Example sentences of "could not [be] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decision in Pickstone v. Freemans Plc. [ 1989 ] A.C. 66 which authorises the court to look at ministerial statements made in introducing regulations which could not be amended by Parliament is logically indistinguishable from such statements made in introducing a statutory provision which , though capable of amendment , was not in fact amended . |
| 2 | With some fish , but particularly carp , a situation was apparent whereby they refused to accept a bait on strong tackle , but could not be landed on tackle fine enough to fool them . |
| 3 | Ambition and power could not be swayed by love or foolish dreams , and the message was not lost on Rachel as she faced the reality of her marriage now that the honeymoon — how clichés suddenly made sense ! — was over . |
| 4 | Four of the 128 patients studied were excluded because H pylori was identified in histological specimens only and could not be confirmed by culture or CLO test . |
| 5 | The Northern Ireland Office would normally have ignored the moves by Jill Knight and Ian Paisely knowing that matters affecting a public corporation , such as the Housing Executive , could not be raised in Parliament and that , in lethargic Ulster , the matter would soon be forgotten . |
| 6 | On Nov. 22 elections , which on Nov. 10 had been called by President Hugh Desmond Hoyte for Dec. 16 , and which were constitutionally required to be held by Dec. 28 at the latest , were indefinitely postponed after the chairman of the Elections Commission , Rudolph Collins , warned that a proper electoral register could not be prepared in time . |
| 7 | The judgement led one observer to point out ruefully that there now existed a situation where two tribunals faced with similar circumstances could quite reasonably come to different conclusions , and that their rulings could not be overturned on appeal in the Interests of consistency ( IRS , 1985a ) . |
| 8 | If Western Europe could not be liberated from Britain , it would have to be defended . |
| 9 | This Service would provide legal help to CABx and other social agencies , similar to that hitherto provided by solicitors to CABx on an honorary basis ; would establish close liaison between the local profession and CABx and other social services ; would provide oral advice for the public in cases that could be readily disposed of ; would maintain permanent advisory centres where necessary , offering advice and assistance short of proceedings or representation in court ; and would set up permanent local centres offering representation in magistrates ' courts and county courts and the conduct of litigation so far as this could not be absorbed by solicitors ' firms . |
| 10 | The incumbent , MacFarlane of Kirkton , was also sure of a substantial body of support among the gentry of the county , while the situation was made even more hazardous when David Cunningham , a brother of the laird of Ballindalloch , a gentleman who could not be ranked among Montrose 's friends , also came forward , but with the support of two important lairds , Colonel Blackadder , and Callendar of Craigforth , to both of whom , as Montrose ruefully remarked , he had obligations . |
| 11 | On the contrary , it has proved remarkably difficult to find problems for which a solution could not be expressed in SGML . |
| 12 | She had a lump in her throat and an enormous yearning to say something beautiful to her father , something that could not be expressed by words , and so without quite knowing how it happened she suddenly turned her head and with a smile tossed out her arm in the air , easily , flowing , as if to see each other many more times . |
| 13 | 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 ’ ) . |
| 14 | The combination of deference to prosperity and literacy from one side , and the manipulation of equipment , local goods stores , and the like on the other easily created a vicious circle in Nikol'sk which could not be repeated in Ivanovka . |
| 15 | They called for the cancellation of the new timetable , declaring that the conditions for " reliable and open " elections could not be implemented by Feb. 23 . |
| 16 | As long ago as 1750 , Lord Hardwicke L.C. declared that it would be ‘ very mischievous ’ to seek to make one who was ‘ merely a witness ’ a party in order to obtain discovery ; even if he were properly examinable as a witness , his evidence could not be gathered in advance in this way . |
| 17 | The Italian Foreign Minister Gianni De Michelis said that while the EC did not wish to exert pressure on Israel , political issues could not be separated from considerations about trade co-operation with that country . |
| 18 | The advance publicity for the show was very coy about this particular piece , promising us a surprise that could not be revealed in advance . |
| 19 | Each branch was developing its own way of coping with the environment , and progress in one direction could not be evaluated by comparison with any other . |
| 20 | For example , it gave news of ships in peril that could be seen from Fanefjord but not from Elmelunde ; of fires raging in the forest near Magleby that could not be seen at Børre ; of women in labour , requiring the services of a midwife . |
| 21 | It was said that the ‘ Treasures of Britain' exhibition could not be seen in England for lack of somewhere suitable to mount it . |
| 22 | However , such a policy could not be seen in isolation as it had implications for practice more generally , including procedures and training . |
| 23 | Clovenstone Triangle The council decided to delete the proposal from the south west Edinburgh local plan but if any competent objections should be received , which could not be withdrawn by negotiation , it could be necessary to hold a second public local inquiry . |
| 24 | Clovenstone Triangle– The council decided to delete the proposal from the south west Edinburgh local plan but if any competent objections should be received , which could not be withdrawn by negotiation , it could be necessary to hold a second public local inquiry . |
| 25 | In a meeting with Baker on Nov. 14 , however , Roh said that a " two-plus-four " solution could not be applied to Korea . |
| 26 | A single regional band could not be applied to Yorkshire , with council tax prices set against a regional band for , say , London and the south-east . |
| 27 | It was immediately much regretted that the death penalty could not be applied to burglars and footpads , and the prison system was the object of particularly fierce criticism . |
| 28 | If he aspired to something deeper , he must use deeper methods — methods which , alas , could not be applied in bulk . |
| 29 | The statistics mentioned by the authorities could not be accepted at face value . |
| 30 | She leaned closer to Alice , so that Alice could smell a warm perfume , reminiscent of a flower , the name of which could not be called to mind . |