Example sentences of "simply could [not/n't] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , we set about drawing attention , nationally and locally , to a threatened church that simply could not be described as being redundant , having a weekly congregation of over 1,500 worshippers ! |
| 2 | Thessy and I would have a chance to strengthen the rigging during our two-week trial period with the twins , but some jobs simply could not be done at sea . |
| 3 | The long muted voice of Nizan , unfashionable for almost twenty years , began speaking again with an urgency and topicality that simply could not be ignored . |
| 4 | Most controversially he announced sweeping cuts in commodity subsidies which he said were unavoidable as government subsidies on wheat and petrol had previously amounted to £S1,000 million and £S7,700 million respectively , which simply could not be sustained . |
| 5 | The theoretical advance demanded further physical evidence which simply could not be collected with the technology then available to researchers . |
| 6 | There are many houses which simply could not be brought up to standard … |
| 7 | my Lord I can I 'm sitting early tomorrow because a witness is being cross examined by Mr got to go off to so tomorrow he simply could not er , he si simply could not be released but er with your clerk er we 've been able to speak to Mr |
| 8 | Corbett had been alone with her for five minutes when she died , but Mr Justice McKinnon told the jury ’ You simply could not be sure that in the short time Danielle was under his control he caused her death . |
| 9 | Under strain for a start because it was technically ill-equipped to avert disaster or to cope with the consequences when disaster struck ; under strain from commercial pressures which , as the inquiry puts it , ‘ compromised ’ safety ; under strain above all because the people on the spot could n't or would n't cope , were weary from gruesome working hours ( the senior signal technician who heads the list of the culpable had had only one day off in the past 13 weeks ) , lacked adequate training , or simply could n't be bothered . |
| 10 | They decided that Pilger , Hayling and the journalists simply could n't be bothered to make the move . |