Example sentences of "could not [vb infin] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , I remember warning her , half in joke , half in earnest , that I could not answer for the new Government lasting more than six weeks . |
| 2 | Although the syntactic filter could no doubt be improved , it probably could not compensate for a 20,000 word lexicon and/or poorer acoustic-phonetic discrimination . |
| 3 | You could not ask for a better curtain-raiser to the day 's racing . |
| 4 | It is time that your creative talents were developed alongside individuals who are of like mind and outlook , and you could not wish for a better planetary set-up to further your aims and ambitions : the past few years have taught you all you need to know about self-survival . |
| 5 | The Crown 's practical arguments were that the case was so rare that it could not call for a fundamental reformulation of the law and that it was impossible for their lordships to set limits on the application of the principle which , being a matter of policy , was a question for the legislature . |
| 6 | If an individual or the members of a firm may sue for a libel imputing to them insolvency , because of the damage which such a libel is calculated to do them in relation to their business , could it possibly be maintained that a trading corporation could not sue for a like libel ? … |
| 7 | Such a facility would normally apply to a physically discrete or contained site ( e.g. a single pasture , groups of pastures , a wetland separated from other land ) in order that livestock from another ownership or section of land could not substitute for the agreed reduction . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The knock on the head alone could not account for the glazed look in her eyes . |
| 10 | He knew about Lamarck 's theory of the inheritance of acquired characteristics , but dismissed this as a secondary process that could not account for the whole range of adaptations ( he must also have been aware of the strong opposition to Lamarckism from Owen and the conservative forces in science ) . |
| 11 | You could n't hope for a clearer sign of how things have changed in new music over the last decade or so than the sight of five eminent young , or young-ish , British composers applying their ingenuity to the art of writing divertimentos ( two of them even opting for late eighteenth-century period instrument ensembles ) as curtain raisers for last year 's Glyndebourne Mozart performances ( the promised Don Giovanni serenade by Oliver Knussen never materialized ) . |
| 12 | Erm , well I I could n't speak for the latter two programmes cos I do n't know enough about the arrangements there but I have got a a fair amount of knowledge on both tornado and Eurofighter . |
| 13 | In short , pasta could n't wish for a tastier sauce to turn good old ‘ spag bol ’ into the most bellissima bolognese . |
| 14 | We think you 'll agree — you could n't wish for a better match . |
| 15 | ‘ Sure I could n't wish for a better husband for her . ’ |
| 16 | You could n't wish for a better place to work . |
| 17 | The chap is very very experienced , he knows what he 's doing and he 's he you you could n't ask for a better worker really but yes d I I do believe he 's got a problem with his eyesight . |
| 18 | My monthly insurance payment worked out at £18.20 , but I could n't qualify for the Denplan scheme until the necessary work had been carried out to make my mouth dentally fit . |
| 19 | Yeah well we , we could n't push for a new |
| 20 | One could n't look for a stronger and more candid refutation of Assemblyman Keene 's view that doctors think the law is relevant . |