Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] could have been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The magazine included an article surmising that British ships could have been lost because , among other things , their superstructures were made of aluminium . |
| 7 | Otherwise , if place could have been found for these minor poets and playwrights , not to mention jumped-up journalists who also figured all too prominently , surely a few sentences could have been spared for the man he himself had described as the one working-class writer who remained working-class — the man whom the Sentinel had called ‘ the poet of work ’ . |
| 8 | At a recent training course that I 've been on apparently public services could have been protected since nineteen eighty one . |
| 9 | For example , Bass shares could have been bought for 567p and sold for 652p , a gross return of 15 per cent ( about 7 per cent after costs ) . |
| 10 | There are so many periods during which such plateaus could have been formed and dissected that , in the absence of geological evidence in the form of outliers , it is not surprising that theories of origin have varied widely . |
| 11 | The clash between the end-weight and subject-before-predicate principles could have been avoided by switching from passive to active and inserting a subject such as We or This paper : |
| 12 | The " Pseudo-Isidorean " team could have accomplished their work nowhere else in the Carolingian world , any more than the series of conciliar acts and episcopal statutes could have been produced anywhere else on such a sustained large scale . |
| 13 | Does the Secretary of State imagine that such figures could have been given to any other Parliament in the European Community — especially in a country that had enjoyed a North sea oil bonanza over the years ? |
| 14 | ‘ It is not an exaggeration to assume that as many as 100 women could have been abused by him using his evil methods , ’ one detective told TODAY . |
| 15 | The source of the sand raises an interesting question , because it is difficult to see how such amounts could have been accumulated by the wind . |
| 16 | Such doors could have been secured by the use of a drawbar ; keys for the operation of such devices are known from some better provided for women 's graves . |
| 17 | Such walls could have been overlooked in the excavation , since their existence was not even suspected , and any surviving traces may have been lost in the extensive stone robbing and disturbance by tree roots ( see excavation report , fig. 4 ) with subsequent soil erosion . |
| 18 | The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that stable workers could have been exposed to as much as 190 times the acceptable daily intake . |
| 19 | I think the proof of the pudding was that y you know you finished up in twelve minutes and arguably you have three minutes could have been spent floating around just chatting about this , that and the other . |
| 20 | The money spent on these products could have been used for something else . |
| 21 | However , it has been calculated ( Justices ' Clerks ' Society , 1992 ) that 57 per cent of such cases received sentences that were within the sentencing powers of the magistrates ' courts , and this suggests that a majority of these offences could have been tried summarily . |
| 22 | Similarly , if the gravitational mass of the proton were significantly different , one would not have had stars in which these nucleides could have been built up , and if the initial expansion of the universe had been slightly smaller or slightly greater , the universe would either have collapsed before such stars could have evolved or would have expanded so rapidly that stars would never have been formed by gravitational condensation . |
| 23 | These purposes could have been served without the creation of a publicly funded official . |
| 24 | But none of these principles could have been exploited or pursued in the ways in which they were had there not been tacit approval and support on the part of the state . |
| 25 | These directives could have been intended for the landscape gardeners , whose services were much in demand at this time and who used roses in their extensive planting schemes to provide unanticipated colour and fragrance for those taking a walk in wilderness greenery . |
| 26 | ITN had said that in the 12 months before the ban was imposed , 0.01 per cent of air time would have been affected and these items could have been recast into a form which complied with the directives . |
| 27 | Most of these accidents could have been avoided by just a few minutes extra care . |
| 28 | The second crucial question is whether these results could have been obtained without deception . |
| 29 | There seems to be no particular reason why the idea should not have cropped up earlier ( or indeed , later ) but , according to Bethe , its practical implementation could probably not have been much advanced because this depended on the development of high-speed computers and highly efficient fission triggers ; neither of these requirements could have been met at the beginning of 1950 . |
| 30 | Seen in the context of a ten-year history of disturbed behaviour , these incidents could have been prevented . |