Example sentences of "[noun] could [be] [verb] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An attempt could be made to reverse this by increasing the dietary intake of vitamin C , but we have shown in a region of Venezuela with a high incidence of gastric cancer that oral vitamin C supplementation alone is insufficient to increase gastric juice ascorbate concentrations in the presence of H pylori infection . |
| 2 | We are therefore very worried to learn that EC Structural Funds could be allocated to help this potentially very damaging scheme become a reality . |
| 3 | Moreover , it needs to be recognized that a rational , ‘ value-free ’ analysis can not exist in a pluralistic society or that it would please no one if attempted ( Clapham , 1984 ) , unless an action could be shown to benefit all stakeholders . |
| 4 | Of paramount importance were Paracelsus 's conception of disease as a specific entity , taking up its residence in localised sites and possessing a distinct natural course , and the hypothesis that a specific remedy could be applied to counteract such an intrusion . |
| 5 | The ‘ limited ’ intrusion of ‘ strict liability ’ into criminal law could be expanded to cover more and more corporate behaviour so that the issue of responsibility and intention becomes subsidiary to the more pressing need to compensate victims and make the offending corporation foot the bill . |
| 6 | If the biscuits coming through were each rather heavy then the machine could be adjusted to wrap fewer biscuits per pack . |
| 7 | If it was considered that a parent was fabricating symptoms and manipulating recorded data a decision could be made to discuss this with the parent and family doctor . |
| 8 | What calculations could be performed to extract this information ? |
| 9 | At subsequent meetings efforts could be made to reduce this quota further . |
| 10 | Mrs Thatcher believes that an Anglo-German alliance could be forged to scupper some , if not all , of stages two and three of the Delors report . |
| 11 | The argument is not that the check is fallible , for if it were we might still hope that enough memories could be got to prop each other up , as Ayer suggests ( Ayer , 1954 ) . |
| 12 | To attempt defection would be to sign their death warrants , and no man could be expected to do that . |
| 13 | In May 1990 an advisory committee of America 's Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) said omeprazole could be used to treat all duodenal ulcers , not just those which cause severe gut conditions . |
| 14 | At a meeting of the Steering Committee it was suggested that the corridor area between the foyer and the lecture theatre could be used to display some of the ‘ behind-the-scenes ’ activities of the Garden . |
| 15 | Shelf 4 of bay E could be designated to hold all the histories of England likely to be added to stock during the next hundred years or more . |
| 16 | If society 's resource could be used to make more output , even the poor might be better off in the long run . |
| 17 | A{ declaration } is defined in BNF as : Using the " translate and test " instruction , show how a program could be written to check any character string against this definition , and extract the{ ident } s in order to look them up in a dictionary . |
| 18 | Certainly , recent suggestions from the USA that commercials are ( in some sense ) just as effective when they are abbreviated from 30 to 20 or even 10 seconds could be taken to confirm this . |
| 19 | The list could be expanded to incorporate any treaty which provides for mutuality , reciprocity , or where the personal identity of the other party is important , for then , by definition the parties can not have intended to allow assignment . |
| 20 | Now it knew what its transmogrified form could do ; knew instinctively how its own powers of absorption and reconstitution could be used to feed that terrible need . |
| 21 | Mr Booker , who spoke at Ford 's advanced engineering centre in Dearborn , Michigan , said if European conditions continued to worsen , the company could be forced to shed more jobs . |
| 22 | Only a family member could be trusted to do this . |
| 23 | If it could be computerised , anonymous documents could be sifted to find those with the same author . |
| 24 | Once again , the parable of the blind men and the elephant could be used to illustrate this point . |
| 25 | In one sense , deviance could be taken to mean any behaviour that differs from the normal , any uncommon or unusual behaviour . |
| 26 | Leopold could be said to have some qualifications for the throne ; he was Catholic , descended directly from the families of the Beauharnais and the Murats and he was married to a sister of the King of Portugal . |
| 27 | Guzmán would remain potentially highly dangerous , even in prison , because his followers could be expected to use all possible means to try to force his release . |