Example sentences of "could [not/n't] be [verb] for [det] " in BNC.

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1 Er in paragraph a hundred and eight of that paper and I 'd I 'd like to read er read a quotation out , However because an exception is not acknowledged it does not mean that provision could not be made for this .
2 Gould could not be blamed for all of this .
3 As yet the sunshine could not be enjoyed for this morning the inquest was to take place .
4 The MPLA-PT insisted that it could not formally recognize UNITA until the Constitution had been revised , and that elections could not be held for several years until a census and electoral rolls had been drawn up .
5 Hooper , chosen ahead of David James because of his experience , could not be faulted for either of the Russians ' goals and desperately wants a chance to make the Anfield number one shirt his own .
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