Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [be] [verb] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in recent years the knowledge of the role of electricity in the treatment of disease has developed considerably , and there are no technical reasons why the findings and the techniques outlined can not be implemented and developed immediately by any competent specialist . |
| 2 | We have said goodbye to a person who can not be replaced and the rest of us will have to work the harder and care the more in order to try to fill the gap left by his passing . |
| 3 | Like the colour of the great shades in the saloon , they can not be replaced or even exactly reproduced . |
| 4 | Buildings — and not just historic ones — represent energy , labour and materials , which either can not be replaced or can only be replaced at enormous cost . |
| 5 | Note that some types of motorised valve can not be serviced and have to be replaced ( a job that will entail draining down the entire system ) , but on many newer models it is possible to replace the valve motor and free the valve spindle if it is jammed , without having to interfere with the plumbing . |
| 6 | If you can not be contacted or do not make acceptable repayment proposals within a reasonable time , we may commence or continue procedures to enforce repayment . |
| 7 | As two days are allocated for the match in order to obtain a result , refunds can not be made and nor can tickets be accepted back for exchange or re-sale . |
| 8 | Corrigan points out that the delinquency of these boys can not be explained or understood outside the context of their leisure activities ( or lack of them ) . |
| 9 | Some of these aspects may well combine in complex and inexplicable ways in the learning process and clearly the teacher can not take the chance of depriving learners of effective learning conditions on the grounds that they can not be explained or controlled . |
| 10 | In these cases classical theory can not be applied and large-strain elasticity theory is used . |
| 11 | Some writers , who have emphasized the legal ultimacy of the rule of recognition , have expressed this by saying that , whereas the legal validity of other rules of the system can be demonstrated by reference to it , its own validity can not be demonstrated but is ‘ assumed ’ or ‘ postulated ’ or is a ‘ hypothesis ’ . |
| 12 | The changed nature of business — the shift to corporate organization and the break between the location and ownership of industry — means that old , more or less direct methods of incorporation on the Victorian model can not be sustained or renewed . |
| 13 | During 1988 , the rate of growth was around 7 per cent , a rate that can not be sustained and will cause severe ‘ re-entry ’ problems as the Government tries to get the economy back to a realistic long-term rate of performance . |
| 14 | If a preferred way of delivering a service can not be met but the care manager feels it is an unreasonable demand , the department advises it should not be recorded as an unmet need by as an unmet preference . |
| 15 | This liability , under Part I of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 , can not be limited or excluded at all — see paragraphs 9–6 to 9–14 above . |
| 16 | Furthermore , liability can not be limited or excluded by virtue of s7 of CPA 1987 by any contract term , notice or otherwise . |
| 17 | In recognising that fact , as well as the reality that this package can not be amended or the entire community ratification process goes back into the melting pot , it was the pressure point likely to offer the greatest temptation to the Tory anti-Maastricht brigade . |
| 18 | The artist who speaks , works , paints behind the curtain can not be named and labelled and authenticated — pinned down — as tidily as the academic art historian , identifying a drawing , would believe . |
| 19 | The analysis which follows in the succeeding five chapters attempts to show that they are irksome ; and indeed many are immovable without other deep-seated changes in society ; and that these can not be advocated or struggled for on the grounds of soil conservation alone . |
| 20 | This simple fact can not be overstressed and it accounts , in part , for the continuing lack of precise data on the numbers of physically handicapped in Britain : we do not know exactly how many people are physically disabled because they are not a clear homogeneous group that can be counted . |
| 21 | I would not relish a low-level left-engine-out go-around since the undercarriage can not be raised and single-engine gear-down climb would be earth-tangential . |
| 22 | Tickets can not be exchanged nor money refunded . |
| 23 | Tickets can not be exchanged or money refunded . |
| 24 | Tickets can not be exchanged or refunded |
| 25 | TICKETS CAN NOT BE EXCHANGED OR MONEY REFUNDED . |
| 26 | ‘ Because if morality has a status which can not be challenged or transcended then the search itself is under judgment . ’ |
| 27 | If agreement to purchase land needed for particular projects can not be secured and a compulsory purchase order is made , persons affected may object . |
| 28 | Obviously all claims not requiring the appointment of Loss Adjusters can not be inspected but certain categories require closer investigation than others . |
| 29 | An appeal can not be withdrawn or the grounds amended without the leave of the court . |
| 30 | Passing data between CHAINed programs can be a bit of a problem because COMMON variables can not be declared and all but the static variables are cleared by CHAIN . |