Example sentences of "and can not [adv] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conversely , the ethically proper allocation of funds to health , as compared to education or defence , is quintessentially an issue for political debate , and can not properly be left for individuals in the trenches to fight over , when they have no knowledge or view of the larger issues . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , the differences in prevalence of p53 mutation and 17p and 18q deletions between premalignant adenomas and adenocarcinomas is striking , and can not easily be dismissed . |
| 3 | The egg is distinctly oval , with a smooth shell ( Fig. 54 ) , and can not easily be distinguished from that of the other common poultry ascaridoid . |
| 4 | What is more , much of government expenditure is committed a long time in advance and can not easily be cut . |
| 5 | Teacher development has to build on those constructs which exist , and can not easily be promoted in any other way . |
| 6 | English poststructuralists , when wearing their Marxist hats , would undoubtedly want to insist that ideas belong in larger contexts , social , cultural , and political , and can not easily be abstracted and appropriated to other ends . |
| 7 | This , I fear , does involve specialist attention , and can not normally be attempted by the average DIY man . |
| 8 | The justification can imply an awareness of how the meaning of attitudinal positions depends upon the wider context of controversy , and can not just be understood in terms of the individual 's uttered attitudinal statements . |
| 9 | He says he agrees with Mr Tebbit that many of the evil deeds of recent years which have seen child murders and terrorism of a particularly disgusting type , can not be answered by ‘ mere questions of policing , penal treatment or sentencing policy and can not either be justified or explained by talking of urban deprivation and unemployment . ’ |
| 10 | Some weeks after accepting delivery and paying for the computer , it is found that , although the computer works well in every other respect , it is not compatible with the company 's other machines and can not reasonably be made so . |
| 11 | His goodwill with those customers belonged to him and can not reasonably be taken from him by a covenant of this kind . |
| 12 | The actual machine is replaceable , as are the programs which run on it — but your data is unique and can not simply be replaced by the local computer shop . |
| 13 | The newspaper articles supporting Barts are drawn from the experiences of our patients or their relatives and can not simply be ignored . |
| 14 | Any such development depends crucially on popular initiatives and can not simply be legislated ( there are , however , important ways in which a socialist government could help to foster enterprise democracy , by making changes in company law , e. g. turning shareholders into mere bond-holders , granting the right to set up democratic mechanisms where this was approved by the workforce , and by means of preferential funding for democratic enterprises and ‘ workers ’ plans ' ) . |
| 15 | Since these ‘ facts ’ belong to the group as a whole and since the latter is more than the sum of its parts , they have a transcendent reality of their own and can not simply be reduced to the individuals in whose conduct they manifest themselves . |
| 16 | Ecgberht may have received wide support in Kent and can not necessarily be regarded as wholly dependent on Offa for his kingship . |
| 17 | However , this enthusiasm to convey solutions to pupils often ends up by precluding the pupils ' own ideas and can not only be inhibiting but also take away the pupils ' enjoyment of getting there themselves . |
| 18 | I came to realise that not even one 's mind is one 's private reserve but our thoughts are picked up and can not only be read but given to us . |
| 19 | My Lords , this appeal arises out of a memorandum of agreement dated 19 December 1930 and said to have created a lease for a term which was not limited to expire by effluxion of time and can not now be determined by the landlord . |
| 20 | McKay collected points on all five climbs in yesterday 's stage and can not now be beaten for the overall mountains title . |
| 21 | ‘ the transfer on its face was a perfectly regular sale and as against third parties taking a legal estate for value and in good faith it was within the ostensible authority of Mrs. Steed and can not now be repudiated against such third parties . |
| 22 | 3132 DC has already been submitted and can not now be updated : |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The recognition that children can not simply be written off in the rationality stakes and can not therefore be denied autonomy on this account has led some writers to conclude that they can not , therefore , be denied it on any account . |
| 26 | Once more , the question of what is morally or ideologically correct is not at issue here : political rectitude is not a consideration since the politics of ‘ race relations ’ are not articulated and can not therefore be interrogated . |
| 27 | That issue was not , however , raised in the case , and can not formally be regarded as the reasoning underpinning the decision . |
| 28 | Similarly the extra health care needs of homeless people which have been documented in parts of London reflect local conditions and can not validly be applied to all areas . |