Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] can not [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er the only point I wish to make is that there is considerable variability we have found in the grading erm and the Ministry of Agriculture maps can not be relied upon for relatively small er or larger areas . |
| 2 | Suppose further that this particular wave function can not be written as a simple product of two single-particle wave functions , one for each particle . |
| 3 | For company law purposes , only realised profits can ( in the absence of a capital reduction ) be used to make distributions , so upward valuations of assets to create a revaluation reserve can not be used to create a dividend-stripping opportunity . |
| 4 | Without it chains of command and responsibility patterns can not be established . |
| 5 | One view is that successor States can not be regarded as third parties because of the continuing link between their territory and the treaty . |
| 6 | Because of interaction , component values can not be determined by a simple ‘ rule of thumb ’ and it is necessary to equate the response in terms of impedances with that in terms of time constants . |
| 7 | In market situations where the flexibility and responsiveness of work organization is crucial to competitive advantage , successful change strategies can not be premised on the simplicities of the structure-strategy paradigm . |
| 8 | It is true that on defence Labour can not be trusted . |
| 9 | Compadrinazgo ties can not be created between Buid and lowlanders because the Buid reject the Christian rituals on which they are based . |
| 10 | Four elements here are open to criticism : ( 1 ) the term batteur de mesure had become discredited and much less used by 1790 , because of its association with the bad old days ; ( 2 ) the ‘ large stick ’ whatever its size in 1750 , got markedly smaller by 1790 ; ( 3 ) there was no unified body of opinion which attacked ‘ woodchopping ’ over the decades : in fact Rousseau 's text , and those of his epigones , aspired to make musico-political points in favour of Italian opera as much as about beating time ; ( 4 ) audible stick signals can not be said , at least after 1781 , to have ‘ co-ordinated ’ chorus and ballet , if that implies ‘ heard as a matter of course ’ ; the evidence shows that no audible signal was thereafter heard as a matter of course . |
| 11 | For opposition parties can not be wholly uncooperative . |
| 12 | The other problem is that common investment funds can not be tailored to suit your requirements . |
| 13 | An ageing labour force can not be expected to be a mobile one . |
| 14 | The Sterling + 2 range is extremely powerful , and its accounting functions can not be faulted , from stock control right through to its reports . |
| 15 | The necessity of allocating time and resources to this aspect of practice management can not be too heavily stressed . |
| 16 | Behaviour and DNA are uncomfortable partners , for mind functions can not be so readily consigned to a molecular coding . |
| 17 | → Dealing with your ideas in order , buying a secondhand valve amp to use with your existing combo speaker would not work because of the complex switching required to bypass the amplifiers into dummy loads ( a valve amp can not be left on without the speaker or a dummy load in circuit ) as well as input routing to both amps . |
| 18 | Despite this finding , the two classes of junction we have created on the basis of their phosphorus chemical shift can not be clearly distinguished in terms of the energetics of the B I -B II transition . |
| 19 | When directly employed labour is used on an incentive scheme , losses in one bonus period can not be offset against gains in other periods . |
| 20 | No two sites are exactly alike , and so the excavation of a site such as a burial mound can not be duplicated by excavating another burial mound . |
| 21 | It is now accepted that new prerogative powers can not be created , but the scope of many established prerogative powers is unclear . |
| 22 | The above average rates of leukaemia in the study area can not be accounted for by these findings . |
| 23 | Obviously all claims not requiring the appointment of Loss Adjusters can not be inspected but certain categories require closer investigation than others . |
| 24 | It therefore follows that if car speeds can not be reduced , large residential areas can make gains in both their environmental traffic qualities and in their safety only by the dilution of the shared-space ideal by the provision of footpaths as pedestrian refuges . |
| 25 | The McKinsey-GE matrix also recognizes that in many businesses investment decisions can not be made simply upon information about market growth and the current share held . |
| 26 | Given that stock logistics can not be an exact science and only provides an indication of use , McClellan 's system of analysing loans and shelf stock statistics is simpler ( particularly if issue statistics are analysed on a computer ) and probably no less useful . |
| 27 | If labour requirements can not be met through the more efficient or intensive use of the existing labour force , a great many employers ( almost half ) use temporary or casual labour including former registered dockers made redundant under the Dock Labour Compensation Scheme . |
| 28 | An administration order can not be made in relation to a company which has gone into liquidation ( s. 8(4) Insolvency Act 1986 ) . |
| 29 | But the importance of being a woman in the rock arena can not be over-emphasised — even in 1992 , after over 30 years of the genre , it must be celebrated , because the new breed , this new chapter is gaining power , momentum and energy . |
| 30 | The clinical and biological profiles of Zollinger-Ellison sydrome patients who develop fundic ECL cell tumours can not be determined from the study of such a small number of cases . |