Example sentences of "could not be [vb pp] [adv prt] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marconi thus had a special importance because it provided an issue of corruption that could not be turned back by Liberals against the Unionists , and for this the Liberals had only themselves to blame . |
| 2 | The building of the Berlin Wall seemed to show that Germany 's division could not be broken down by the forceful anti-communist line which he favoured . |
| 3 | The accidental factor , that belonged to the past , was the leadership of the aristocracy : in the later nineteenth century the sans culottes of Madrid streets could not be brought out by the traditional symbiotic relationship of aristocratic employers and plebeian clientele . |
| 4 | Reports suggested that senior figures in the ANC had sought to prevent a top-level meeting until it appeared that a cessation of violence could not be brought about by any other means . |
| 5 | They rose from the table with Daisy stressing the need for a heater that could not be knocked over by cats . |