Example sentences of "[noun pl] could not " in BNC.
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| 1 | His voice teased , but there was an undertone of urgent desire which the light words could n't quite conceal , and Kate smiled as she allowed her hands to explore his nakedness . |
| 2 | Wittgenstein argued that most words could not be defined in terms of lists of necessary and sufficient conditions for membership of the set for which they stood ( his most noted example is that of the word ’ game ’ ) . |
| 3 | The court held that these words could not be used as the words were absolutely privileged . |
| 4 | I was also immensely proud when Gavin Campbell , who fronted last week 's B B C D E C appeal , told me that words could not describe the tremendously high quality of Save The Children 's work in Malawi , Mozambique and Sudan , which he had recently visited in order to film for the D E C appeal . |
| 5 | Such a dramatic movement of peoples could not have been undertaken by any other contemporary transportation method , and must reflect remarkable activity at the hundreds of newly built stations throughout the system . |
| 6 | And it sort of weighed me down and slowed me down till my legs could n't hardly move . |
| 7 | Malik mispunched Malcolm over mid-on , and Lamb 's little legs could n't carry him fast enough to get underneath the chance . |
| 8 | Their tired legs could n't quite carry them , though , to their first win on Tyneside since the opening day of the 1949–50 season . |
| 9 | Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands , for their legs could not bear them . |
| 10 | The thin cotton pyjamas could not conceal his aroused state . |
| 11 | Birmingham fans could n't believe it … the Swindon fans must have been rubbing their eyes too … ion the last minute Mitchell raced away for his hat-trick … they think it 's all over it was then … 6-4 … to Swindon … what a scorcher … |
| 12 | It 's a lesson that will not have escaped Lennie Lawrence but , for the moment , he and the fans could n't be happier . |
| 13 | He said that a levy assessed on arrears could not work because of the problem of defining arrears and basing the levy on the amount outstanding was unfair because of the different types of debt such as an £80,000 mortgage or £100 weekly collection . |
| 14 | Because we had the car , something other walkers could n't do , we were approaching Carn Dearg just after lunch . |
| 15 | Both are family stories , both are brilliantly and movingly written , but their families and their styles could not be more different . |
| 16 | He 'd become more aware of her as an attractive girl with a very feminine figure that the fashionable flat-chested dress styles could not conceal . |
| 17 | Scotland 0 , England 28 SCOTTISH Schools could not match the skill and strength of their English counterparts in the international at Balgray . |
| 18 | Only fourteen comprehensive schools existed at the time when Tony Crosland was writing : good grammar schools could not simply be swept away , nor the rights and duties of Local Education Authorities brushed aside . |
| 19 | Without these pupils , the new schools could not of course demonstrate whether or not they could provide for them as well as the grammar schools had . |
| 20 | It made it clear that , whatever their achievements in the past , the direct-grant schools could not look towards a stable future within the national system of education . |
| 21 | The Clause was wrong if it meant schools could not have proper and adequate discussion , but if it meant that local authorities should not promote homosexuality then Mr Roberts would support it . |
| 22 | It is naive and dangerous to imagine that our children or their schools could n't possibly be involved . |
| 23 | There were no relevant standing rules governing applications for declarations and injunctions before the enactment of rule 3(7) because before then these remedies could not be applied for under Order 53 , but only in private actions . |
| 24 | These steps could not have been imitated from adults since the last is the only version they are likely to have heard . |
| 25 | Such then was the origin of soda water and a major industry , a service , according to Thomas Henry Huxley , writing over 100 years later , ‘ which all those thirsty souls with parched throats and hot heads could not too greatly acknowledge ’ . |
| 26 | As we saw in Chapter 1 , it was believed in the early 1980s that much primary classroom practice in Leeds was outdated , uninspiring or downright bad ; that heads bore much of the responsibility for this state of affairs ; and , therefore , that the same heads could not be expected to put matters right . |
| 27 | He could wait six months could n't he ? |
| 28 | Mr Stockdale had taken control of Eagle Trust in the wake of the resignation and subsequent departure from the country of John Ferriday , and had discovered that £13.7m of funds could not be accounted for . |
| 29 | Central party funds could not pay more than a tiny proportion of the total cost of running a local association in every constituency ; not paying the piper they were unable to call the tune . |
| 30 | It was a burden their funds could not bear . |