Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] could not be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Panel said that the conversations imparted material new information which had not been made public or could not be made public . |
| 2 | Dismissing the appeal , the Lord Chief Justice , Lord Taylor , said the sentence for manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility — which he said did not mean total loss of responsibility — was entirely proper and could not be faulted . |
| 3 | Conditions looked perfect and could not be faulted . |
| 4 | Indeed , at the Home Office Press Conference held to discuss the catastrophic crime figures for April to June 1990 , John Patten attempted to distance himself from the research by asking if Field was the member of his staff ‘ who wore an earring ’ ( Guardian 27.10.90 ) before stating that the work was exploratory and could not be regarded as definitive . |
| 5 | ‘ a police officer should be grateful if he could point to a clear cut instruction that he was only to stop a meeting if some incident at the meeting itself , whether caused by the speaker and his supporters or by the opposition present at the meeting place , led him to suppose that disorder was inevitable and could not be averted by any other means . ’ |
| 6 | It was a habit of disguise that she recognized as costly but could not be rid of . |
| 7 | However , the head had at a previous meeting made the point that the self-appraisal reports were confidential and could not be read by other departments . |
| 8 | It was the worst thing she had ever said to him , but it had come out unpremeditated and could not be unsaid . |
| 9 | While they were alone and could not be overheard by those inside the house , she once more broached the subject of his mother 's continued presence at the Manor . |
| 10 | It is one of 10 collieries where coal production has stopped after the Government and British Coal said they were uneconomic and could not be saved . |
| 11 | It turns out that we went far enough with [ an experimental project ] to determine that , unfortunately , it was going to be too expensive and could not be made large enough to approach the market as a whole . |
| 12 | Thus if a particularly irate husband pronounced the words three times in the heat of the moment the divorce was permanent and could not be reversed . |