Example sentences of "nor could [pers pn] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor could they be formulated by the amateur civil servant . |
| 2 | Nor could it be said that the British welfare system identified , or even defined , let alone assisted , the genuinely needy groups as effectively as did some systems prevailing elsewhere . |
| 3 | Nor could it be a cat , for there had never been a cat in the Casa Guidi . |
| 4 | For I do not think it possible to study philosophy profitably without entering fairly deeply into the history of the subject , and for this there is not time at school , nor could it be a subject that would interest more than a very few pupils . |
| 5 | Nor could it be argued that private property ensured an efficient allocation of resources since the market no longer resembled the model of perfect competition . |
| 6 | Just how is not explained , nor could it be : one single vote , and twenty-one Socialist candidates in every constituency , each labelled as a supporter of one particular reform ? |
| 7 | It could not be suggested that these justices in the instant case did not take time to consider the matter and it is not suggested , nor could it be , that they did not take a great deal of care in carrying out their duties . |
| 8 | It is not merely that there are portraits of him at every turn , for there are almost as many of Inglis , nor could it be claimed that he was the greatest lawyer , for he had many rivals for that title even in his own generation , yet it is beyond argument that he was the most influential advocate ever to walk the floor of Parliament House . |
| 9 | St Antonino of Florence felt that the professional soldier could not fight in a war the justice of which was not above doubt , nor could he be given absolution as long as he continued to fight in that cause . |
| 10 | He was not black , nor could he be mistaken for white . |
| 11 | You certainly had to be tough to live at Tullivers after the Admiral had gone , for Lucy Trigg , in her eighties , could not be bothered to have any domestic help , nor could she be bothered to light fires , to cook meals for herself , nor to clean the house and tend the garden . |
| 12 | She was not exactly beautiful , nor could she be classed as altogether pretty , in the strictly conventional sense of the word . |
| 13 | If Beuno could hear the laughter it could not , in her estimation , be bad ; nor could she be mad . |