Example sentences of "[pron] could [be] [verb] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later , in the thirteenth century , Bracton described the special appeal which could be brought where a virgin was raped and the severe penalty which would ensue upon conviction : |
| 2 | Beyond the porch steps nothing could be seen but a cream-coloured , whirling fog of dust . |
| 3 | It could be said that a major function of handmade ceramic ware , individually thrown mugs and bowls , is to aid the transition into the automated computer age . |
| 4 | Indeed it could be argued that a dynastic conflict involving the interests of the Houses of Orléans , Bourbon , Bonaparte and Hohenzollern was the means chosen to bring down the Empire , even if it was not really the cause . |
| 5 | Indeed it could be argued that a family crisis ( for example the suicide of a father ) is bound to have a long term effect upon the child . |
| 6 | Applying this principle to insider dealing , it could be argued that a company has the right to bring an action against an insider for any profit made by reason of the fact that he has ( i ) abused his fiduciary position by using unpublished price sensitive information which he acquired by virtue of his position as an insider ; or ( ii ) misappropriated corporate property ( it is essential under this head that unpublished price sensitive information be seen as property ; whether it is , is not entirely clear ) . |
| 7 | Similarly , it could be argued that a non-party to the Vienna Convention could not rely upon that Convention 's procedural requirements for the manifestation of consent . |
| 8 | In the first place it could be argued that a democratic government would not impose unreasonably on minorities ; this exposed the party to Liberal charges that they were indifferent to the Irish Nationalists , but it also exposed the weakness of the government 's position , as Law explained to the Commons in January 1913 : |
| 9 | For example , it could be argued that a boom and slump lasting in total from about 1790 to 1840 was initiated by the Industrial Revolution 's typical innovations ( cotton spinning and weaving ; new methods of iron production ; steam power ) ; that from the mid-1840s a new boom was generated by the development of railways which initiated a fifty-year cycle ; that from the 1890s a new boom and long cycle stemmed from electrification . |
| 10 | Thus it could be argued that a doctor is functionally more important than a nurse since his or her position carries with it many of the skills necessary to perform a nurse 's role but not vice versa . |
| 11 | It could be argued that a poorly performing ICU is unlikely to occur in isolation . |
| 12 | If a cleric engaged in crime , it could be disputed whether a lay or an ecclesiastical court should try him ; if there was a dispute about marriage , which carried with it the inheritance of land and other corollaries , lay and Church courts would both be concerned in it . |
| 13 | It could be anticipated that a new united Vietnam might regard neutralisation as a useful device to effect the transition from wartime dependence on external allies to a peacetime independent regional or subregional role . |
| 14 | Further , it could be claimed that a phonological analysis is a type of scientific theory , and a scientific theory should be stated as economically as possible . |
| 15 | The post-war coalition thus had two distinct justifications , a positive sense of what could be done and a negative dread of the alternative . |