Example sentences of "which could not be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equally , the key word in Robyn 's deconstruction of what Silk Cut really means is one which could not be spoken on television . |
| 2 | The combination of deference to prosperity and literacy from one side , and the manipulation of equipment , local goods stores , and the like on the other easily created a vicious circle in Nikol'sk which could not be repeated in Ivanovka . |
| 3 | Subjects which could not be mentioned without deception , because of the insufferable restraints to which he is subject , are consequently omitted entirely . |
| 4 | She might , as in 1986–7 , have to import 8 million tonnes of cereals , amounting to about 40 per cent of urban consumption , or , as in 1988/9 have a surplus of 3 million tonnes which could not be transported , and thus sold , to deficit countries . |
| 5 | Being a major shareholder or a director was rather like holding some honorific office within the community ; it brought its own private and social satisfactions which could not be measured financially . |
| 6 | A broad central strip of flat ceiling existing above the classrooms to give a maximum headroom of only 4.3m ( 14ft ) which could not be divided horizontally to give two storeys of habitable room-height . |
| 7 | It would deal with wasteful prescribing and wide variations in performance to be found between one hospital and another , which could not be put down simply to lack of resources , he said . |
| 8 | Lord Justice Watkins said Mr Bartle applied his mind to the correct principles of law and applied them in a manner which could not be faulted . |
| 9 | There might be cases of killings by mothers burdened by ‘ social and emotional pressures ’ which could not be brought within the definition of mental disorder which would be the basis of a reformed defence of diminished responsibility . |
| 10 | Others had rhymed messages , lines of verse which could not be read from a moving car . |
| 11 | All the emphasis , she felt , must be on this coming as an order which could not be disobeyed and yet put in such a way as not to be offensive . |
| 12 | Another admirer , a woman who went into the mission field , recalled that ‘ the silence of a great congregation , held by the power of an eloquence which we felt rather than understood , endued him with an ‘ other-worldliness ’ which could not be explained ’ . |
| 13 | There were many weaknesses which could not be cured . |
| 14 | Europe and America sold properties and companies from Hollywood to Sunderland to Japanese investors and turned increasingly to Tokyo 's bottomless pit to fund projects which could not be financed here . |
| 15 | Arguments against allowing access included that people would not write frankly if they knew their comments would be seen , it could be important to record facts which could not be proved and suspicions or impressions , the child or parent might be made unhappy by a teacher 's judgement and it might impair the relationship or discourage the child , and access would lead to constant arguments about fairness or relevance of information . |
| 16 | In this way a genuine , inward understanding of that work is obtained by the shadow , which could not be obtained by a simple briefing or organized visit . |
| 17 | According to the organisers , both races rely on military assistance , which could not be guaranteed in the present crisis . |
| 18 | Rate relief came to another £1 m. , and various forms of tax relief to a considerable sum , which could not be accurately assessed . |
| 19 | Rice flails , which could not be taken into football matches , were used in street battles , as also were edges of razor blades taped to the inside of fingers or the instep of boots . |
| 20 | The reply of the skins was to use a short wire , such as a paperclip , to replace the laces in a way which could not be spotted by the police . |
| 21 | If we should wish to tell you how every one behaved himself in this battle , it is a thing which could not be done , for all did so well that no man can relate their feats . |
| 22 | Neither Coleridge nor the Wordsworths were in any doubt that ‘ The Ancient Mariner ’ was a work of great power and originality , a poem , as Coleridge later said , which could not be imitated . |
| 23 | There was also a tendency not to record incidents which could not be cleared up . |
| 24 | The hall itself was on the far side of a courtyard which could not be built upon as it had been the burial ground of the Quakers in the eighteenth century . |
| 25 | Strong and creative relationships between schools and within an LEA result in a richness of educational provision which could not be achieved by each school going its own way . |
| 26 | There was only one machine at Enfield , German manufacture , which could not be spared to be stripped and copied . |
| 27 | ‘ For to obviate the inconveniencies that might result from the too frequent communication with the out pupils the Professor will demonstrate to the latter only what might be useful to them as Surgeons and Physicians to the human body , such as the most important demonstrations of comparative anatomy as likewise experiences [ experiments ] on several animals , which could not be attempted on Man without imminent danger , and lastly , a comparison between epidemical and epizootic diseases — therefore the out pupils ought to be considered by the Society [ College ] as a separate Class : the consideration of which ought not to have any influence as to the situation of the establishments . |
| 28 | 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 ’ . |
| 29 | Instead China got an ‘ object ’ code which could not be converted for military tasks . |
| 30 | Torquay Deaf Club suffered some minor damage , but nothing which could not be easily repaired . |