Sentence examples for cannot be swept from inspiring English sources

"Crime cannot be swept under the carpet".

These disturbing findings cannot be swept under the carpet.

It cannot be swept away by a tearful confession from one of the principal offenders.

Scoff if you will, but such coincidences cannot be swept aside.

It cannot be swept under the carpet; it cannot be reduced.

Those protections cannot be swept aside so readily," the technology companies write.

That sort of mess cannot simply be swept under the rug; it must be cleared up.

But when those actions lead to tragic consequences, the truth cannot just be swept under the carpet".

This is an interesting strain of reverse nimbyism, in which the back yard cannot even be swept for fear that the rats get the idea that it has been done for their comfort and benefit.

So much of importance happened there that it cannot just be swept away, as the trustees wish to do, by selling the building to a property developer – which is why two months ago I stated my support for the Save The Africa Centre campaign and its call for a public consultation on the decision to sell this historic and cultural asset.

Contracts and commitments already made by the city cannot simply be swept aside.