Example sentences of "could not be [verb] [prep] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Customs confirmed that parts of the leaflet could not be relied on in a recent appeal at the London VAT Tribunal by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children . |
| 2 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that the liability imposed under section 1(1) of the Act of 1978 was intended by Parliament , by virtue of section 6(1) of the Act , to enable claims for contribution to be made as between parties who had no claim for contribution under the general law , and applied whenever a plaintiff had a cause of action against a third party in respect of the same damage as gave rise to his cause of action against the defendant , irrespective of the legal basis of the liability ; and that , accordingly , the defence of ex turpi causa non oritur actio could not be relied upon in answer to a claim for contribution under the Act ; and that , since there was sufficient possibility of the third party being found liable for some part of the plaintiffs ' loss , there were no grounds for striking out the third party notice ( post , pp. 1022H — 1023A , G–H , 1024G — 1025D ) . |
| 3 | This supposition made the marriage bar popular in the press , and accounted for the weakness of an occupational group such as married women teachers , whose position could not be accounted for in terms of lower levels of skill or poor unionisation . |
| 4 | But the temptations of the Flesh were different : they could not be dealt with in cold blood . |
| 5 | Subsequently , it believes , it would acceptable to export waste which could not be dealt with in Australia . |