Example sentences of "it could [not/n't] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Brodie said : ‘ We are not interested in the money because , however much it was , it could not compensate for losing Emma and the way it happened . |
| 2 | ( vii ) If the court reaches the point of weighing the social needs in issue , first that of securing to the council the effective means in law of protecting its reputation and , secondly , that of protecting the right of free expression of the people of this country , the court should hold that the remaining remedies for the council , if it could not sue for libel , and in particular the action for malicious falsehood , would not be a sufficient protection for the council 's reputation , and the ability of a local authority such as the council to sue for libel would not improperly or unnecessarily restrict free expression . |
| 3 | The Crown 's practical arguments were that the case was so rare that it could not call for a fundamental reformulation of the law and that it was impossible for their lordships to set limits on the application of the principle which , being a matter of policy , was a question for the legislature . |
| 4 | It could not survive for long , and the Council would soon have to be made accountable to the European Parliament in some form or another . |
| 5 | She might get a few days riding from it , but it could not survive for long . |
| 6 | Psychoanalytic theory reached a point where it could not account for all the observations made within the analytic setting , nor for the murdering impulses shown in mankind 's historical and cultural development . |