Example sentences of "can [not/n't] be see [adv] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Much as in 1980–1 , the ‘ social causes ’ argument can not be seen separately from the broader debate about the future of the British economy and society .
3 The main point which emerges from considering the historical evidence is that there certainly has been change in the amount and type of support offered , but that this can not be seen simply as a decline from a high to a low point .
4 What we shall see in the next two chapters is that this limitation in the Host 's response can not be seen simply as a caricaturing of the Host as an intellectually limited churl , or as an endorsement of the undoubtedly vital fabliau ethos .
5 such as the fine solder work required for gold filigree and granulation , can not be seen even at high magnification .
6 The triumphs and failures of the party can not be seen solely in terms of its own policy , strategy and organisational forms .
7 The labour process , it is argued , can not be seen merely as an economic process attendant upon capitalist rationality and imposed on the workforce ; it is embedded in social and cultural practices , and without an understanding of this apparatus , particularly the meanings attached to work , it is difficult to account for the specific form of change , for the relationships between ‘ work ’ and ‘ leisure ’ , and for the significance of skill and social relations at the point of production .
8 The broad feature , which we can loosely refer to as a quasi-periodic oscillation ( QPO ) can not be seen directly in the light curve , because many cycles need to be averaged to overcome Poisson noise .
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