Example sentences of "and could [not/n't] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | This meant that characters acquired by the adult body could not be incorporated into the germ plasm and could not be inherited . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Neutrophils , eosinophils , and basophils were too few to count and could not be analysed further . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | Samaranch was in Russia on Olympic business yesterday and could not be reached to rebut the allegations in person . |
| 7 | Eventually Helen got through ; Louise was in a meeting , she was told , and could not be reached . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The question was directed at Tutilo , and could not be evaded ; but there was no attempt at evasion . |
| 13 | Daalny ordered , past anger now that the contest was joined and could not be evaded . |
| 14 | Whatever he did would play into the hands of Isambard , whose traps were always dual , and could not be evaded . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Because this had been stated in the debate , Mr Sproat explained , it had legal standing and could not be overturned at a later date . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Hall told the meeting that these matters had been settled by Parliament and could not be altered . |
| 19 | For example , the rate criterion for tachycardia detection could be chosen only by request from the factory and could not be altered after implantation . |
| 20 | Theodora was struck anew by how much a physical presence determined what could and could not be said . |
| 21 | In any case , such a standardisation exercise would be an enormous project and could not be imposed in practice , and many decisions would remain essentially arbitrary . |
| 22 | Moral behaviour was behaviour that accorded with what was expected from a particular social role or situation , and could not be defined outside the social context . |
| 23 | My father had recruited three young gypsies who had not been and could not be called up for the Navy . |
| 24 | Her doctor was busy ministering to the injured and dying victims of the bombers and could not be called to help Julia . |
| 25 | He ruled that Mr Egelstedt could stay in Britain , but because of the law he became a visitor and could not be called an au pair . |
| 26 | Both managers that I interviewed believed quite adamantly that leadership qualities were something somebody either had or did not have and could not be developed through training . |
| 27 | The remaining fighters , which were down for maintenance and could not be made airworthy in time , were wrecked when a hangar door blew down on top of them . |
| 28 | It turns out that we went far enough with [ an experimental project ] to determine that , unfortunately , it was going to be too expensive and could not be made large enough to approach the market as a whole . |
| 29 | It is one of 10 collieries where coal production has stopped after the Government and British Coal said they were uneconomic and could not be saved . |
| 30 | It was noted in the 1296 list that Plebs Varren was of no value and could not be assessed . |