Example sentences of "[pron] could [be] [verb] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | preferred to play safe and order bodies which could be transferred to a narrow gauge system if the standard gauge system for which they were ordered proved a failure . |
| 2 | Here were good and robust buildings , loved by local residents , which could be converted to a range of uses , but were to be demolished and replaced with mediocre high street architecture . |
| 3 | For the authors of this study there was a clear expectation that individuals would commonly produce patterned responses which could be ascribed to a particular personality type . |
| 4 | Both had wash-basins , one of which could be changed to a kitchen sink . |
| 5 | Pemberton-Billing 's invention comprised an add-on governor mechanism which could be attached to a clockwork turntable to give this effect ( 49 ) , and a few dozen records were made which more than doubled the average playing-time . |
| 6 | Long & agrell ( 1965 ) and Sippel & glover ( 1965 ) both published descriptions of such a device , which could be attached to a petrographic microscope for examination of thin sections . |
| 7 | Population attributable risks , not adjusted for other factors , estimate the proportion of deaths explained by exposure to the risk factor , and the relative attributable risks estimate the percentage of the excess risk in Maori , compared with non-Maori , which could be attributed to a higher exposure to the risk factor in Maori children . |
| 8 | With her sensuous smile and her bare shoulders , she could be likened to a contented cat who knows she has found a good home . |
| 9 | Daniel , though his ferocious passion for his wife 's body included its swollen state , was not a man who could be brought to a close interest in this unseen life . |
| 10 | They were not thought particularly interesting , until , in 1952 , Herring and Galt chanced to bend some tin whiskers and noticed that they could be bent to a strain of about 2 per cent and still recover elastically . |
| 11 | Or it could be related to a third confounding variable such as personality and this latter variable related to risk of depression ( Figure 4.3C ) . |
| 12 | HCIMA 's technical Advisory Group ( TAG ) published a technical brief entitled BS5750 — Quality system Guidelines , designed to give an overview of British Standards ( BS ) 5750 and suggest how it could be applied to a hotel and catering operation . |
| 13 | Some of it could be ascribed to a basic weakness in the Council of Ministers ' decision-making machinery . |
| 14 | From this it was concluded that , although the principles of identifying systemic information links by this method appeared sound and it could be achieved to a limited extent by using the facilities of a flat-file database , it would not be cost-effective to pursue without access to more sophisticated technology . |
| 15 | It could be likened to a carefully positioned set of film stills . |
| 16 | A charge of manslaughter can still result in a custodial sentence although for a child as young as ten it could be reduced to a supervision order . |
| 17 | The process could be halted here or it could be linked to a more comprehensive attempt at demilitarisation . |
| 18 | Stripped film from the security camera that videos customers in the Praed Street shop , Took away the staff roster , which reveals who was working on the crucial day , Removed the shop 's till rolls , Attempted to pursuade the female member of staff to forget Mr Onanuga told her he served Mr Lamont on the Monday , and Refused to allow the woman to keep a copy of her signed statement because , it said , it could be handed to a newspaper . |
| 19 | He was remanded in custody for enquiries to be made if he could be sent to a probation hostel . |
| 20 | I du n no , I du n no whether he 's erm he really could be , I mean he could be the thing is he could be compared to a hobo . |
| 21 | It will now be for the Home Secretary to decided when he 'd released although he could be transferred to a hospital in France . |