Example sentences of "could [not/n't] be [vb pp] as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Early gains , however , could not be exploited as German resistance stiffened . |
| 2 | Since the overall budget had n't increased , the Making Belfast Work money could not be regarded as additional to that budget . |
| 3 | Moreover , apart from this defect , the election could not be regarded as complete until he had received his pallium from the pope , and he would be liable to deposition unless he received it within a year of his consecration . |
| 4 | Furthermore , the finishing processes could not be regarded as piece-work . |
| 5 | Indeed , at the Home Office Press Conference held to discuss the catastrophic crime figures for April to June 1990 , John Patten attempted to distance himself from the research by asking if Field was the member of his staff ‘ who wore an earring ’ ( Guardian 27.10.90 ) before stating that the work was exploratory and could not be regarded as definitive . |
| 6 | BOSNIA 'S Muslim president yesterday suspended temporarily his participation in international peace talks in New York , saying he could not be involved as long as Serbs continued their offensive in eastern Bosnia and Sarajevo . |
| 7 | It claimed that very few of those who had died in the violence had been killed by traditional weapons , that 75 per cent of deaths were caused by bullets and 20 per cent by hacking with weapons which could not be described as traditional . |
| 8 | Her clothes could not be described as unsuitable for the country , but they were not the sort of thing a country woman would wear . |
| 9 | The designers employed by G.W. Fashions most definitely could not be described as avant-garde . ’ |
| 10 | That was the last mild sensation of the evening , for the final one , still to come , certainly could not be described as mild , and occurred somewhat after midnight . |
| 11 | He could not be described as handsome , and , in later years , with his weight fluctuating to in excess of fifteen stone through his appetite for junkish food between pictures , he showed signs of a middle-aged spread ; not being tall , at five feet , nine inches , it tends to be obvious . |
| 12 | Version ( b ) could not be described as contrastive or emphatic . |
| 13 | As such , they could not be considered as autonomous agents . |
| 14 | ‘ From the case cited [ Morgan v. Palmer , 2 B. & C. 729 ] in the course of the argument it is shown that the principle has been laid down that , where one exacts money from another and it turns out that although acquiesced in for years such exaction is illegal , the money may be recovered as money had and received , since such payment could not be considered as voluntary so as to preclude its recovery . |
| 15 | DI 'd through a desk and recorded onto both DAT and cassette utilising the onboard amp simulator , the distortion could n't be described as amazing , but I presume this must be what people expect to hear these days , although to me it does n't sound too close to what you 'd get from a guitar amp . |
| 16 | Besides , you hardly fell any distance ; the fountain could n't be described as high . ’ |
| 17 | I said knew about it , erm , you must have known about it , erm , that standard edition of the complete psychological works of Freud , that 's its title , and you 're one of the editors , one of the editors , I said , there 's no evidence that you ever intended to include this book in it , even though , you know , I understand that it could n't be published as long as Woodrow Wilson 's family was still alive , but erm , you know , why was n't it published in the standard edition ? |