Example sentences of "[noun pl] could not [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a round of talks in Madrid on June 22-23 the US side proposed that any country should have the right to resume mining if the signatory nations could not reach agreement within three years . |
| 2 | Despite these developments , charitable subscriptions supplemented by local appeals could not keep pace with rising demand and increasingly expensive treatments . |
| 3 | In 1978 it was claimed that these devices could not produce electricity at a cheaper rate than 20 pence per kilowatt hour ( as opposed to the Central Electricity Generating Board 's 2.7 pence per kilowatt hour ) but this has now been reduced to 10 pence per kilowatt hour while Dr Salter maintains that the Duck could achieve 4 pence per kilowatt hour . |
| 4 | The British felt very confident of their position at sea ; to reinforce the strength of their blockage they laid down unilaterally the rule of 1756 that neutrals could not take advantage of wartime conditions to enter upon trade that would not have been allowed in peacetime . |
| 5 | these would soon be extinct if zoos could not offer protection to animals in the same situation . |
| 6 | I find it extra-ordinary that the police could not get access to these files simply because it was 5.30 and the office was shut . |
| 7 | The probe was ordered by then Home Secretary Kenneth Baker in March — but detectives could not start work until now . |
| 8 | In this way he was led to discover that the old laws could not make sense of these situations . |