Example sentences of "can not now be " in BNC.
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| 1 | That Agatha Christie 's reading was wide-ranging can not now be denied , but , even so , the source of one of Hercule Poirot 's favourite ploys — almost , it could be said , his trademark , the gathering together of the suspects at the climax of one of his investigations — is surprising . |
| 2 | Because Labour was once against Europe , it can not now be for Europe . |
| 3 | Because it was once the party of nationalisation , it can not now be the party of the small shareholder . |
| 4 | When Edward was two , and a second child was expected , Mr Thomas moved house ( the number can not now be traced ) to Wakehurst Road , one of the rows of recently built small houses parallel to Battersea Rise and between Clapham and Wandsworth commons . |
| 5 | The Statute of Uses has been repealed ; and future legal estates in real property can not now be created . |
| 6 | ABOVE With a furlong to run the favourite Honey End is still in hot pursuit of Foinavon , but the shock result can not now be averted . |
| 7 | If you are convinced that there is nothing after this earthly life and that death is the ultimate finality , then you can not be crying for the one who has died for he can not now be suffering in any way at all . |
| 8 | By 1931 all these techniques were routine , and it is a very great pity that the people who developed them can not now be identified . |
| 9 | The constitution of the convention is such that it can not now be amended . |
| 10 | Following the EEC ruling , such sanctions can not now be applied by the BAA . |
| 11 | But these reports can not now be substantiated ; we are left with the bare fact that she spent the rest of her life in confinement . |
| 12 | My Lords , this appeal arises out of a memorandum of agreement dated 19 December 1930 and said to have created a lease for a term which was not limited to expire by effluxion of time and can not now be determined by the landlord . |
| 13 | ‘ the transfer on its face was a perfectly regular sale and as against third parties taking a legal estate for value and in good faith it was within the ostensible authority of Mrs. Steed and can not now be repudiated against such third parties . |
| 14 | The skip-sequential processing of sparsely updated file areas can not now be regarded as straightforward . |
| 15 | It is not just the lies about the life , some of which can not now be disbelieved . |
| 16 | Much of the evidence for settlement colonisation is based on the first reference to a place in documents , but this can not now be accepted as a date for origin . |
| 17 | BCCI 's " major customers and shareholders " were aware as early as April 1990 , it said , of widespread fraud and manipulation of banking records within BCCI ; " the precise amount of such losses and fictitious profits [ over the period from 1977 to 1985 ] can not now be established " , but could have approached US$1,000 million . |
| 18 | To refer the case back to the same solicitor who has reported that the case can not now be won , or refer it to a different lawyer ? |
| 19 | 3132 DC has already been submitted and can not now be updated : |
| 20 | Nevertheless , the situation was probably of a complexity that can not now be recovered . |
| 21 | In time , plants were domesticated and selected so that they differ greatly from their wild ancestors , some so much so that their ancestors can not now be recognized . |
| 22 | It is clear from Sullivan v West Yorkshire Passenger Executive [ 1985 ] 2 All ER 134 that motor engineers ' evidence can not now be excluded per se at an interlocutory stage , but Hinds v London Transport Executive [ 1979 ] RTR 103 is still good law in so far as the trial judge is still likely to disregard such evidence if it just argues out the cause of the accident without dealing with any real engineering matters . |
| 23 | The effect of the recent decisions is that points of law can not now be relied on for challenges . |
| 24 | He has a 63-point advantage over third-placed Australian Michael Doohan and with just 25 points available for a win can not now be caught if Rainey does not race again . |
| 25 | McKay collected points on all five climbs in yesterday 's stage and can not now be beaten for the overall mountains title . |
| 26 | This was an appalling offence against an animal and the accused — who has already been found guilty — can not now be punished . ’ |