Example sentences of "[coord] could not be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the other 13 POWs , six were given nothing , five either died at that time or could not be traced , and two refused to submit to means testing . |
| 2 | The Panel said that the conversations imparted material new information which had not been made public or could not be made public . |
| 3 | Could , or could not be maintained depending on its location . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | For example : the traditional notation regarding ‘ on board ’ loading was replaced by a ‘ taking in charge ’ statement ; the traditional prohibition against transhipment was eliminated , because transhipment was of the essence in combined transport ; since the transport commonly originated and finished inland , the terms ‘ place of receipt ’ and ‘ place of delivery ’ were inserted in separate boxes , either replacing the traditional ‘ port of loading ’ and ‘ port of discharge ’ or joining them as additional specifications ; and since often times the name of the vessel was not known or could not be established with certainty at the time of issuance , the box for the vessel 's name was modified to refer to an ‘ intended vessel . ’ |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | B has infringed the patent for the computer chips even if he did not know or could not be expected to know of the patent . |
| 10 | The definition of " consumer use " is very wide , and looks at the actual facts of the case , even if the other party did not know them , or could not be expected to know them . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | On an internal flight returning to Bucharest , the emergency door in the middle of the plane fell inwards and could not be re-secured until the aircraft had made an emergency landing . |
| 13 | This meant that characters acquired by the adult body could not be incorporated into the germ plasm and could not be inherited . |
| 14 | Four of the 128 patients studied were excluded because H pylori was identified in histological specimens only and could not be confirmed by culture or CLO test . |
| 15 | Neutrophils , eosinophils , and basophils were too few to count and could not be analysed further . |
| 16 | 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 ’ . |
| 17 | Samaranch was in Russia on Olympic business yesterday and could not be reached to rebut the allegations in person . |
| 18 | Eventually Helen got through ; Louise was in a meeting , she was told , and could not be reached . |
| 19 | While they were alone and could not be overheard by those inside the house , she once more broached the subject of his mother 's continued presence at the Manor . |
| 20 | The defendants successfully applied to the English court for this service to be set aside on the grounds that personal service by the agent of a foreign litigant without the approval of the Swiss authorities was a criminal offence under the Swiss Penal Code and could not be regarded as valid service , as no English court could authorise service which was contrary to the internal law of the country in which service was to be effected . |
| 21 | Indeed , at the Home Office Press Conference held to discuss the catastrophic crime figures for April to June 1990 , John Patten attempted to distance himself from the research by asking if Field was the member of his staff ‘ who wore an earring ’ ( Guardian 27.10.90 ) before stating that the work was exploratory and could not be regarded as definitive . |
| 22 | The rockets had been damaged by allied bombing raids during the Gulf war and could not be moved to the main destruction site at Muthana , where most of the other 45,000 chemical warheads had been transported . |
| 23 | The question was directed at Tutilo , and could not be evaded ; but there was no attempt at evasion . |
| 24 | Daalny ordered , past anger now that the contest was joined and could not be evaded . |
| 25 | Whatever he did would play into the hands of Isambard , whose traps were always dual , and could not be evaded . |
| 26 | Their use of subterfuge can be justified only to obtain material which ought to be published in the public interest and could not be obtained by other means . |
| 27 | Because this had been stated in the debate , Mr Sproat explained , it had legal standing and could not be overturned at a later date . |
| 28 | After World War II the Crown in Parliament of the United Kingdom well understood that it could no longer govern the King Emperor 's non-British , any more than his British subjects who were not represented , and could not be represented , in Parliament . |
| 29 | Hall told the meeting that these matters had been settled by Parliament and could not be altered . |
| 30 | For example , the rate criterion for tachycardia detection could be chosen only by request from the factory and could not be altered after implantation . |