well , you wont attract suspicion , but you wo n't notice anything other . |
| 18 | It … it ca n't be done . ’ |
| 19 | I regret , sir — it ca n't be done ! ’ |
| 20 | , It ca n't be done , it ca n't be done |
| 21 | , It ca n't be done , it ca n't be done |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm sorry , it ca n't be done . ’ |
| 23 | Said Mr Costain : ‘ We would have liked to build a replacement with a wooden verandah and steps , but it ca n't be done in this day and age , so we had to build a concrete one like Fort Knox . ’ |
| 24 | it ca n't be done . |
| 25 | I think , Bill , really you far be it for me to try and teach you your job , but you ought to have perhaps gone back a little bit and wondered why we were all in this position , because you have us in year after year talking about budgets that are made and budgets which improve services , and and we need to be absolutely clear that this budget does not improve services at all , that this budget does very severe damage to services , that the budget that has gone through the Council identifies nearly eight million pounds taken off service provision erm and that can not be done under the Conservatives by making erm a budget with the Liberal Democrats have proved that it ca n't be done , in spite of their previous comments , without pain to services . |
| 26 | A lot of people said no it ca n't be done , it 's a total impossibility , but er basically we 've hacked it , so we feel good about it , very good . |
| 27 | It ca n't be referring to the ones the sons of the kingdom that are inheriting it is it ? |
| 28 | If it ca n't be unscrewed ( it may well have rusted solid ) , cut through the bolt with a junior hacksaw flush with the bottom of the gutter . |
| 29 | It ca n't be defined , it just exists . |
| 30 | Love sounds like an important word , but it is shapeless , it ca n't be defined . |