Example sentences of "could [not/n't] [be] guaranteed " in BNC.
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| 1 | Addressing the Commons environmental committee , Mr Rupert Grantham , the NRA tidal water officer for south-west England said the absence of salmonella , stipulated by the EC Blue Flag scheme , could not be guaranteed . |
| 2 | According to the organisers , both races rely on military assistance , which could not be guaranteed in the present crisis . |
| 3 | A capital-intensive , automated manufacturing process would have reduced unit costs only with high production volumes , which could not be guaranteed in an unpredictable market . |
| 4 | While male continence was necessary , it could not be guaranteed , because of the strength of the male urge . |
| 5 | One group that was frequently excluded was the poor — those who could not be guaranteed to be able to pay their own funeral expenses . |
| 6 | The issue called for a great deal of understanding on both sides , which inevitably in many cases could not be guaranteed . |
| 7 | Consensus could not be guaranteed where particular groups had had little or nothing to do with a particular policy . |
| 8 | Anything tampered with in the kitchen could not be guaranteed to reach Sir Thomas unless the poisoner served it himself . |
| 9 | He attacked Security Minister Michael Mates ' warning that protection could not be guaranteed for everybody . |
| 10 | Most foreign journalists were ordered to leave Baghdad on Jan. 19 , on the grounds that " correct living conditions could not be guaranteed " , but the US-based Cable News Network ( CNN ) was allowed to continue transmissions . |
| 11 | They warned ( after an army helicopter carrying Wijnaendts was fired on over Okucani on Sept. 11 and forced to land ) that they would leave Yugoslavia if their safety could not be guaranteed . |
| 12 | On 3/15 January 1856 the tsar chaired a meeting at which various dignitaries argued that Russia would eventually lose the war anyway , that she was financially exhausted , and that the loyalty of the empire 's national minorities could not be guaranteed . |
| 13 | Miss Lloyd said that the brothers had issued receipts bearing a disclaimer which stated to the customer that a car 's mileage could not be guaranteed . |
| 14 | DETECTIVES on Merseyside warned parents yesterday to keep a tight hold of their children , saying their safety could not be guaranteed while the murderer of two-year-old James Bulger was still at large . |
| 15 | Whatever else Christmas Day at Laura 's might be , it could n't be guaranteed to be quiet , he thought . |