Example sentences of "which could not be [vb pp] by " in BNC.
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1 | The Communists had decided to pursue a policy which could not be followed by the ILP . |
2 | And whether he were not in this dilemma ; that either his estate might enure for life , at his option ; and then according to Lord Coke such an estate would , in legal contemplation , be an estate for life ; which could not be created by parol : or if not for life , being for no assignable period , it must operate as a tenancy from year to year ; in which case it would be inconsistent with , and repugnant to the nature of such an estate , that it should not be determinable at the pleasure of either party giving the regular notice . |
3 | After establishing the fact that we had only one body , which could not be replaced by a trip to Marks and Spencers if it wore out , we discussed ways and means of preserving it ! |
4 | The Serbs , however , had learned something from their experiments , and the taste of self-government , however limited , had given them a self-confidence which could not be crushed by the cruelty of their new masters . |
5 | 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from the south west Edinburgh local plan but if any competent objections should be received , which could not be withdrawn by negotiation , it could be necessary to hold a second public local inquiry . |
6 | 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from the south west Edinburgh local plan but if any competent objections should be received , which could not be withdrawn by negotiation , it could be necessary to hold a second public local inquiry . |
7 | And large numbers can physically cause severe damage which could not be caused by a smaller number of people . |
8 | They maintained that there should be nothing in Church doctrine , ceremonies or organisation which could not be justified by texts in the Scriptures . |
9 | In the FAP cases , minute adenomas and single gland adenomas , which could not be detected by naked eye , were easily recognised under the dissecting microscope ( Fig 2 ) . |
10 | It is we , however , who have to work out the connections of similarity and contrast between the expressions in the groups A to L , which thereby become representative of something more general , which could not be expressed by simply adding together the literal senses of the words . |
11 | In 66 cases there was a statistically significant effect which could not be explained by any other means . |
12 | Conversely there were occasions when world oil production reached levels which could not be explained by known consumption forecasts , as IEA member governments established or topped up strategic stocks against the uncertainties of life , like the US government 's vast Strategic Petroleum Reserve ( SPR ) . |
13 | Strong and creative relationships between schools and within an LEA result in a richness of educational provision which could not be achieved by each school going its own way . |
14 | In this way a genuine , inward understanding of that work is obtained by the shadow , which could not be obtained by a simple briefing or organized visit . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | The reply of the skins was to use a short wire , such as a paperclip , to replace the laces in a way which could not be spotted by the police . |
17 | He concluded that he declined to read the Faccenda case as holding that confidential information which could not be protected by an implied term ipso facto could not be protected by a suitably limited express covenant . |
18 | Although Lord Cairns regarded the principles applicable as extremely simple , it seems clear that the common law was faced by a new and important problem which could not be solved by merely applying the existing authorities . |
19 | The law also laid down " new principles for forming the power structure " of local authorities , specifying that only those functions which could not be performed by the lower tiers of government should be delegated to higher bodies . |
20 | Ceauşescu 's imagination turned to a project which could not be reversed by his successors , perhaps even by time itself . |
21 | And they had to concern themselves with the possibility of igniting even greater disturbances which could not be contained by the forces at hand . |
22 | For many years it was thought that in the absence of express provision in the original constitution the continued equality of all shares was a fundamental condition which could not be abrogated by an alteration of the articles so as to allow the issue of shares preferential to those already issued . |