Example sentences of "can not readily [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the important properties of products , and particularly cosmetic products , are assessed subjectively , e.g. , appearance , colour , odour , taste , texture , and can not readily be expressed in numerical terms . |
| 2 | An unacceptable deterioration of glycaemic control occurs when control can not readily be restored by a minor alteration of the treatment regimen . |
| 3 | There are times when conditions develop which can not readily be related to known disease conditions . |
| 4 | Like the differences discussed earlier in this chapter , the split between holists and individualists over what is to be accepted as given runs extremely deep , and can not readily be resolved on its own . |
| 5 | However , the complexity of his task is such that it can not readily be summarised in a few words . |
| 6 | Effects of [ CO 2 ] , however , can not readily be distinguished from those of human impact and concurrent climate change . |
| 7 | Those who have regular access to private transport may find their social activities increasing , while the relatively immobile may experience an increase in their wishes to make social visits which can not readily be satisfied . |
| 8 | The fact that these costs can not readily be quantified or fall outside the fundholding sector does not mean that they should be overlooked . |
| 9 | The most fundamental criticism challenges the contention that productivity in the service sector must necessarily remain low , because human tasks such as cooking , nursing or teaching can not readily be replaced by machines . |
| 10 | Kuenen ( 1 950 ) has also pointed to two features which can not readily be explained by the subsidence theory . |
| 11 | Because of the extent of such powerful human action Sherlock concluded that there were indications that the doctrine of uniformitarianism had been carried too far , believing that the present , which has been so modified by human action can not readily be the key to the past , when the extent of human modification and human influence was significantly less . |
| 12 | Moreover , its observed non-hydrostatic mass distribution can not readily be understood as a hydrostatic state ‘ frozen ’ from an earlier environment , such as when it was closer to the Earth . |
| 13 | The summary follows its original uniformly , section by section , except in the following ways : ( i ) Nietzsche frequently alludes , without explaining the allusions , to more or less well-known features of Greek tragedy or the Greek world ; he gives virtually no dates for artists , thinkers , or events , ancient or modern ; and he sometimes makes points that rest , clearly enough , on unstated presuppositions , but points that can not readily be summarized without reconstructing each presupposition and making it fully explicit . |
| 14 | In addition , MRI may show extension of the tumour through the chest wall which can not readily be seen on computed tomogram because of the lack of contrast between the tumour and chest wall muscles . |
| 15 | Techniques that can not readily be proven analytically are unlikely to gain much engineering credence . |