Example sentences of "that this could [adv] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He then drifted gloomily away , noting that this could not be ‘ an open-ended matter that you do in an idealistic whim ’ . |
| 2 | Who told you that this could not be ? |
| 3 | It was plain that this could not be regarded as a trust of the estate in favour of her sister , who was coheir , since the testator wanted not to dispose of his own money but on the pretext of advice to derogate from her rights by prohibiting her from making a will . |
| 4 | When a young worker offered one group the fact that in Germany workers had been given training to help people see themselves as not being ‘ simply cogs in a wheel ’ , it was suggested that this could not be done in Britain . |
| 5 | On the one hand , a half-promise to save a new-born country , and to show that one lot of people may not dispossess another lot merely by virtue of being better armed ; on the other hand , a growing realisation that this could not be achieved without a fight in which an unknown number of young Europeans and Americans would be asked to die in the name of misty-sounding things like compassion and principle . |
| 6 | Turkey argued that this could not be done without a decision of the Mixed Commission . |
| 7 | Such a result would be so illogical , and so much out of tune with the extensive inquisitorial powers which are undeniably created by the Act , that Mr. Collins accepted that this could not be the meaning of section 2 . |
| 8 | Some consideration was given to whether the defect in Form N79 could be cured by this court under section 13 of the Act of 1960 or under R.S.C. , Ord. 59 , r. 10(3) , but it was held that this could not be done . |
| 9 | But although the structure of the city still defeated him in detail , he had got his bearings well enough to know that this could not be their destination . |
| 10 | Some sceptics have been quick to see that this could well be a familiar pointer to the future — suggest a service for closure in the hope that the relevant council will come up with the money to reprieve it . |
| 11 | I sank into the leather armchair and thought to myself that this could n't be real ; I would wake up soon . |
| 12 | And I should also mention that this could n't be possible without the generosity and help of Percy and a sincere thank you Percy . |
| 13 | He felt that this could best be done by resorting to myths . |
| 14 | It was argued that this could best be achieved by preventing the need for candidates from the same party to compete with each other in multimember seats , thereby reducing their need spend huge sums of money during the campaign . |
| 15 | ‘ The overwhelming priority is to catch those responsible , and it was agreed with the Surrey constabulary that this could best be achieved by quiet investigation . |
| 16 | Domesday Book shows that this could indeed be eleventh-century practice , and there are what look like references to it in Wulfstan 's legal text II Cnut and the rubric of one of Cnut 's charters . |
| 17 | I think I 'd just like to add that I think that this could possibly be a very big piece of work . |
| 18 | The particularly rapid growth of Norman Broadbent owes much to the partners ' skill and luck in their sense of timing in the formation of the company ; it is unlikely that this could now be repeated quite so successfully . |
| 19 | She suggests that this could now be a money-making idea for the University and the alumni association . |
| 20 | He assumed that this could only be because he was one of the possibles . |
| 21 | But although Mr Redwood agreed to allow the West German competition authorities special rights to look at sensitive mergers , he obtained a commitment from the Council of Ministers that this could only be used ‘ in exceptional circumstances ’ . |
| 22 | In reply to Trevelyan 's comments about this land being sufficient for the new building , Hall made the astonishing remark that this could only be determined after the plans were sent in by the competing architects . |
| 23 | Attitudinist and intuitionist agree that this could only be denied through the naturalistic fallacy . |
| 24 | The first , Phan Boi Chau , believed that the French had to be removed — and that this could only be achieved through armed struggle . |
| 25 | and Otton J. ) affirmed his acquittal by the Crown Court ( which had allowed an appeal against conviction by justices ) on the ground that the defendant , when required to give blood , had raised an objection capable of amounting to a medical reason why blood should not be taken and that this could only be determined by a medical practitioner . |
| 26 | Sir Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson V-C said that this could only be achieved by an oral examination of the witnesses . |
| 27 | The " Coalition for Vehicle Choice " argues that this could only be achieved by the production of smaller and lighter cars , which it claims can be less safe in crashes than bigger ones . |
| 28 | Lawyer B insisted on a nominal maintenance being included , on the grounds that this could then be increased if , say , she became ill and unable to work . |
| 29 | In any case , the more Western defence planners began to think in terms of genuine forward defence in Europe against a Soviet attack , the more obvious it was that this could never be a realistic policy without a West German contribution . |
| 30 | One study showed that some such children had high IgE levels for foods that caused behavioural problems , so it seems that this could sometimes be a true allergic symptom . |