Example sentences of "which could [not/n't] be [vb pp] to " in BNC.

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1 She leaned closer to Alice , so that Alice could smell a warm perfume , reminiscent of a flower , the name of which could not be called to mind .
2 In the modern world , they were held to have become so totally interchangeable that there was no value which could not be reduced to this cycle of exchange .
3 The social reality , for me , resided in the complex of interpretations , which could not be reduced to any one of the interpretations which composed it .
4 As a compendium of illustrations , invariably in good colour , it gives a visual document of the artist 's development unmatched by any other publication , particularly since it illustrates the small number of major works which could not be loaned to the exhibition .
5 Nor did it seem apparent to all that the war fought at sea , the damage which might be inflicted upon enemy vessels and morale , and the consequences which victory at sea could have for those who lived in areas close to coasts , were all part of a wider war which could not be restricted to the fighting on land .
6 There was only one machine at Enfield , German manufacture , which could not be spared to be stripped and copied .
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