Example sentences of "[verb] can not [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely anything manufactured before the implementation of the dreaded Value Added can not suddenly be VAT applicable ? |
| 2 | It is quite possible that the extent of unmet legal need can never be ascertained and that which can be ascertained can not adequately be explained . |
| 3 | But such patterns of hoarding can not necessarily be explained simply . |
| 4 | While certainly it seems plausible to suggest that , if there are people from similar social or educational backgrounds in a number of key roles , the relationships between those people will facilitate the sharing of ideas and opinions , the processes involved can not necessarily be explained as simply as this . |
| 5 | There the caterpillar first cuts all the leaf veins leading back to the main stalk before settling in for a dinner which it hopes can not then be communicated to the neighbouring leaves . |
| 6 | A trivial , and at the same time profound , corollary is that the results of supercomputing can not usefully be displayed as graphs or tables of numbers . |
| 7 | As electronic records represent a new resource their location and the descriptions of the data they contain can not easily be made accessible . |
| 8 | birth you have can not easily be predicted . |