Example sentences of "it could [not/n't] [be] [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Middle East Economic Digest of March 16 described this prediction of a budget surplus as surprising to many observers , but noted that , in the absence of figures for years more recent than 1984 , it could not be determined whether it implied higher income or a sharp reduction in public expenditure . |
| 2 | No one , so far as I know , has ever questioned such a suspension on the ground that it could not be done unless he is given notice of the charge and an opportunity of defending himself and so forth . |
| 3 | Although a compact of free association was signed in 1982 between Belau and the USA , it could not be implemented until the territory altered its Constitution ( which required a 75 per cent vote in favour in a referendum ) to rescind the clauses which banned the entry , storage or disposal of nuclear , chemical or biological weapons . |
| 4 | This meant that it could not be used if it was the result of a ‘ fear of prejudice or hope of advantage , exercised or held out by a person in authority ’ or if it was occasioned by ‘ oppression ’ . |
| 5 | However , deficiencies in the ability of the study to accurately record information on the cause of death meant that it could not be shown whether or not the reduction in mortality had been due to a reduction in diarrhoea-related deaths and hence due to the programme . |
| 6 | It could not be published because of MAIB regulations . |
| 7 | It could n't be helped if she was a pickpocket . |
| 8 | I said knew about it , erm , you must have known about it , erm , that standard edition of the complete psychological works of Freud , that 's its title , and you 're one of the editors , one of the editors , I said , there 's no evidence that you ever intended to include this book in it , even though , you know , I understand that it could n't be published as long as Woodrow Wilson 's family was still alive , but erm , you know , why was n't it published in the standard edition ? |