Example sentences of "they ca [not/n't] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are bad news in a block of flats , and they ca n't be relied on . |
| 2 | As a physician practising several of the complementary therapies I feel that it is wrong to defend their lack of scientific evaluation by making the case that they ca n't be assessed . |
| 3 | If they ca n't be moved ( for example you may prefer not to call in a plumber to move the sink ) , stick them down . |
| 4 | He takes over her life and even her education , continues to sleep with other women and tells the poor girl they ca n't be seen together in public . |
| 5 | But they ca n't be rewarded as men can . |
| 6 | And the lights — you guessed it — sit high on anorexic columns where they ca n't be stoned . |
| 7 | Sometimes it may be necessary to replace both the washer and the jumper — particularly if they ca n't be separated . |
| 8 | We have seen exactly the same psychological process in palaeontology , where the fashionable fixation for homoeomorphy in many groups brainwashed many of us into thinking : " if they look alike they ca n't be related " ! |
| 9 | ‘ I 've heard that gipsies paint stolen horses so that they ca n't be recognised . ’ |
| 10 | They can always be thrown out , they ca n't be obtained . |
| 11 | He says they may take action against the company that made the barrier , or if they ca n't be traced , the Department of Transport . |
| 12 | ‘ No , they ca n't be killed at all , or at least not in this dimension . |
| 13 | Although capillary fittings can be ‘ dry assembled ’ and the position of pipes marked , they ca n't be adjusted in this way after installation . |
| 14 | It would be exaggerating to say that the basic capabilities of the electronic spreadsheet have reached the point where they ca n't be improved on . |
| 15 | ‘ But if they ca n't be shifted , there 'll never be room for you , no matter how much better than them you may be at the job . ’ |
| 16 | Erm I see so I 'm not really will make sure that erm that we are kept in touch so that we are not so far down the track but they ca n't be reversed committee as a whole |
| 17 | But in the UK copyright lasts for 50 years , so they ca n't be sold here . ’ |
| 18 | They ca n't be sold but they could be a kind of gift ? |
| 19 | No it 's not , he says but , they ca n't be told . |
| 20 | They try and tighten it up even more , almost in a subconscious way to control a disaster , and we know that things like chaos and disaster they ca n't be controlled , they ca n't be wrapped up in that way . |
| 21 | Hall is right to say that current Labour and Liberal parties can not take on the task of realignment , but would be equally correct in saying they ca n't be by-passed . |
| 22 | ‘ Because they 'd have to take off their overalls , ’ said Wilcox , ‘ and they ca n't be bothered . |
| 23 | Unless you have regular lessons , which many owners do n't , either because they ca n't afford to or because they ca n't be bothered , it is unlikely that horse ownership will actually improve your riding . |
| 24 | Essentially , it is because they ca n't be bothered to do things for themselves . |
| 25 | Er so I mean that c because er I mean they the steel balls and steel rollers go into the bin I mean they ca n't be used for anything . |
| 26 | As far as that sort of thing goes they ca n't be faulted . |
| 27 | And they ca n't be claimed back on your insurance if it 's a false alarm . |
| 28 | Now remember they 're not they ca n't be counted as your boss |
| 29 | ‘ Just that ordinary forces — normal pushes and pulls — they ca n't be faked . |
| 30 | They ca n't be faked by simply changing your motion , or anything like that . |