Example sentences of "can not [be] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would the situation improve with the fitting of 205 radials on new rims , as I 'm sure the present ‘ thin ’ rubber ca n't be helping at all . |
| 2 | And I had one rehearsal of two Bach pieces which were really difficult and I was com , feeling completely frantic during the break in rehearsal , and went over to look at the music and some fellow called Don bounded over to me and said , oh you ca n't be you know you sh ca n't be looking at that now , ba , la dee da dee da ! |
| 3 | ‘ No , they ca n't be killed at all , or at least not in this dimension . |
| 4 | We can we ca n't be going at half past five . |
| 5 | She says the adult birds ca n't be trusted at this stage to hatch the eggs properly . |
| 6 | His specialist care ca n't be found at all in Swindon . |
| 7 | The drummer 's th the very stupid one , and the bassist basically ca n't be bothered at all , you know . |
| 8 | Firstly , many innovations are school-wide in their application and can not be implemented at all unless a number of teachers , perhaps even the entire staff of a school , both agree to , and become committed to , their implementation . |
| 9 | If this interpretation of the function is correct , that is , if is in reality a disequilibrium adjustment mechanism , then it can not be treated at one and the same time as a trade off relation . |
| 10 | The current DC can not be progressed at this stage . |
| 11 | In this new state , the rule for unstack can not be applied at all , but the rule for stack has six instances : x is any one of the three blocks ; y is any block other than x . |
| 12 | But without wealth they can not be tackled at all . |
| 13 | However , if the ribs can not be felt at all , the horse is too fat . |
| 14 | Solicitors are not permitted to enter into an agreement with their clients that purports to exclude their liability for professional misconduct ( which extends to professional negligence ) though subject to the following rules liability can be limited by contract : ( 1 ) liability may not be limited below the minimum level of cover afforded under the Indemnity Fund ; ( 2 ) liability can not be limited at all for fraud or reckless disregard of professional obligations ; ( 3 ) s60(5) of the Solicitors Act avoids any provision in a contentious business agreement purporting to exclude the liability of a solicitor for negligence or to relieve him of his professional responsibilities ; ( 4 ) ss2(2) and 11(4) of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 will apply to agreements between solicitors and their clients to ensure that limited liability provisions which do not fall foul of any other rule comply with the essential requirement of reasonableness . |
| 15 | A great deal of care in both societies , however , can be seen to be effective , and a good deal more can not be evaluated at all . |
| 16 | The argument can not be stopped at this simple point , however . |
| 17 | The effects of the inversion decreases southeastwards and can not be seen at all in the south of Quadrant 53 . |
| 18 | Some words can not be pronounced at all until their meaning has been recognised . |
| 19 | The force of their own gravity is so great that their collapse can not be halted at all . |
| 20 | His final reflection was that ‘ such a picture can not be defined at all until we find a way of describing whatever it is that makes first-rate entertainment what it is ’ . |
| 21 | The degree and nature of any interaction between the proposal and existing research programmes would depend totally on the needs of each individual submission made to us by visiting researchers , and can not be foreseen at this stage . |
| 22 | He can not be reached at this moment , and the question can not be shelved . |
| 23 | The president acknowledged that ground convoys are the best way to deliver aid , but said the airdrops were ‘ a temporary measure , designed to address the immediate needs of isolated areas that can not be reached at this time by ground . ’ |
| 24 | The disadvantage of rope or parafil is that it can not be retrieved at high speed without the friction overheating and burning the material . |
| 25 | It is an interesting book to dip into , but it can not be read at one sitting . |
| 26 | But then the problem of the relation between internal and external modes can not be considered at this formal level only . |
| 27 | If the rocks are cold and the fingers benumbed , the holds can not be appreciated at all , and the place becomes horribly dangerous … |
| 28 | … Mistakes of law made by judges of the High Court acting in their capacity as such can be corrected only by means of appeal to an appellate court ; and if , as in the instant case , the statute provides that the judge 's decision shall not be appealable , they can not be corrected at all . |
| 29 | Liberty can not be delegated , it can not be enjoyed at one remove . |
| 30 | The general rule is that problems which can not be solved at lower levels are referred upward through the organisation structure until the problem reaches an official with enough authority and power to solve the problem . |