Example sentences of "[noun] could [not/n't] [be] considered " in BNC.
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| 1 | This reaction attributed evolution to pure chance and held the opinion that complex animals could not be considered better adapted to their environments than more lowly forms : all represented degrees of specialization . |
| 2 | She shuddered — for if there were she really must find them out and write of them , or her articles could not be considered authentic . |
| 3 | The Court of Appeal held , however , that there was no partnership in existence , since no business was being carried on by the defendant and X ; on the contrary , the goods had been ordered in preparation for the formation of a company , and such transactions could not be considered as ‘ carrying on a business ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | But Lord Lane said there were factors making the case wholly exceptional , and in all the circumstances the sentence could not be considered unduly lenient . |
| 6 | Broadly , apart from the incorporation of East Germany following German unification [ see p. 37659 ] , the Commission 's attitude was that any expansion of the EC 's membership could not be considered until after the implementation of the single internal market , scheduled for the end of 1992 . |
| 7 | Sean and Michael O'Neil could not be considered as such . |
| 8 | Both judges expressed the view that the payments could not be considered to have been voluntary . |
| 9 | At the time of the greenbelt enquiry , an extension beyond six miles of the greenbelt could not be considered because a general revision of the county structure plan was not envisaged . |
| 10 | 1987 ) the court held that the police had wrongly considered the theft of 28 dogs owned by a Hunt as a serious arrestable offence as the loss to the members of the Hunt could not be considered a serious financial loss . |
| 11 | The Scotland manager , Duncan Paterson , said Morrison could not be considered for the Fiji Sevens starting today on account of the knee problem which limited his training to light running this week . |
| 12 | It soon became apparent that the whole report could not be considered in a single meeting and it was suggested that another meeting be arranged to continue with it . |
| 13 | The Severn could not be considered a complete failure , however , for from it was developed the very successful Saro A.27 London flying-boat . |
| 14 | China 's initial response was that the speech could not be considered as a basis for talks " because it has not at all relinquished the concept of the independence of Tibet " , but on Sept. 23 disclosed an offer to hold direct negotiations to which the Dalai Lama responded positively . |
| 15 | If it is obvious that US policy towards Indo-China could not be considered in isolation from its policy towards the rest of Asia , it is even more obvious that the integration of US policy for Vietnam came about at the same time as the disintegration of its policy towards China : the most traumatic episode in US power-war policies in Asia , at least until the outbreak of the Korean war . |