Example sentences of "could [not/n't] be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was found that the decision of the GMC to prevent advertising in the press was a lawful exercise of the statutory powers conferred on it by s35 of The Medical Act 1983 , and that if a statutory power was exercised intra vires , reasonably and in accordance with the purpose of the Act conferring the power , ( even though it restricted the plaintiff 's freedom to trade or practice his profession ) the court could not review the exercise of the power on the basis that it caused a restraint of trade , since the exercise of the power in accordance with the policy and the purpose of the Act could not be contrary to public policy and any review by the court would be unconstitutional . |
| 2 | However , he also argued that , under imperial initiative , the process of social transformation in India could not be complete without either a proletarian revolution in Britain or ‘ the Hindoos themselves … grown strong enough to throw off the English yoke altogether ’ . |
| 3 | Throughout the talks the Rev. Ian Paisley , the leader of the Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP ) , had continued to insist that the Irish government could not be involved in the talks until new political arrangements had emerged to the satisfaction of the principal constitutional parties in the province . |
| 4 | A more refined gradation of offences could not be worse in this respect , and might improve the fairness of the labels and sentences imposed on sexual offenders . |
| 5 | The chairman , James Millar , said that while Invergordon could not be immune to the volume and margin pressures currently being experienced by the Scotch whisky industry , the group was well placed through the mix of its business to ride out the present difficulties . |
| 6 | Although only a few of the sources of political controversy of the time have been touched upon , enough has been said to demonstrate that people could not be immune from the implications of political decisions taken at Westminster or St James 's . |
| 7 | This committee was composed of representatives of producers , employees and consumers ; it too , however , could not be much of a check on High Authority action if the two bodies moved on to a collision course — something , in fact , which never occurred . |
| 8 | It said that the governors ‘ do not see the immediate necessity for applying to the Crown for a Royal Charter to be granted to this Institution ’ but that ‘ every facility ’ would be given to the veterinary surgeons ‘ for procuring an Act of Parliament to prevent certain grievances complained of by the Memorial , which could not be relieved by a Charter ’ . |
| 9 | The appeal was decided on the comparatively short point that although undue influence had been exercised by the husband upon the wife , it had not been shown that the transactions were to the manifest disadvantage of the wife , in which circumstances the court held that the wife could not be relieved from the effect of the charges on her home . |
| 10 | If suffering could not be relieved in a manner acceptable to doctors , patients would just have to put up with it . |
| 11 | Edward could not be typical of his friends , but I remembered that Clive had called him a friend to verse , and that he had read my work . |
| 12 | Although for the most part meditative , the topicality of this exhibition could not be clearer in Rory Donaldson 's photographically transformed Hands Off Our Water poster , an image which figures in the newly-available catalogue for the show . |
| 13 | But my little ‘ widow , ’ as I called my room mate privately , could not be sad for long . |
| 14 | Therefore , it was not property " belonging to another " , and so could not be subject to theft . |
| 15 | When I saw him stood upright before me , I could not be sure to what extent he was hunched over due to infirmity and what extent due to the habit of accommodating the steeply sloped ceilings of the room . |
| 16 | But they could not be sure of winning and they know perfectly well that Mr Mitterrand has no reason to dissolve parliament so long as there is even a small risk that his party might lose . |
| 17 | Although Rod Wallace opened the scoring from Strachan 's pull-back 10 minutes into the second half , nervous , unconvincing Leeds could not be sure of victory until both Lee Chapman and Cantona scored in a hectic final three minutes . |
| 18 | Old Loughtonians , who beat Colchester 6–1 in last year 's final , had most of the possession but could not be sure of the win until ten minutes from time . |
| 19 | After the decidedly international Warburg Conference of 1990 , at which even this Department was not much in evidence , we regarded the Panofsky conference as a challenge to us to act independently not least because we could not be sure of financial support until the last minute . |
| 20 | She could not be sure of it , but just after he entered , she thought she heard footsteps going softly away down the corridor . |
| 21 | What was worse , he could not be sure of his opponent 's moves or what their outcome might be . |
| 22 | With the amount of alcohol he had on board he could not be sure of playing any further conversation with Ramsbum as tactfully as he would wish . |
| 23 | Indeed , cat bones have been found associated with human settlements such as Jericho as early as nine thousand years ago , but in those cases — until now — we could not be certain about their significance . |
| 24 | As Hunt saw the situation on that first Sunday in a new team , he could not be certain about his own capabilities . |
| 25 | The only two people who might suspect him — his wife and Mrs Lyons could not be certain about what he had done . |
| 26 | He told Mr Justice Phillips he could not be certain of the specific cause of death . |
| 27 | Early Victorian travellers could not be certain of a clean bed and a meal in a hotel of their choice , nor of obtaining train tickets on the complex European rail network . |
| 28 | Ceauşescu could trust himself to play the liberal , but he could not be certain of Gorbachev 's real intentions . |
| 29 | Even a prince whose parentage was known could not be certain of succeeding his father , especially if his mother had been discarded from the royal bed . |
| 30 | He presented a detailed theoretical analysis of skilled movement , showing that the sequencing of actions , the serial order of behaviour , could not be due to feedback stimuli from one movement triggering the next , as S-R theory argued , but had to be due to central programming of the sequence . |