Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [noun] can not " in BNC.
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| 1 | The key lesson of this case study is that order can not be coercively imposed , and that some form of political consensus is necessary if escalation is to be avoided . |
| 2 | Its theme is that man can not hope for immortality , the only one who gained it being the Babylonian Noah . |
| 3 | One important implication of this view of the state is that injustice can not be removed by reform , only by a revolution , and one which involves a radical change in the system , property rights , the content of education , the family , the fiscal system and so on . |
| 4 | How risible it is that art can not provide a better imitation of life , when we know that life itself is so illusory . |
| 5 | What can be seen is that Parliament can not have intended an implied limitation along the lines of Ex parte Blain , 12 Ch.D. 522 . |
| 6 | What follows from this is that reason can not survive unless general values of this kind are maintained . |
| 7 | The other limitation is that property can not pass in unascertained goods , see section 16 ( above ) . |
| 8 | The rationale for this is that intervention can not replace natural developmental processes , but only complement them ; it is therefore necessary to ensure that structured attempts at intervention and ‘ natural developmental processes ’ are working in unison . |
| 9 | In other words , the null hypothesis is that phytoplankton can not stratify in the absence of a density gradient ( if waters are not shallow ) . |
| 10 | There is no room here for a highly technical debate about language , but what is clear is that Christianity can not possibly associate any view of God with what we would normally conceive a person to be . |
| 11 | The problem is that Christianity can not shed its concretion . |
| 12 | The difference between the two lowerers is that Pandarus can not help speaking prose , since he is incapable of verse , heroism , or true love , being limited to ‘ handling ’ others ' affairs . |
| 13 | These notes about social work practice where there is mental impairment can not begin to be comprehensive ; skills in this area are developing fast . |