Example sentences of "can not [adv] [adv] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some linguists argue that such equivalence does not exist ( Bolinger 1977 ) while others like Coveney argue that a weaker kind of equivalence ( of a kind which can not however easily be specified ) is sufficient for identifying structures as variants of an underlying variable . |
| 2 | SIB 's concern appears to be that the OTC market is almost completely unregulated and , perhaps more important , that OTC futures are non-standard contracts which can not therefore easily be closed out . |
| 3 | The consequences of sleep loss and sleep reduction can not therefore simply be interpreted in terms of denial of sleep , but must be regarded as the outcome of a combination of sleep loss , causing sleepiness , and the subversion of the normally well-ordered physiological cycles which substantially control our states of arousal . |
| 4 | Babies can not therefore really be considered to be trained as they do not realize when they want to go , do not indicate that they want to , and do not go to the potty by themselves . |
| 5 | Secondly , the treaty itself embodies the vital principle of ’ subsidiarity ’ , making it clear that the Community should only be involved in decisions which can not more effectively be taken at national level . |
| 6 | These negative effects of direct taxation can not any longer be ignored . |
| 7 | But if the support for the SNP was , like the Liberal vote , a substantially ‘ cross-class ’ phenomenon it can not so easily be categorised as a flight from ‘ class ’ as pertinent social collectivity , since it must be recognised that the ‘ national distinctiveness ’ of Scotland is overdetermined by the differential balance of classes in Scotland as opposed to England . |
| 8 | The machines which they order in the good times are apt to arrive in the bad times , when the products can not so easily be sold and when borrowing costs are exceptionally high . |
| 9 | The same can not so readily be said of a man , who does not necessarily imprint his surroundings with personal feelings . |