Example sentences of "could not [verb] [noun prp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The possibility of Japanese defence forces taking over after the peace treaty was opposed by MacArthur : it would be a violation of existing commitments , would be contrary to SCAP policies hitherto and in any event could not transform Japan into a significant military power . |
| 2 | Britain was granted a specially lenient deal because Environment Minister Lord Caithness argued that it could not fit FGD in the required timescale , and that it had domestic high sulphur coal which it ‘ had to use ’ whereas other countries relied mainly on imported low sulphur coal . |
| 3 | We can see this idea expressed in international relations between states : the USA could not defeat Vietnam despite the fact that in terms of military equipment the USA had the most powerful weapons . |
| 4 | The headquarters ' 38-set ( see Appendix 5 ) could not contact Ryder on the MGB and Newman did not at first realise how few men were ashore . |
| 5 | If she could not find Charles in the hotel , she would be obliged to seek him within the conference building . |
| 6 | DEAN STANDING , 22 , celebrated his second England call-up with an impressive nine points but could not save Swindon from a last-heat Gold Cup defeat at King 's Lynn on Saturday . |
| 7 | Tim and Lynne Littler caught up with us at this point and with little resistance from our party , insisted that we could n't leave Paris without a light lunch . |
| 8 | She could n't reach Kelpie from the nearest branch to him , but when she was as near as she could get she put out her hand and called softly to him , just as she used to do at home . |
| 9 | ‘ A Busby Berkeley lineup in front of his bed could n't wake Sam in the middle of the night , ’ Clare said . |
| 10 | I could n't find Basil at the prize-giving . |
| 11 | I could n't get CNN in the glorious Econo Lodge , but I wondered what had become of Arnett and Shaw and Holliman . |