Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] could not [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | B has infringed the patent for the computer chips even if he did not know or could not be expected to know of the patent . |
| 2 | At that time a diagnosis of sarcoidosis was considered but could not be proved . |
| 3 | According to Les Echos that could not be corroborated with information from Bull , employees that choose the first option will get three months salary for agreeing to reduce their work time for two years . |
| 4 | However , it is unclear what international co-ordination could achieve that could not be gained through more national co-ordination . |
| 5 | Whilst desktop publishing at the low-end of the market may appear to be a careful juggling match between cost and quality of output , as indeed it is , the real determining factor about the suitability of the products is whether they actually provide some benefit that could not be achieved by other means . |
| 6 | There can therefore be built into the design of this channel features that could not be built into a permanent method . |
| 7 | He had never willed to injure or dismay the boy , but the thing was done and could not be undone . |
| 8 | Mr Fallon said he had reassured the meeting the funding proposals had been withdrawn and could not be introduced without the joint agreement of the dental profession and the Department of Health . |
| 9 | The introduction of summary financial statements ensured that building society members did not have to cope with extensive , detailed financial information that they did not want and could not be expected to understand . |
| 10 | Daalny ordered , past anger now that the contest was joined and could not be evaded . |
| 11 | The North Korean delegation maintained its established position that issues such as nuclear inspection could be discussed only when relations with Japan had been normalized and could not be included within the normalization process itself . |
| 12 | The train attackers escaped and could not be identified . |
| 13 | Not quite as bad as I have seen on our modern commuter stations , but we were jam packed and could not be parted from our scant luggage . |
| 14 | Tied cottagers received protection under the Rent Act 1957 only in so far as they were ‘ tenants ’ who were entitled to four weeks ' notice to quit and could not be evicted without prior warning . |
| 15 | For example : the traditional notation regarding ‘ on board ’ loading was replaced by a ‘ taking in charge ’ statement ; the traditional prohibition against transhipment was eliminated , because transhipment was of the essence in combined transport ; since the transport commonly originated and finished inland , the terms ‘ place of receipt ’ and ‘ place of delivery ’ were inserted in separate boxes , either replacing the traditional ‘ port of loading ’ and ‘ port of discharge ’ or joining them as additional specifications ; and since often times the name of the vessel was not known or could not be established with certainty at the time of issuance , the box for the vessel 's name was modified to refer to an ‘ intended vessel . ’ |
| 16 | Remarks were made by the local rivals , not about dancing standards as the Mites were inevitably highly experienced and could not be faulted , but more was made of their apparent roughness : |
| 17 | Less than a month later , at the beginning of March 1757 , Miller wrote a letter , now held by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania , reporting that promised specimens of Crataegus had not arrived and could not be included in the current edition of the Dictionary ; he repeated his request for Gale asplenii-folio and for all sorts of lilies and Andromeda . |
| 18 | Both managers that I interviewed believed quite adamantly that leadership qualities were something somebody either had or did not have and could not be developed through training . |
| 19 | Neutrophils , eosinophils , and basophils were too few to count and could not be analysed further . |
| 20 | Though medical science believed that the muscles affected by polio simply withered and could not be restored , she was convinced that the deformities which followed attacks of infantile paralysis were caused by muscle spasms . |
| 21 | Significantly , some of the other alleged benefits were flatly contradicted by the employer ; others were found to exist but could not be confirmed in precise financial terms . |
| 22 | The fatal approach was to falter and say that whatever he had asked for could not be found — then , the violence was terrifying . |
| 23 | She knew what had happened but could not be bothered to deal with it . |