Example sentences of "[conj] it can not [be] done " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stephen Taylor , the consultancy 's chairman , says : ‘ The problem with building the empowered organisation is that it can not be done by the methods of the command organisation . |
| 2 | First , he shows scathingly that it can not be done , this perfect law-keeping . |
| 3 | Most experts agree that it can not be done and that the poll tax will live on until 1994 . |
| 4 | Initially , then , on being approached to promote an order , it is the task of the agent to confirm that the order is in fact viable , that is to say , that the objects of the order can not be achieved without an order confirmed by parliament — that it can not be done by other means . |
| 5 | After two days of trying , however , the shares remained unsold last night and stockbrokers Hoare Govett have the problem of starting their attempted placing all over again this morning in the knowledge that if it can not be done today , holidays prevent them trying again until Tuesday . |
| 6 | ‘ This is n't as lot of work if many people are involved , but it can not be done by just a handful . ’ |
| 7 | Ireland may one day be a united nation , but it can not be done and should not be done from London . |