Example sentences of "[adv] could not [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pay increases alone could not achieve this without inflating the country 's wage bill to an unacceptable level . |
| 2 | It was obvious that crofting alone could not support modern standards of living , so most of the families in our village supplemented their incomes by other means . |
| 3 | On one occasion when Tolkien tore a ligament playing squash , and was told that he would be confined to his bed for ten weeks , Lewis went to see him — but , as Warnie recorded , he ‘ found Madame [ i.e. Tolkien 's wife ] there , so could not have much conversation with him ’ . |
| 4 | They also suggest that their choice of index was incorrect but justify it by pointing out that it included both industrial and financial sectors and so could not have any undue bias . |
| 5 | He 'd had a new set made for him by the professional but somehow could not get used to them . |
| 6 | We could n't do the likes of , we could n't invite Glyndebourne in or the Welsh National Opera because we just could not have that scale of operation on . |
| 7 | On the welfare front poverty was rediscovered , and on the all-important economic front there was a growing awareness that we just could not get adequate growth out of our stagnant economy . |
| 8 | Transport and communications infrastructure was improved , but still could not meet increased demand . |
| 9 | Although warned by referee John Street of the consequences of a further ‘ miss ’ after two failures , Davis still could not hit either of the two balls and thus became the most notable victim of the controversial rule . |
| 10 | Gloucester 's problem was that they still could not win enough of the ball . |
| 11 | I spoke to him in all the languages I knew , but we still could not understand each other . |
| 12 | However , after five days of trying they still could not get near to her . |
| 13 | The brokers thus started again yesterday , but while they apparently conditionally placed more than half this time , they still could not find enough buyers . |
| 14 | Indeed , they were unable to get to the heart of providing for those who did not work regularly and hence could not pay regular rent or , often , any rent at all . |
| 15 | Is it not simply because of this : that the government , because of their appalling mismanagement of our economy , have been forced to concede that they simply could not achieve that inflation target which they had set for themselves . |
| 16 | For working-class women , especially the many who lived still in conditions of severe poverty where their own wages were essential to the household , a decision to share a household with an elderly person simply could not mean full-time unpaid caring . |
| 17 | Bridgend4 BRIDGEND simply could not win enough quality possession in their Schweppes Welsh Cup quarter-final at Rodney Parade on Saturday , and though Newport did not make the most of their chances they still won fairly comfortably . |
| 18 | " The interpretive community formed around Rasta language and symbols , presided over and tutored in dread ethics by Marley and other outernational reggae artists , simply could not withstand these changes . |
| 19 | He also points out ‘ the freedoms of the Western model were incompatible with government initiative in the Russian tradition ’ and ‘ parliamentary government under Russian conditions ’ simply could not solve Russian problems . |
| 20 | The industry simply could not produce enough coal to meet the economy 's needs [ Ashworth , 1986 ] . |
| 21 | Faced with a slump in orders , or with any problems over the supply of raw materials , he simply could not employ many of those he needed in brisker times . |
| 22 | The media simply could not get enough . |
| 23 | I stuck it out for about an hour , and then could not stand another minute . |
| 24 | A new law , expected to be in force by 1993 , would allow companies to restrict individual shareholdings to a given percentage , but would bar non-registration of shareholdings unless the company otherwise could not continue normal operations . |
| 25 | She had a very involved son and daughter-in-law but both went out to work and therefore could not manage continual care ( although she had respite hospital care two weeks in six ) . |