Example sentences of "it could [not/n't] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A thick stolon was much delayed in its passage ; at one place it was forced to turn at right angles to its former course ; at another place it could not pass through the pins , and the hinder part became bowed ; it then curved upwards and passed through an opening between the upper part of some pins which happen to diverge ; it then descended and finally emerged through the crowd ’ ( Darwin , 1880 ) . |
| 2 | It could not refer to the events of ten years past , of course it could n't . |
| 3 | While Chancellor Kohl 's CDU-CSU alliance holds 309 of the 652 seats , far more than its closest rivals , the Social Democrats , who have 239 , it could not govern without the support of Hans Dietrich-Genscher 's FDP — which is why Genscher has managed to hold on to the post of Foreign Minister for so long . |
| 4 | The Governors declared their willingness to be flexible and co-operative with the Government 's ideas , but pointed out that , while the School was probably already comprehensive as regarded area and by virtue of its covering a fair cross-section of the population , it could not contribute to the particular concept ( by accepting the full range of abilities ) without destroying itself . |
| 5 | In particular it could not cope with the pressure of a growing population . |
| 6 | The court astonished everybody by deciding that it could not rule on the legality or otherwise of something that had not happened yet . |
| 7 | Anchor supported by Middlesbrough Council said it could not proceed without the drinks licence . |
| 8 | It could not steal upon the country unaware , like a thief in the night . |
| 9 | According to Pat Hutchinson of Luton Consumer Services , Turbosoft was very successful at first but as the firm grew it could n't cope with the volume of orders received — Trading Standards have had over 400 complaints to date , and they 're still coming in ! |
| 10 | Whatever she chose , it could n't compete with the couturier clothes worn by the Baronne or Antoinette , she thought with a grimace . |
| 11 | but that was n't with flood water coming over , that was because it was coming up the drains , cos it could n't drain into the river |
| 12 | It could n't happen without the permission of the dealer , but he too is a member of that community and he cares what happens there . |
| 13 | Sun Microsystems Inc has been closed out of a few significant contracts lately because it could n't tick off the Motif and Distributed Computing Environment boxes on the bids : the Common Open Systems Environment will at least get it back in the running for a $20m deal at Boeing Co that requires Motif and Sun insiders reckon that the company will now include Motif in its price list almost immediately — the best guess is that SunSoft will offer reasonably priced Motif upgrades for Solaris 1 . |
| 14 | Sun Microsystems has been closed out of a few significant contracts lately because it could n't tick off the Motif and DCE boxes on the bids . |