Example sentences of "[det] could [not/n't] be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if it were unpredictable , then while it would have an immediate effect on output , this could not be prevented by government policy since the government would not be able to foresee the fall in aggregate demand . |
| 2 | But this could not be done without noise , especially the last , and hearing it the defenders lit first torches and then large beacons along the walls and opened up with their guns . |
| 3 | Turkey argued that this could not be done without a decision of the Mixed Commission . |
| 4 | It was matched , operationally , by General Erskine 's conviction that the Chinese border could be made impregnable and the coastline sealed off to prevent external aid reaching the Vietminh ; although it was admitted this could not be done with existing forces on the border . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | This could not be handled via temporary exception from part of the National Curriculum , referred to earlier ( see p. 118 ) , because a ‘ general direction ’ can only be issued if the head teacher considers that it is inappropriate for the child to follow the National Curriculum and in his opinion that situation is likely to change within six months . |
| 7 | Age specific mortality was used throughout the study taking into account increasing age , but in Asians unlike Europeans this could not be adjusted for changing mortality rates from year to year as these data were unavailable . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | They were still interested in affiliating to the Labour Party , though under the Labour Party rules this could not be recognised until 1940 . |
| 10 | This Service would provide legal help to CABx and other social agencies , similar to that hitherto provided by solicitors to CABx on an honorary basis ; would establish close liaison between the local profession and CABx and other social services ; would provide oral advice for the public in cases that could be readily disposed of ; would maintain permanent advisory centres where necessary , offering advice and assistance short of proceedings or representation in court ; and would set up permanent local centres offering representation in magistrates ' courts and county courts and the conduct of litigation so far as this could not be absorbed by solicitors ' firms . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | This could not be confirmed by this study . |
| 13 | This could not be used as a base for blocks |
| 14 | This could not be described as a substantial source of income . |
| 15 | The existence of some could not be disclosed on security grounds ; others are set up to do a particular job and then wound up . |
| 16 | He caught himself repeatedly checking that the door to the room was locked , the key in the lock so that another could not be inserted from outside . |
| 17 | He would have preferred holding her back but that could n't be done without her getting frightened that something bad had happened . |
| 18 | The turnout was 94% , and 89% of the voters said Yes to a ‘ sovereign and independent ’ Slovenia , either within a Yugoslav confederation or , if that could not be achieved in six months , on its own . |
| 19 | That could not be said of the Cuban missile crisis which could be seen as President Kennedy 's determination to uphold the Monroe doctrine . |
| 20 | That could not be said of " value " in this case which is essentially a matter of opinion . |
| 21 | Indeed , when Pilate produced a coin which had an augur 's staff on its obverse , it could well have cost him his job ; for an augur 's staff smelt of pagan religion , and that could not be tolerated in Judea . |
| 22 | Clearly , that could not be construed as proper consultation . |
| 23 | ( We wrote the marks themselves on paper , so that these could not be changed by program , though we also kept them electronically in order to allow electronic analysis of marks . ) |
| 24 | The cost of a new one of these could n't be offset by this contract you are working on or the next , come to that . ’ |
| 25 | These Courts held that since the Arab Organization for Industrialisation had its own legal identity separate from the four member States and enjoyed financial , procedural , and administrative autonomy , the latter could not be bound by obligations entered into on behalf of the Organisation . |
| 26 | Professor Rhys , of Cardiff Business School , points out that the Essex plant is in an area of low unemployment and that the same could not be said of the other big plants . |
| 27 | Erica herself was entirely honest , and worked hard for her causes , but the same could not be said of some of her associates . |
| 28 | Unfortunately the same could not be said of the bad weather ruling which reared its ugly head too often . |
| 29 | The Government 's policy on television in mainland Tanzania could be seen as anti-elitist ; the same could not be said of its policy on the press . |
| 30 | The same could not be said of his stenographer , seated in front of him . |