Example sentences of "could [coord] could not be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing had done more to encourage this belief than the Church with its ecclesiastical calendar and regulations concerning what could or could not be done on specific days . |
| 2 | I have not felt it necessary to examine the detailed facts of all the earlier decisions or to consider whether the decisions themselves could or could not be supported . |
| 3 | Confusion over what could or could not be reported arose , however , because of differences of interpretation among French , Saudi , UK and US officials in Saudi Arabia and in their respective capitals . |
| 4 | Moreover , in 1973 one deputy minister of foreign trade described the deficiencies in Soviet marketing as follows : ‘ While we were only beginning to understand that before entering the marketplace we had to study it , determining which machinery could or could not be supplied where , as well as how to organise the work involved , capitalist firms had already created a whole science to deal with the question , coordinating production , advertising and commercial activity into a single discipline ’ ( N. Smeliakov , Novy mir , 12 ( Dec. ) 1973 , 216–17 ) . |
| 5 | Whereas similar provisions in other countries were mainly designed to provide facilities which could or could not be used , the Irish ones were to be compulsory and there was to be no choice of doctor . |
| 6 | Theodora was struck anew by how much a physical presence determined what could and could not be said . |
| 7 | And the more he succumbed to the allure of his own Führer cult and came to believe in his own myth , the more his judgement became impaired by faith in his own infallibility , losing his grip on what could and could not be achieved solely through the strength of his ‘ will ’ . |
| 8 | They were part of a broader argument against the powers of the state over what could and could not be published and what ideas could and could not be tolerated . |
| 9 | Our own particular case is our case went to the High Court some three hundred thousand pounds , when perhaps if we 'd had a dedicated pensions act setting out what could and could not be done , that would never have happened . |
| 10 | They were part of a broader argument against the powers of the state over what could and could not be published and what ideas could and could not be tolerated . |