Sentence examples for cannot be accorded from inspiring English sources

This is a status (capacity for rationality and morality) that a colt cannot be accorded because even a horse cannot become a moral agent.

For example, if I were to see a number of cows in the corridor of The New School for Social Research, my first question would be, "What are these cows doing in The New School?" It would not be, except on the worst of days, "Are these cows real?" It is from the observation of such phenomena that Merleau-Ponty concludes that perception and judgment cannot be accorded the same status.

Their interests and views cannot even be accorded respect.

"The centrality of social connections to our health and well-being cannot be overstressed," according to Sonja Lyubomirsky, the author of The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want.

Questionable decisions that would be acceptable according to the non-religious variant of respect for autonomy, cannot be permitted according to the Islamic variant.

The specifications for the system are not and cannot be defined, according to Weizenbaum.

They are universal, inalienable and cannot be rationed according to nationality, skin colour, religion or wealth.

This is a matter of faith: it cannot be proved according to any scientific paradigm.

Because civil trials cannot be secret, according to the First Amendment, the arbitrations would have to end.

Their disapproval generally stems from a belief that coins cannot be graded according to a precise, universally accepted numerical system.

Since its stability in air cannot be assured, according to previous studies, this paper deals with the behavior of this material under inert atmosphere.