Example sentences of "could not [be] considered [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PAUL BURNELL the London Scottish prop who had played in 25 of his country 's previous 27 internationals , could not be considered for Scotland 's tour to Australia because of a severe knee injury sustained in the Cardiff match against Wales . |
| 2 | The Scotland manager , Duncan Paterson , said Morrison could not be considered for the Fiji Sevens starting today on account of the knee problem which limited his training to light running this week . |
| 3 | Sean and Michael O'Neil could not be considered as such . |
| 4 | China 's initial response was that the speech could not be considered as a basis for talks " because it has not at all relinquished the concept of the independence of Tibet " , but on Sept. 23 disclosed an offer to hold direct negotiations to which the Dalai Lama responded positively . |
| 5 | If it is obvious that US policy towards Indo-China could not be considered in isolation from its policy towards the rest of Asia , it is even more obvious that the integration of US policy for Vietnam came about at the same time as the disintegration of its policy towards China : the most traumatic episode in US power-war policies in Asia , at least until the outbreak of the Korean war . |
| 6 | It soon became apparent that the whole report could not be considered in a single meeting and it was suggested that another meeting be arranged to continue with it . |
| 7 | I was dragged out of my bed one morning when I was in A Division , and at that time unless you passed your life-saving exams in the water , you could n't be considered for promotion . |