Example sentences of "it can [adv] [be] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It ca n't be but fifty or eighty mile from here . |
| 2 | It ca n't be that you have no principles . |
| 3 | No it ca n't be cos we 've only just just turned that one over ! |
| 4 | It 's supposed to be dead , but it ca n't be because — look ! the tendon is moving slightly , the muscle 's quivering . |
| 5 | In a third part , the objection must be that with respect to confirmed hypotheses as to condition-sets , it can not be that those condition-sets are causal circumstances as conceived . |
| 6 | Though intimidation was not discussed in the case it can not be that B could have avoided the binding nature of the contract by the simple device of counterclaiming for damages for intimidation and it seems therefore that for the purposes of intimidation the plaintiff should be required to show unlawful coercion at least of such a degree as would enable him to avoid a contract . |
| 7 | If Tories are not flung to the lions in Blaenau , it can only be because lions are rare in the one-time mining valleys of South Wales . |
| 8 | But if you do , even though the evidence seems stacked against me , it can only be because you love me too , for that 's the only thing that could overcome a mistrust as deeply rooted as yours . ’ |