Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] could have been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That money could have been used : |
| 2 | A full list of gliders which can be towed in included , and the concluding paragraph in the fully detailed glider-tugging section states , ‘ Most of the numerous accidents that have occurred during glider-towing operations could have been avoided if pilots had better known and followed these basic rules of safety ’ . |
| 3 | That contract could have been avoided but was not . |
| 4 | I thought that private investment could have been used more imaginatively in the period of the 1980–1 recession and was not satisfied with the Treasury 's replies . |
| 5 | That blood could have been shed . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , this case could have been avoided . |
| 7 | A large proportion had substantial additionality , although some projects could have been supported by other than public-sector funds , bearing in mind that UDG is supposed to be a last-resort lender . |
| 8 | Although regular army numbers had been increased from 10,500 to 11,000 in November [ see p. 38588 ] , these 500 additional troops had in fact returned to England before Christmas ; the Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Brooke conceded on Jan. 9 that " you might take the view with hindsight that a different decision could have been taken " . |
| 9 | Nor need this group have been composed of the same households throughout : as the fortunes of different employments fluctuated so different groups could have been included at different times . |
| 10 | Yeah , this drug could 've been developed and refined and er gone into a lot further , but they did n't . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ This tragedy could have been avoided because the method of decanting used in an enclosed space with a direct source of ignition available and the use of an unsuitable type of hand lamp did not constitute a safe system of working . ’ |
| 12 | ( This effect could have been calculated from the marginals of figure 13.5 , and can be called a marginal relationship . ) |
| 13 | This result could have been anticipated on the basis of aspirin 's non-selective inhibition of the synthesis of both pro-aggregatory and anti-aggregatory prostaglandins , and of the ineffectiveness of heparin for the inhibition of clot-associated thrombin . |
| 14 | This result could have been spelled out more clearly in the statutes but it seems to me to follow from the provisions of the statutes as they stand and , contrary to the argument of Mr. Page , to be no more curious than the alternative for which he contends . |
| 15 | The half-boiled storyline could have been poached from a hundred different games : Dizzy and Daisy were in the Enchanted Forest collecting cherries when they became hopelessly lost . |
| 16 | Unless I mean this hedgehog could have been done if I left it could n't it ? |
| 17 | Theoretically this influence could have been eliminated by including controls ( patients ) who were not scheduled for biliary/ hepatic surgery . |
| 18 | Judging from the number of Londoners who ended by having to pay more than they were initially assessed for , this refrain could have been sung a bit too often to be convincing . |
| 19 | Whether or not hydrocarbon generation continued during the Mesozoic , losses from Palaeozoic reservoirs during this period could have been trapped at the post-Carboniferous unconformity , for example by the Lias shales in the Wealden area . |
| 20 | ‘ In general terms , this accident could have been avoided had the petrol vapour not been exposed to a source of ignition , ’ Mr Haddock added . |
| 21 | Lee 's spontaneous remark could have been followed by a suggestion that he tried to sort the vans from the other vehicles in the garage , or he could have been encouraged to watch vans travelling outside the school . |
| 22 | This aim could have been frustrated by the need to keep costs to the minimum in order to maintain the economic viability of the project , but both requirements were satisfied by confining all new openings to the roofs of the aisle and the nave . |
| 23 | In both studies the authors emphasised that most of the pyloric stenoses could have been diagnosed clinically and that many of the imaging studies performed were not only unnecessary but also not cost effective . |
| 24 | If , however , there was any way in which the necessary conditions for cumulative selection could have been set up by the blind forces of nature , strange and wonderful might have been the consequences . |
| 25 | Paul Korshin argues , on the other hand , that very few writers could have been supported by patronage to such an extent that they actually lost their independence . |
| 26 | But Finniston still harbours the belief that the wealth of experience he acquired during his ten years at British Steel could have been put to better service for the nation . |
| 27 | " It 'll be good for a giggle , as Charlie says , " she concluded , with a look which on a lesser woman could have been called coy . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll have to know , sir , when this tampering could have been carried out . ’ |
| 29 | The magazine included an article surmising that British ships could have been lost because , among other things , their superstructures were made of aluminium . |
| 30 | This categorisation could have been carried out in other ways , and other purposes seen here as secondary could have been given greater prominence . |