Example sentences of "[det] could not be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if it were unpredictable , then while it would have an immediate effect on output , this could not be prevented by government policy since the government would not be able to foresee the fall in aggregate demand . |
| 2 | I watched a man working on a special cookery book for a mother who is both blind and diabetic ; he made it so obvious that he valued the opportunity to make some reparation that I wonder whether more opportunities like this could not be created . |
| 3 | When a young worker offered one group the fact that in Germany workers had been given training to help people see themselves as not being ‘ simply cogs in a wheel ’ , it was suggested that this could not be done in Britain . |
| 4 | But this could not be done without noise , especially the last , and hearing it the defenders lit first torches and then large beacons along the walls and opened up with their guns . |
| 5 | All this could not be done single-handed , and Lanfranc 's most important innovation was to bring new men from Bec and Caen to occupy all the main offices in the monastery at Canterbury , and to be ready for promotion wherever they were needed . |
| 6 | Turkey argued that this could not be done without a decision of the Mixed Commission . |
| 7 | It was matched , operationally , by General Erskine 's conviction that the Chinese border could be made impregnable and the coastline sealed off to prevent external aid reaching the Vietminh ; although it was admitted this could not be done with existing forces on the border . |
| 8 | Some consideration was given to whether the defect in Form N79 could be cured by this court under section 13 of the Act of 1960 or under R.S.C. , Ord. 59 , r. 10(3) , but it was held that this could not be done . |
| 9 | This could not be done where the contract was for the sale of purely generic goods . |
| 10 | The significance of this could not be ignored . |
| 11 | This could not be handled via temporary exception from part of the National Curriculum , referred to earlier ( see p. 118 ) , because a ‘ general direction ’ can only be issued if the head teacher considers that it is inappropriate for the child to follow the National Curriculum and in his opinion that situation is likely to change within six months . |
| 12 | This could not be said , however , for any of the gifted children : although many showed talents in various fields and carried these through into adult accomplishments , none achieved the very highest level of creativity seen in Cox 's subjects . |
| 13 | Age specific mortality was used throughout the study taking into account increasing age , but in Asians unlike Europeans this could not be adjusted for changing mortality rates from year to year as these data were unavailable . |
| 14 | On the one hand , a half-promise to save a new-born country , and to show that one lot of people may not dispossess another lot merely by virtue of being better armed ; on the other hand , a growing realisation that this could not be achieved without a fight in which an unknown number of young Europeans and Americans would be asked to die in the name of misty-sounding things like compassion and principle . |
| 15 | The RMI 's press officer , Sue Robinson , said the organisation was trying to improve standards but this could not be achieved overnight . |
| 16 | This could not be achieved merely by filling all existing vacancies , however , since the Liberal bloc consisted of 52 out of the 104 seats , and the Liberals could also generally count on the support of at least one independent . |
| 17 | They were still interested in affiliating to the Labour Party , though under the Labour Party rules this could not be recognised until 1940 . |
| 18 | This could not be explained , other than to say that the two things caused the passage to " jar " . |
| 19 | This Service would provide legal help to CABx and other social agencies , similar to that hitherto provided by solicitors to CABx on an honorary basis ; would establish close liaison between the local profession and CABx and other social services ; would provide oral advice for the public in cases that could be readily disposed of ; would maintain permanent advisory centres where necessary , offering advice and assistance short of proceedings or representation in court ; and would set up permanent local centres offering representation in magistrates ' courts and county courts and the conduct of litigation so far as this could not be absorbed by solicitors ' firms . |
| 20 | It was plain that this could not be regarded as a trust of the estate in favour of her sister , who was coheir , since the testator wanted not to dispose of his own money but on the pretext of advice to derogate from her rights by prohibiting her from making a will . |
| 21 | This could not be confirmed by this study . |
| 22 | This could not be used as a base for blocks |
| 23 | It seemed to be the case that three divisions and one tank regiment had returned to Korea from Manchuria but this could not be verified . |
| 24 | This could not be described as a substantial source of income . |
| 25 | Meanwhile the British began to drop hints to American diplomats to the effect that , while they wished to remain a Middle Eastern power , this could not be considered a certainty without some assurance of American support . |
| 26 | This could not be happening . |
| 27 | Oh , this could not be happening — that she loved him so , and yet could not bear him to caress her ! |
| 28 | The proprietors could not do much more than launch a rather fragile settlement around Charleston , and even this could not be occupied continuously until 1681 . |
| 29 | The existence of some could not be disclosed on security grounds ; others are set up to do a particular job and then wound up . |
| 30 | He caught himself repeatedly checking that the door to the room was locked , the key in the lock so that another could not be inserted from outside . |