Example sentences of "could not [be] [verb] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The General Commissioners dismissed the taxpayers ' appeal , accepting the Crown 's arguments that there was one practice and that an election under para 21(2) could not be made where a trade was split into two . |
| 2 | It had been learnt that progress could not be made if a member state objected strenuously to a particular part of a programme . |
| 3 | It could not be said that a peace had been finally made because old habits in Alexandra would not die a final death and made her still reserved , a little wary . |
| 4 | A large vertical shaft plunges suddenly and without prior warning at the bottom of a steep-sided and unfenced crater ; a slip could not be checked and a falling body would be swallowed by the black gulf and not come to rest until hitting the boulder floor 340 feet below . |
| 5 | At the time of the greenbelt enquiry , an extension beyond six miles of the greenbelt could not be considered because a general revision of the county structure plan was not envisaged . |
| 6 | It is clear that many Opposition Members , and possibly some Conservative Members , have received letters telling us that claims could not be paid because a bill board had been placed in the social security office . |
| 7 | If she could n't be found after a meeting people were always instructed " Try the doors " . |