Sentence examples for could not be secured from inspiring English sources

A continuing shortage of troops meant that borders could not be sealed, armament caches could not be secured, and security and basic services could not be restored.

To Lord Coke has been attributed the proposition that warrants could not be secured even for stolen property.

Federal technology experts concluded late last year that paperless touch-screen machines could not be secured from tampering.

It often happened that an admitted need for change, even in limited areas, could not be secured". The New Criminal Rules Another Triumph of the Democratic Process.

The program took nearly a decade to come to fruition because financing and a site for a building could not be secured.

When it was my turn to see the general, he said: "An area that could not be secured by 500 national policemen is secured by 50 A.L.P.

The scene couldn't be secured; Matthieu worried that the shooters might return.

She also suggested that Germany's borders couldn't be secured by any means, which needlessly alienated conservative voters – and aided the rise of the rightwing party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD).

Despite the efforts to expedite prosecutions, Davis said that most of the politicised convictions still couldn't be secured: "We had identified about 75 detainees as ones who potentially could be prosecuted, but 'could be' did not necessarily mean 'should be'.

If someone of his position could not be secure in his race, then no one was safe".

The military forces sent from Constantinople to stem the invasion were ultimately inadequate, though Arab conquest of the region could not be secure until Carthage was captured and destroyed and reinforcements by sea interdicted.