Example sentences of "could [adv] be found [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it had become axiomatic that the author ( or ‘ scriptor ’ in Ricardou 's terminology ) had become decentred and that the novel could not represent any psychological or social reality , then the origins of a text could only be found in the self-generating aspect of language itself . |
| 2 | The French chef from Montreal was not there , I soon discovered , because he was a she , and could only be found in the women 's changing room . |
| 3 | A bourgeoisie on the European pattern , distinct in outlook from the oligarchy that controlled the municipal government and the guilds , could only be found in the merchants and shippers of the great ports . |
| 4 | Any piece of rotten meat that could still be found in the enclave was slipped over an improvised fish hook , attached to a rope and hurled over the parapet in the vain hope of catching a jackal or a pariah dog that might swallow it . |
| 5 | Saxon remains could still be found among the buildings , there is a Saxon crypt to the church , and the setting is hauntingly beautiful . |
| 6 | When she was missing on the set , she could always be found in the stars ' dressing-rooms . |
| 7 | Rifts persistently occur within the human race , and one important cause could well be found in the tendency of human beings to group themselves together and rally around a particular banner for no other reason than to be able to identify another group as an ‘ enemy ’ upon whom can be laid the blame for hardship and misery suffered ; suffering which it has not been possible to attribute to any obvious cause . |
| 8 | A parallel for this could well be found in the work of Sidonius 's friend Syagrius , a " Solon " active among the Burgundians by 470 . |
| 9 | Saunders concluded his account by observing that evidence could never be found against the organizers themselves . |