Example sentences of "[conj] could not [verb] the " in BNC.
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1 | Second , it was in the economic interests of the colonial ( and home ) administrations to persuade or force the cultivator to grow produce for the market either because it increased the cultivator 's taxability and therefore he/she could contribute to the infrastructural administrative and policing costs of the colony ; or , where settlers would or could not do the job , it would provide a source of cheap food for the mining workers , particularly in southern Africa . |
2 | " She seemed a thing that could not feel The touch of earthly years . " |
3 | The members of the commission could not gain entry to north Korea and could not observe the nature of elections there . |
4 | One other man , a Henry W. Harris , a railway official , went to his rescue , and succeeded in reaching the drowning swimmer , but got into difficulties himself and could not bring the other to the shore . |
5 | She longed to encounter some other human presence and could not bear the thought of it . |
6 | Alice , who had several times caught Tom looking admiringly at her while they were coming up there in the tube , and could not forget the way he had held out his hand to her while they sang the duet , wondered if having the room next to his was a good idea . |
7 | I had fallen many times and could not control the wheelbarrow unless I was close enough for my legs to bang into it . |
8 | National unity came late and could not conquer the sense of belonging to pre-national societies . |
9 | It was obvious he was out of control and could not stop the springs . |
10 | The present writer has no experience in microbiology and could not tell the difference between bacilli and cocci if he saw them . |
11 | Umpire David Archer , in his 28th Test , was following the flight of the ball and could not give the decision , obvious by instant TV replay to viewers as far away as Johannesburg and London and , more pertinently , to reserve umpire Lloyd Barker and match referee Raman Subba Row in the pavilion . |
12 | These three teachers were struggling to survive in an inner-city school and could not give the evaluation project the kind of commitment it really deserved . |
13 | There was no point in talking about it to someone who did not know the personalities involved and could not appreciate the circumstances . |
14 | Mr Thornton 's position may be more sympathetically received today , when ‘ paternalism ’ has become a dirty word ; but if , as a later critic was to claim , such philanthropists as Dorothea wished only to fulfil their own personal sentiment of pity and justice , and could not escape the disability of their arbitrary self-appointment , they undoubtedly had a great deal to contribute in the absence of state measures to fill the gap . |
15 | She was rather proud of herself and could not suppress the smug tone of voice . |
16 | He successfully repaired the engine and could not resist the chance of seeing Brooklands , the centre of British Aviation . |
17 | G.C. Allen , the doyen of British Japanologists , put it this way ‘ although government fostered growth in Japan = = it certainly did not and could not prescribe the policy to follow ’ ( 1981 p.192 , italics added ) . |
18 | Carol Park , communications director of Standard Life , said she would not preempt Monday 's meeting and could not discuss the company 's future support . |
19 | The cat 's owner was leaving the area and could not keep the animal , and she wanted it to have a nice home . |
20 | ‘ For me ? ’ she said and could not keep the longing out of her voice . |
21 | Prompted by Glenn Steppler 's series of articles in ‘ MI ’ Nos. 20 , 21 & 22 on Napoleonic period redcoats ' jackets , and by the publication of the Fosten brothers ' The Thin Red Line , I examined this exhibit more closely ; and could not reconcile the pattern and style of the Grenadier Company wings with the various references in my possession . |
22 | Hotspur watched the marred profile beside him curiously as they paced side by side , for he was greatly drawn to his prisoner , and could not reconcile the many stories concerning him with this man he had begun to know . |
23 | There were plenty of excuses ( she had endured a very bad journey to Paris , the going was appallingly heavy , and her regular jockey William Lane was injured and could not take the ride ) , and she resumed her winning ways later that month with an easy stroll in the Free Handicap at Newmarket . |
24 | The benefit of the system was that it demanded that society intervened for those who were under great pressure and could not take the stress . |
25 | The party 's problem was that it was a Catholic organisation and could not see the class basis of the problems . |
26 | She leaned on a staff as tall as herself , and could not see the visitors to her fur-lined chamber , but her nearsense informed her . |
27 | He was uncertain , and could not see the point of hazarding a guess before the forensic labs had reported on the pair of scissors . |
28 | Then the auctioneers realised that the bidder was heavily intoxicated and could not afford the bidder 's fee let alone the $ 17,000 for the Cub ! |
29 | Brian Sommerville , for Elstob , said he had been drinking and could not remember the attack . |
30 | He did not arrange trips and could not repay the money . |