Example sentences of "could not be put " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 There is no doubt that this a collection which , in its high points , could not be put together today .
3 The difference between employers " and men 's attitudes could not be put more clearly .
4 At 19 of the locations , flames could not be put out easily , if at all , because of poor access to hoses .
5 Hence the weedkiller train could not be put into the loop and had to remain on the main line , being put right up to the buffer stop because a passenger train was due .
6 Last year it was decided that even less toxic paints could not be put in the ground .
7 And plagiarism is often the result of an admiration for the wording of the original — a feeling that such ideas could not be put better .
8 That vision could not be put into practice if Highland were to be governed by an authority the size of Belgium .
9 No , there was nothing wrong with their uniforms that could n't be put right , as far as Vi was concerned .
10 What right did he have to come back into her life like this , trying to shatter it into little pieces that could n't be put back together for a second time ?
11 ‘ I was in Reception when she phoned , but the call could n't be put through to you , as your line was engaged .
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