Example sentences of "[noun] could be [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While words could be flashed around the world a century ago , the quantity of data traffic has increased on a scale comparable to the motor traffic increase in the same period . |
| 2 | And if any words could be found in the Statute which provided that besides paying Income Tax on income people should pay for advantages or emoluments in its wider sense ( such as I think the word " emoluments " here , has not , for reasons to be presently given ) , there is no doubt of Mr Tennant 's possession of a material advantage , which made his salary of higher value to him than if he did not possess it , and upon the hypothesis which I have just indicated , would be taxable accordingly . |
| 3 | But he was concerned the guidelines could be seen as an encouragement to use physical restraint inappropriately . |
| 4 | Conduct at the round of balls and concerts was highly regulated by a master of ceremonies , the fashionable chapels were packed by elegant preachers , quieter walks could be had amongst the groves of Queens Park , opened in 1829 . |
| 5 | A cream blouse and skirt could be seen through the window . |
| 6 | Today she happened to be wearing the dress of violet-coloured wool which was the last thing Miss Statham had made for her — drifts of its full skirt could be seen at the front of her grey squirrel coat . |
| 7 | The horse could be left at the local inn and its owner would soon come looking for it . |
| 8 | Hence an important tool of management whose common usefulness could be judged by the essential partners to collaboration failed to provide what had appeared to be promised — and one says " appeared " because it may have been the wish of some college managers not to allow information by which their efficiency might be judged to become available to other parties . |
| 9 | The wall was built by the water authorities to secure the catchment area of the splendid Silent Valley and Ben Crom reservoirs , and for many years marked the route of the annual Mourne Wall Walk , which followed the wall for much of its 22 mile circuit and was the only occasion when walkers could be seen on the hills en masse . |
| 10 | Normally , little jumble could be expected from the few cottages on the headland , but Alex Mair , anxious to associate the power station with the community , had put up a notice on the staff board and the two tea chests were usually fairly full by the time the October sale came round . |
| 11 | This analogy could be extended to the source and application of funds statement . |
| 12 | Arnold Kaech did have one advantage denied to William Arbuthnot ; his monument could be landed on the spot by helicopter . |
| 13 | The second point is that the potential of visits to project schools could be realised in a number of ways . |
| 14 | If the British governments of the 1980s had been elected by proportional representation , it is almost unthinkable that any party could have gained a sufficient majority to impose the sweeping reforms instituted by Mrs Thatcher — or that decisive government of any hue could be achieved in the future . |
| 15 | For their point of view , if Gundovald could be established in the kingship , he would be a new patron . |
| 16 | It never hurt to know in advance what well-provisioned castles could be put at the King 's disposal at short notice . |
| 17 | Data about different castles could be put into the computer and the different castles compared . |
| 18 | ‘ B/2 ’ type trolley masts whose heads could be turned through a full circle . |
| 19 | Unfortunately , fair-weather supporters tend to forget that no Athletico official gives less than 110 per cent to the club week in , Sundays off , and to think their heads could be turned in the hope of making financial personal gain is an insult . |
| 20 | On the other hand , in the case of his daughter and the justification offered for taking her life , it might be argued that , similar acts of violence could be justified on the grounds that the ultimate goal is the redemption of souls . |
| 21 | De Klerk declared that the point had now been reached when the " remaining vestiges of violence could be countered with the ordinary laws of the land " , except in Natal , where the " destruction of human life and property " and what he described as the " exceptionally high level of intimidation which exists there " had " assumed shocking proportions " and needed to be countered " by the strongest means available " . |
| 22 | Evans had also provided a note of some cases from other countries where crimes of violence could be associated with the playing of such games . |
| 23 | The Tribunal 's ruling stipulated , however , that the funds could be returned to the Philippines only after a Philippines court had issued a " legally binding verdict " on whether the assets were to be confiscated or given back to their claimants . |
| 24 | Carried to their logical conclusion his theories meant that ( if he were right ) the attaque à outrance could be broken by a well-organised defence long before it reached the enemy . |
| 25 | Premiums could be cut by a fifth if consultants passed on savings they have made with the increase of private work , said the Norwich Union . |
| 26 | I thought it possible that directional sightings could be made from the centre of the tower through the crenellations and was intrigued to find that one of them had disappeared since my previous visit . |
| 27 | Soon a new strain of oxygen-mediating species arose , enabling evolution to proceed as fast as carbon could be buried in the sediment . |
| 28 | Meanwhile Hurd , who on Oct. 4 had sketched out the idea that an Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait could be followed by a Middle East peace conference involving all five permanent members of the UN Security Council , switched the emphasis of UK public policy towards a more threatening posture on Oct. 14 , asserting that Saddam Hussein 's " only choice is whether he leaves of his own free will or at the point of a gun " . |
| 29 | Logically , even consumption activities such as eating could be viewed as an investment required to sustain the producer ; this is perhaps clearer in the case of the agricultural labourer 's meal which is essential to production , than the executive 's expense-account lunch which may actually impede it . |
| 30 | Critics of Fiat therefore argued that its bid could be seen as a defensive move to improve its domestic position and , perhaps more importantly , to prevent a competitor from obtaining Italian production facilities , which in the long run could pose a threat to Fiat . |