Example sentences of "[noun sg] could not go [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , where the clause did not contain that useful provision , an awkward party ran no risk in simply refusing to appoint a valuer , with the result that the reference could not go ahead and there was no way of obtaining a valuation . |
| 2 | Despite some progress in the negotiations on deploying UN troops , including Croatia 's acceptance of their being stationed in areas of current conflict in the republic , Vance reported to the UN that deployment could not go ahead until a ceasefire was observed . |
| 3 | As a consequence the original idea of installing an additional floor in the building could not go ahead at present . |
| 4 | This of course could not go on and she had no intention of staying . |
| 5 | She had advised that the case could not go ahead , and Mr McTear went to bed , said Mr Fyfe . |
| 6 | But in 1869 Uncle Elias , who belonged to this secret group , suddenly left America with all their papers , and so the group could not go on . |
| 7 | ‘ The pencil could not go fast enough over the paper , so quickly changed the scenes . ’ |
| 8 | I accept that the right hon. Gentleman could not go any further at that time , but is he aware that his argument that a change in the defence of provocation might allow for revenge killings is wrong and invalid because juries would not accept it in the case of revenge killings ? |
| 9 | Florrie could not go on . |
| 10 | Mr Connelly , of Chantry Green , Ipswich , was told the operation could not go ahead because the five intensive care beds were already full . |
| 11 | Not many years ago , economists expressed the view that inflation and high unemployment could not go together ; we have seen that they were wrong . |
| 12 | On 28 June the Bank decided that the restructuring could not go ahead and that BCCI would have to be shut down . |