Example sentences of "or could not be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the other 13 POWs , six were given nothing , five either died at that time or could not be traced , and two refused to submit to means testing . |
| 2 | The Panel said that the conversations imparted material new information which had not been made public or could not be made public . |
| 3 | Could , or could not be maintained depending on its location . |
| 4 | I have not felt it necessary to examine the detailed facts of all the earlier decisions or to consider whether the decisions themselves could or could not be supported . |
| 5 | Nothing had done more to encourage this belief than the Church with its ecclesiastical calendar and regulations concerning what could or could not be done on specific days . |
| 6 | Confusion over what could or could not be reported arose , however , because of differences of interpretation among French , Saudi , UK and US officials in Saudi Arabia and in their respective capitals . |
| 7 | For example : the traditional notation regarding ‘ on board ’ loading was replaced by a ‘ taking in charge ’ statement ; the traditional prohibition against transhipment was eliminated , because transhipment was of the essence in combined transport ; since the transport commonly originated and finished inland , the terms ‘ place of receipt ’ and ‘ place of delivery ’ were inserted in separate boxes , either replacing the traditional ‘ port of loading ’ and ‘ port of discharge ’ or joining them as additional specifications ; and since often times the name of the vessel was not known or could not be established with certainty at the time of issuance , the box for the vessel 's name was modified to refer to an ‘ intended vessel . ’ |
| 8 | Moreover , in 1973 one deputy minister of foreign trade described the deficiencies in Soviet marketing as follows : ‘ While we were only beginning to understand that before entering the marketplace we had to study it , determining which machinery could or could not be supplied where , as well as how to organise the work involved , capitalist firms had already created a whole science to deal with the question , coordinating production , advertising and commercial activity into a single discipline ’ ( N. Smeliakov , Novy mir , 12 ( Dec. ) 1973 , 216–17 ) . |
| 9 | B has infringed the patent for the computer chips even if he did not know or could not be expected to know of the patent . |
| 10 | The definition of " consumer use " is very wide , and looks at the actual facts of the case , even if the other party did not know them , or could not be expected to know them . |
| 11 | Whereas similar provisions in other countries were mainly designed to provide facilities which could or could not be used , the Irish ones were to be compulsory and there was to be no choice of doctor . |