Example sentences of "[verb] could [not/n't] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are no specific hydrophobic contacts to thymine methyl groups such as those observed in other complexes , but there are sites in the operator where a mutation to thymine could not be accommodated owing to steric hindrance . |
| 2 | When we turn to A Very British Coup , it is clear that the approaches which allowed mainstream critics to exclude any ‘ extraneous talk of politics ’ in reviews of Distant Voices , Still Lives could not be applied here , for this is a film which does little else than talk of politics . |
| 3 | Virtually nothing that Great Aycliffe Town Council undertakes could n't be done equally efficiently and at much less overall cost by Sedgefield District . |
| 4 | However , the transaction by which the end result was sought could not be characterised as a sale of land with finished buildings thereon . |
| 5 | The impropriety of coming to the court when political capital was sought to be made could not be overstressed . |
| 6 | Bjornsson went on to study the newspapers of 11 countries , and found substantial differences , which he argued could not be attributed to the idiosyncrasies of the languages . |
| 7 | However , in both trials almost a third of randomised individuals were excluded from the analysis either because of loss to follow up or insufficient compliance with medication , and an analysis by intention to treat could not be reconstructed from the data presented nor from data still with the principal author ( personal communication ) . |
| 8 | To account for them by subsidence , it must be assumed that preglacial subsidence was so slow that any breaches could be healed by new coral growth , while the Post-glacial rise of sea level was so rapid that any breaches formed could not be filled . |
| 9 | And the horror of how Maurice had died could not be set aside , even when she was awake . |
| 10 | The argument about whether the monster existed could not be settled without preliminary discussion about what in general a monster was . |
| 11 | But if firms perceive that a deviation will be followed by renegotiation rather than punishment this means that punishment would never be carried out , and so agreement to collude could not be reached in the first place . |
| 12 | If the National Government as presently constituted could not be persuaded to ally with the Soviet Union it would have to be replaced . |
| 13 | Furthermore , staining could not be observed when the solution of purified primary antibody absorbed with PT-gliadin was used as the first layer ( figure not shown ) . |
| 14 | The moral consequences we have drawn from awareness of how someone else feels could not be derived from the mere knowledge that he is suffering and needs my help . |
| 15 | The accused , manager of a hotel , paid several debts by means of cheques which he knew could not be honoured . |
| 16 | The early morning patrol had been vectored towards a ‘ shadower ’ and although spotted could not be intercepted , so all now knew that the assault would soon commence . |
| 17 | He apparently forgot that I could not understand German or else decided that what he wanted to say could not be left unsaid , for he began to talk fast and seriously . |
| 18 | They talked in low voices , pausing when the waiter put food before them , as if whatever they had to say could not be shared , even by a discreet French boy with an imperfect grasp of English . |
| 19 | The Directorate of Public Service Management dismissed an estimated 12,000 strikers on Nov. 6 , after some 60,000 to 70,000 government and public-sector workers had taken industrial action in support of a 154 per cent wage rise , originally agreed between the National Amalgamated Union and the government , but which government officials now said could not be met in view of the budget deficit . |
| 20 | ‘ It will be useless to observe to the Society that it is of the greatest importance to procure a place as soon as possible , if the Professor is not enabled to begin his Lectures by Christmas ( 1791 ) the establishment will be put off for one year — the Zootomy being strictly the first part he is to begin to teach to the pupils , which everyone knows could not be attempted in the Summer — and it would be feared too long a delay might hurt the success of the establishment . ’ |
| 21 | Unfortunately , the 13 men missing could not be found . |
| 22 | Records in England and Wales and Northern Ireland , however , still held the names and addresses of many who had long ceased to practise , some of them no longer alive , and so the records as they stood could not be described as ‘ live ’ . |
| 23 | 2 In an effort to achieve this , she began a series of charcoal drawings on inexpensive white paper , which make it clear that what she was feeling could not be expressed with traditional , representational imagery . |
| 24 | No modelling was possible , however , since the degree of stretching could not be ascertained . |