Example sentences of "[det] could not [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , Willie was certain that this could not account for the strange noise , so he continued , only to find the noise started again even louder . |
| 2 | Although there is a slight reduction in the number of cells per well over the culture period this could not account for the reduction in EGF binding seen . |
| 3 | Since the scale was twenty-three miles to an inch , it was possible that a deviation of two or three miles would not be marked , but that could not account for the tarmac . |
| 4 | A knee injury denied Pears a piece of the action as Boro celebrated promotion at Wolves , but that could not detract from the elation he and his teammates experienced in reaching the Premier League . |
| 5 | They had no subsistence plots to fall back on , some tried reviving traditional handicrafts but these could not compete with the manufactured goods that had been made available by the market system . |