Example sentences of "could not [be] [vb pp] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before a distinguished audience Dr Robert Koch , the eminent Berlin bacteriologist , who in 1882 had described the tubercle bacillus , lecturing on the subject of the disease , stated positively that the bacillus found in infected animals could not be transferred to human beings . |
| 2 | ESA director general Reimar Luest retorted that US government space spending per person remained more than 10 times the level in Europe , and that space could not be left to private sector R&D : industry talks in terms of 6 or 7 years , whereas in space the returns may take 30 years . |
| 3 | This effect could not be attributed to different patterns of intonation in the two conditions ( Zurif and Mendelsohn , 1972 ) which implies that the effect was mediated at a syntactic level . |
| 4 | While reiterating that the demand for international inspections of North Korea 's nuclear facilities could not be linked to other issues , the government stated its willingness to discuss the nuclear issue " for the purposes of reducing tension and building confidence " . |
| 5 | They called upon North Korea to submit to international inspection of its nuclear facilities as an act of compliance with international law , stressing that the issue could not be linked to other matters such as the payment of Japanese compensation for Korea 's pre-1945 colonization . |