Example sentences of "could not [be] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As regards tragedy , spiritually the city 's focal point , Euripides was not and could not be a spiritual guide as Aeschylus had once been , although the need was , no doubt , greater than in Aeschylus ' time . |
| 2 | But senior dental officer Sue Fuller said : ‘ There could not be a worse time than bedtime or before a day time nap to give sugar-loaded drinks like these . |
| 3 | But senior dental officer Sue Fuller said : ‘ There could not be a worse time than bedtime to give sugar-loaded drinks like these . |
| 4 | Consequently , any teaching about nature that clearly went against Scripture could not be a demonstrated truth . |
| 5 | It is my first appearance at the dispatch box in my new role , and it could not be a better issue . |
| 6 | While the United States , by virtue of its major input into Europe after 1941 , may have been a European power , it was not and could not be a European state . |
| 7 | There could not be a European defence force that was not a nuclear power . |
| 8 | For instance , there is a contradiction , in a strict interpretation of : ( 29 ) the circle in the left of the picture is essentially another rectangle The sentence could not be a usable part of the language if language adhered to logical conventions . |
| 9 | Though dated to around mid second century AD by Sotheby 's , several dealers wondered if it could not be a Roman baroque forgery ( one attributed it to Pietro Bernini ) . |
| 10 | There could not be a greater contrast in attitude . |
| 11 | But , he said , it could not be a two-way pact . |
| 12 | McCartney , on a concert tour with her husband in Australia , said in an interview that Keating could not be a good leader if he was involved in ‘ murdering animals . ’ |
| 13 | A top-level sprinter could not be a top-level javelin thrower and even less possible is it that he could reach the top in another sport as well . |
| 14 | It is quite possible clearly that that number could be reduced , during the consultation process on the on the local plan , I think that 's an important point because of the issue of windfall that was mentioned by Mr Davis , and was raised yesterday , reference to historic trends in the city of York do show that erm we have exceeded structure plan targets by substantial amounts , I think the figure is is forty percent or or more , er the County Council could confirm that , slightly difficult calculation to do because I 'm sure you 'll be aware that to our eternal shame , the City Council has not to date adopted a formal local plan , with reference erm to your question on day one er as to whether or not we might calculate contribution of windfalls in the past , we have looked at the nineteen eighty seven residential land availability er study , which was agreed with the house builders , adjacent districts , and of course the County , and in the five year period of that study , by comparison with the sites that we agreed in the study , an additional four hundred and thirty dwellings came forward and were completed on sites that had not been identified in the study , now I 'd I would say very clearly that that level of windfalls erm would not continue in the future and it could not be a reliable basis for erm looking at windfall contributions in the city in the future , clearly the supply of development land in the city is a is a finite resource , er given given the constraints that are current holding , and although some additional windfalls to the two hundred I 'd suggested in my H One may come forward , on the other hand I suspect some of the sites suggested in the draft local plan could fall out of the equation . |
| 15 | Vologsky did not appear to be a strong individual — yet he wanted to go into space , so he could not be a physical coward . |
| 16 | This is a very efficient heat-transfer mechanism , and if it existed all the way into the region of the atmosphere which radiated to space then by today the Jovian interior would have lost almost all of its heat of formation , and any remnant could not be a significant source of internal energy . |
| 17 | At first instance , Mummery J rejected Mrs Sen 's claim on the grounds that there could not be a valid donatio mortis causa of land . |
| 18 | For keen walkers , there could n't be a better holiday area — there are 350 km of well marked paths ! |
| 19 | If you 're aiming to upgrade from your existing 286 machine , there could n't be a better choice . |
| 20 | There could n't be a better way to start a season . |
| 21 | She had always known that she must get away from him some time in order to reach Lori , and there could n't be a better opportunity . |
| 22 | ‘ There could n't be a better time to take up this job ’ , claims Marion Fry , Historic Scotland 's new Education Officer . |