Example sentences of "could [not/n't] [vb infin] part " in BNC.
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| 1 | With respect to the Secretary of State , I believe that most right hon. and hon. Members found very unconvincing his explanation as to why such a provision could not form part of the Bill . |
| 2 | His argument was that the Church of Ireland was ‘ poisoned by ecumenism ’ and as such he , as a Free Presbyterian , could not take part in fund-raising on its behalf . |
| 3 | When the Exchange Rate Mechanism was being created , during the final days of the last Labour Government , the then Prime Minister decided Britain could not take part . |
| 4 | These groups might enter into semi-permanent contracts with academics who had similar interests , and develop rules about who could and could not take part in a ‘ course ’ in a particular ‘ subject ’ and how that ‘ course ’ should be conducted . |
| 5 | But today , she could not take part , she pleaded illness , she invoked Caterina , who needed her at home , she said , for she was still poorly . |
| 6 | This meant that Mrs. Bernadette McAliskey ( nee Devlin ) could not take part though she had earlier indicated that she would stand as a candidate in Mid-Ulster . |
| 7 | And er there was only one who could n't take part and he was in the fire brigade and could n't take part because they were er his employers . |
| 8 | And er there was only one who could n't take part and he was in the fire brigade and could n't take part because they were er his employers . |
| 9 | She says she thinks it was sexist when girls could n't take part . |
| 10 | His parents Kang and Bi explained how little Sheng spent his days looking out the window at the other children playing , knowing he could n't take part . |