Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [be] [verb] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like the colour of the great shades in the saloon , they can not be replaced or even exactly reproduced . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Furthermore , liability can not be limited or excluded by virtue of s7 of CPA 1987 by any contract term , notice or otherwise . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Tickets can not be exchanged or money refunded . |
| 12 | Tickets can not be exchanged or refunded |
| 13 | TICKETS CAN NOT BE EXCHANGED OR MONEY REFUNDED . |
| 14 | ‘ Because if morality has a status which can not be challenged or transcended then the search itself is under judgment . ’ |
| 15 | An appeal can not be withdrawn or the grounds amended without the leave of the court . |
| 16 | The ‘ bleep test , ’ the faceless , metronomic PT Instructor which can not be cursed or cheated , has honed the squads to a peak of measurable athletic performance , suggesting that our cricketers are fitter than our rugby players . |
| 17 | If you have seen kitchens where the doors refuse to hang correctly , where shelves can not be adjusted or where drawers refuse to open the chances are it 's because ‘ savings ’ have been made and lower quality materials have been used . |
| 18 | These figures can not be tolerated or justified , either in cost terms or in terms of the most efficient use of police resources . |
| 19 | In each case the land has been exploited far beyond its true potential — out of dire necessity during the Wars , and now for blind greed and short-term gain resulting in vast surpluses which can not be eaten or sold . |
| 20 | Their Lordships held that such consent can not be given or implied by a course of conduct over the years as it is important in the interests of both the local authority and the public that consent should not be accidental or informal . |
| 21 | The theoretical explanation of the universality of electric charge is that the electric current of the charges particles involved in an electromagnetic process must be conserved so that charge can not be created or destroyed . |
| 22 | This law states that matter can not be created or destroyed in a chemical reaction . |
| 23 | This states that energy can not be created or destroyed , although it may be converted from one form into another . |
| 24 | Services Marketing Strategy — for marketers of products that can not be touched or seen and which are highly dependent on people for the quality of output . |
| 25 | These criteria and restrictions are meant to ensure that the market for the options in any one class can not be manipulated or controlled by any individual or concert party . |
| 26 | They can not be shot or netted since they refuse to budge and will be sitting tight underground . |
| 27 | And power lies in the files , in knowing , and making sure the knowledge can not be checked or shared . |
| 28 | Much of the waste can not be reprocessed or disposed of safely and therefore threatens to pollute the environment for hundreds of years to come . |
| 29 | ‘ lead from the front ’ by deciding what needs to be done in difficult situations , where a consensus can not be reached or where time is tight . |
| 30 | However , their benefits are much less tangible than a physical product in that they can not be stored or displayed and satisfaction is achieved through activities ( e.g. transportation from one place to another rather than say a seat on a train ) . |