Example sentences of "[det] could not [adv] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , this could n't really be the case , and he shuddered , in spasms , uncontrollably , and was on the verge of dismissing these thoughts from his mind . |
| 2 | This could not exactly be a straight substitution : to attempt that would involve something like a category mistake . |
| 3 | This could not even be a matter of learning something to her advantage . |
| 4 | Although an impressive example of children sharing and exploring ideas together , this could not reasonably be called a ‘ collaborative group activity ’ of the sort we were anticipating . |
| 5 | If one was to look forward to work , it needed to be stimulating and enjoyable , but precisely what was meant by this could not quite be imagined . |
| 6 | Intertidal limestone solution is at a much higher rate , 100 mm ( 4 in ) per 1000 years , but because of the low sea levels this could not really be expected to destroy reefs . |
| 7 | When people guess at the calorie content of a portion of food they tend to underestimate the calories in meat and cheese , mainly because there was such a deeply entrenched fallacy , persisting for so many years , that ‘ protein foods ’ like this could not possibly be fattening . |
| 8 | Except that now , she realised , this could not possibly be a dream . |
| 9 | A boundary extension would require new electoral boundaries and these could not easily be adjusted so as to retain Unionist minority control . |
| 10 | Sagramoso City itself was heavily guarded by skyward laser batteries , and these could not easily be neutralised . |
| 11 | True , Dr Clarke might well reply , but the Treatise was an attempt to resolve theoretically an urgent political problem : the same could not plausibly be said of the General Theory . |