Example sentences of "could [not/n't] [vb infin] place " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spokeswoman for the Ombudsman 's office said the draft report was still in the hands of the DTI and that publication could not take place until it had been returned . |
| 2 | The process of conception as such is not affected , and the scientist no more ‘ creates ’ a baby than does the obstetrician who performs a Caesarean section , an operation which has saved the lives of countless mothers and babies in situations where birth could not take place by the natural route . |
| 3 | However , if the relevant project could not take place at all without cooperation , then Article 85(1) will not be infringed . |
| 4 | ‘ Emily , the marriage could not take place yet , ’ he told her . |
| 5 | Alan had asked me to arrive in good time with the Registration of Death certificate and , equally important apparently , the cheque , without which the cremation could not take place . |
| 6 | The ‘ four great freedoms ’ were suspended so that public meetings and rallies could not take place . |
| 7 | Some would say that the universe is such that a resurrection could not take place , and they would base this assertion on " science " . |
| 8 | If this were not possible , inter-subjective communication could not take place . |
| 9 | Modern research confirms that in the early stages of acquiring a complex competence , the learner benefits from close guidance from the instructor , but this could not take place overtly without disruption in the case of teaching . |
| 10 | Such a contribution can not be assessed , but assuredly , the research could not take place without it . |
| 11 | The ANC also rejected the call made by de Klerk that the ANC become a political party , saying that such a transformation could not take place until a constitution was in place allowing the participation of blacks at all levels . |
| 12 | The South African government argued that negotiations over the sovereign status of the Bay ( with the only deep-water harbour on the Namibian coast ) could not take place until a new political order had been established in South Africa . |
| 13 | Such a contribution can not be assessed , but assuredly , the research could not take place without it . |
| 14 | The question of prohibited degrees , within which marriage could not take place , also appears in the late seventh century , when bishop Leodegar of Autun is said to have attacked the marriage of Childeric II to his cousin Bilichild . |
| 15 | It was recently applied in Commercial Plastics Ltd v Vincent [ 1965 ] 1 QB 623 where it was said that as the provision was a single one and could not correctly be divisible into two or more parts severance could not take place . |
| 16 | He might also be likened to Montgomery , in that he judged this ‘ definitive effort ’ could not take place until there was certainty of success ; until the attacking force had three-to-one superiority . |