Example sentences of "could not [be] maintain " in BNC.

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1 For although we frequently find in paintings of this period that a number of consecutive scenes are represented simultaneously in one picture , in other ways temporal considerations came to exert a decisive influence — in particular , causing painting a secco to replace al fresco , or true fresco , since the very long apprenticeship that pupils had to serve before they became proficient in fresco painting could not be maintained , and a successful painter had to work fast in order to handle all the commissions that he received .
2 As elsewhere in industry , this terrific pace could not be maintained and ultimately , when the Minister of Labour recommended the reduction of working hours to 56 , the Railway Workshop followed suit , so far as was practicable .
3 In 1840 the House of Lords accepted the proposition that bills for discovery , the procedure in the Courts of Equity in aid of actions at law , could not be maintained except by and against parties to the record at law .
4 If war broke out in the Far East ‘ our present forces in Korea would be a military liability and could not be maintained there without substantial reinforcement prior to the initiation of hostilities ’ .
5 In addition , the notice of objection stated that in respect of any sum properly chargeable to the plaintiffs , i.e. any sum in respect of which objection number 4 could not be maintained , the plaintiffs required ‘ taxation as to the amount thereof and/or that such be referred to the inquiry directed by Chief Master Munrow in the said order . ’
6 Even if students were to conceive of their role in this way , the academic freedoms and the associated student ethic could not be maintained solely by the students .
7 Without this faculty of Richard 's , the world could not be maintained in its present state .
8 Union leaders protested that while wages had been frozen at a low level , a freeze on prices could not be maintained because of the lack of government inspectors — a fear endorsed by Collor 's television appeal of Feb. 3 asking the general public to be watchdogs against price rises .
9 Could , or could not be maintained depending on its location .
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