Example sentences of "[noun] and can [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Experts explain that exercise can not cause heart disease or a tendency to accumulate cholesterol , both of which are genetically determined characteristics and can not be ‘ brought on ’ by external factors . |
| 2 | He dwells in a high tower looking down on the metropolis and can often be seen flying high above it on his War Griffon Stormwing . |
| 3 | But life is consciousness and can not be suppressed for ever . |
| 4 | But poor refereeing is part and parcel of football and can not be used as an excuse for Newcastle 's plight . |
| 5 | The power to order rectification must , therefore , be found within one or other of the subsection ( 1 ) paragraphs and can not be spelled out of the words ‘ may be rectified . ’ |
| 6 | There seems to be a fairly common misconception that cichlids are all cichlids and can therefore be mixed . |
| 7 | Like all acts of faith , it is not capable of mathematical or logical demonstration and can therefore be disavowed by those who do not share it . |
| 8 | Effluent in rural areas is usually discharged visibly into watercourses and can often be traced without much difficulty to its source . |
| 9 | Members are traditionally allowed a free vote and can not be instructed by their party to follow a line . |
| 10 | Some scholars are uneasy about this interpretation because the sign-groups give only approximations of words and can therefore be made into several different words : the sign-group ‘ po-lo ’ , for example , can be made to mean as many as eight different Greek words . |
| 11 | Most of the potholes and caves on Leck Fell and elsewhere occur in hollows and shallow valleys and are revealed only after a search , but the next great chasm in the line of march is identified by a fence and can not be missed . |
| 12 | Although the technique is more time consuming , the mitotic cells obtained are of better quality and are useful for C- and G-banding ( Figure and can also be used for in situ hybridization ( Section 6 ) . |
| 13 | They are useful only for a single set of data and can not be used to compare two sets unless two pies each representing different totals are compared . |
| 14 | Debris and algae collect in the medium in the inner tray and can regularly be changed and disposed of . |
| 15 | Unlike sex identity , which is fixed at conception and can not be changed , gender identity can change and a woman may have a masculine identity and vice versa . |
| 16 | Either I get hooked on the story or message to the exclusion of the drawings , or am arrested by the designs and can not be bothered with the balloons . |
| 17 | The endowment of religious houses and other institutions , though greatly reduced until the end of the century , was thereafter far from contained by this statute and can not be measured simply by the licences enrolled in chancery , since various devices were employed to circumvent the law . |
| 18 | The offer applies to all the cars in the Peugeot range and can even be used to buy a low-mileage Lion Used Car . |
| 19 | Many people at the Home Office would deny this , arguing that the imperatives of fairness and justice should permeate every branch of its work and can not be hived off and left to others . |
| 20 | There was also " … a considerable quantity of small ore which was got at the beginning of the work and can not be weighed until stamped or broken by an Engine and washed for which purpose they are going to erect one to go be water with all speed and were disstressed for some sycamore wood for the water wheel . " |
| 21 | It has been suggested that such provisos are not effective in protecting a landlord from the severity of the law and can not be set up as a defence to the claim that by accepting rent the breach of covenant has been waived . |
| 22 | The title Architect is protected by law and can only be used by those appropriately qualified and registered . |
| 23 | It is however deeply embedded in English law and can only be removed or moderated by Parliament . |
| 24 | At this level of production the program is useful only to its creator and can not be disseminated further . |
| 25 | The recourse to social control measures has been entirely removed from this Act and can now be invoked only under general statute that regulates powers to suspend individual rights ( Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch. s. 1666 ) . |
| 26 | The Young 's modulus was easily found by a simple mechanical experiment and two or three Ångström units is a fair guess for the interatomic spacing and can not be far out . |
| 27 | Slip connectors ( usually compression ) have no internal stops and can easily be inserted into existing pipe runs |
| 28 | The bone shows very fine splitting along the lines of orientation of the collagen fibres ( Fig. 1.4A ) and slight erosion of the pits and canals , but these are only visible under high magnification and can not be seen by the naked eye . |
| 29 | The world has always looked to Britain for stability , inventiveness and general mental agility , yet our National Prestige is low , our currency is less than one third of its immediate post-war value against the dollar and can not be explained entirely as a result of market speculation . |
| 30 | The last two of these eight traps are commonly dealt with in basic statistical texts and can not be sensibly covered here . |