Example sentences of "could not [be] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( d ) The warrant is necessary , for example , because consent could not be obtained for the search or the element of surprise is necessary . |
| 2 | After all , I could not be punished for the death of Victor Frankenstein if he was not dead . |
| 3 | Contracting for other parts of the group , and even other manufacturers , provides a good half of the company 's income , and , just as importantly , enables it to invest in a high level of machinery which could not be justified for the volatile business of light aircraft manufacturing alone . |
| 4 | The Court agreed that a non-custodial sentence could not be justified for the offence , and was satisfied that the offence called for a substantial sentence . |
| 5 | The same could not be said for the pre-tournament favourite , Jose Maria Olazabal , who added a 75 to his opening 76 . |
| 6 | In this they may have been not entirely alone , but it is a serious charge , and it would be a brave man who would assert that it could not be substantiated for the British audio-visual scene as well . |
| 7 | Shilton could not be blamed for the 2–0 defeat and made one superb tackle , denying Angell 15 yards outside his box . |
| 8 | He was worried about the enormous expense involved , and he asked whether St James 's Palace , now empty , could not be used for the Foreign Office . |
| 9 | And , secondly , company law set about the task of demonstrating that the power of corporate managers was not unlimited but was subject to checks and controls which ensured that it could not be used for the manager 's own purposes or for any other arbitrary end . |
| 10 | They are pieces of writing which are distinct in law ; the author of the one could not be sued for the other , or for collaborating in it . |
| 11 | This is because , at the time this study was done , a machine could not be programmed for the next job while it was engaged in cutting . |
| 12 | Similar controls could not be identified for the women who had had hysterectomy , so comparison was made with all the women who had an intact uterus and an intact gall bladder ( n=950 , including 41 with asymptomatic gall stones ) . |
| 13 | The Scotland manager , Duncan Paterson , said Morrison could not be considered for the Fiji Sevens starting today on account of the knee problem which limited his training to light running this week . |
| 14 | Do you know , the cobblestones could n't be seen for the blood which swilled like water ? |