Example sentences of "[noun sg] could [not/n't] [be] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is believed that the report will criticise successive corporate affairs ministers at the department of Trade and Industry , despite a claim last year by Lord Young , the former Trade and Industry Secretary , that an internal investigation concluded his department could not be held responsible , and could even throw the spotlight on the role of Lord Young . |
| 2 | The contravener could not be made liable under section 6(2) except to the extent of the money or property he had himself received from the investor . |
| 3 | Haymo found on a tour of the diocese that the Palace at Halling with its farming implements and utensils was in a much dilapidated state and he is quoted as saying the state of the property of the diocese was so bad that in seven years the damage could not be made good . |
| 4 | Of course , this theme could not be made explicit , for the time of Jacobinism had not arrived . |
| 5 | Brückner could n't be left alive with that knowledge . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ It seems to me that business could not function properly if such information could not be kept confidential . ’ |