Example sentences of "could not [be] [vb pp] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a meeting with Baker on Nov. 14 , however , Roh said that a " two-plus-four " solution could not be applied to Korea . |
| 2 | A single regional band could not be applied to Yorkshire , with council tax prices set against a regional band for , say , London and the south-east . |
| 3 | It was immediately much regretted that the death penalty could not be applied to burglars and footpads , and the prison system was the object of particularly fierce criticism . |
| 4 | She leaned closer to Alice , so that Alice could smell a warm perfume , reminiscent of a flower , the name of which could not be called to mind . |
| 5 | However , the sluggish and top-heavy bureaucratic apparatus of the City Council could not be moved to action . |
| 6 | Other points of the agreement outlined at the press conference included the concession that although West German troops could be stationed in East Germany , NATO structures could not be extended to East German territory as long as Soviet soldiers remained there . |
| 7 | The senate decreed that B could not be asked to institute C heir : yet it appeared that in this way A had asked that B should make over A 's estate to C , that is to make over to him whatever B had obtained from A 's estate . |
| 8 | There is no reason why the same multiple-ostinato usage could not be adapted to serialism , with the same lucid results . |
| 9 | She felt every housewife 's fury when the guests could not be got to table and the food was ready . |
| 10 | Ian Kennedy , Reader in Law at King 's College , London , who gave the 1980 Reith lecture on medical ethics , felt that firmer legal guidelines were required to ensure that handicapped babies were not left to die , and that the decision could not be left to parents and doctors . |
| 11 | Moreover , the Commission considered that the social benefits that would accrue from economic developments arising from the internal market could not be left to chance . |
| 12 | The analyst noted that , since these were first time pregnancies , the increase in complications with age could not be attributed to parity . |
| 13 | Although evil could not be attributed to Ahura Mazdah , its existence had to be accounted for , and Zarathustra explained it in terms of free will . |