Sentence examples for proceedings could not from inspiring English sources

A few minutes of legal proceedings could not skim even the foam from this ocean.

The substance of the proceedings could not be learned, although they are believed to have covered both the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre and the 1971 Falcons killings.

More damning, priests that took part in the proceedings could not talk about them, the Irish Examiner reports, until 10 years after the child abused reached adulthood.

Meiklejohn had full reign over the college, so the university and its disciplinary proceedings could not intervene.

The military judge, acknowledging that the proceedings could not continue until the counsel issue was resolved, ruled on the issue that day.

No evident political agenda motivated the festival, and yet the proceedings couldn't help colliding with the crises of the day.

The Australian government had no standing in the Russian legal proceedings and could not intervene in the investigation, he said.

Asked about the transportation authority's much-publicized new labor agreement, Mr. Walder said he had not read the proceedings and could not comment.

The home side dominated proceedings but could not find the elusive winning goal, with Ali Crawford coming close on a couple of occasions and Greg Docherty hitting the woodwork late on.

It significantly departed from the statutory framework in place on Nov. 7, and authorized open-ended further proceedings which could not be completed by Dec. 12, thereby preventing a final determination by that date.

As I watched the proceedings, I could not help but think some were treating this issue as if it were a hobby rather than a pressing duty to protect the public.