Example sentences of "[pron] could [be] [verb] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No-one else in our aircraft appeared to be the least bit concerned , but my relief as we finally drew near the coast of England again and then began our descent to the safety of solid earth was so great that I made a little promise to myself that I would never again set foot in an aeroplane , so long as I could be permitted to survive this one trip . |
| 2 | There are two obvious moves which could be made to counter this argument . |
| 3 | The chosen lexicon or word list must be represented in computer memory , but there are numerous methods which could be employed to do this , in order that it can easily be searched . |
| 4 | In the case of international law what the institutions of positive law have to offer is a means for settling dangerous disputes and limiting the destructive powers which could be used to resolve those disputes in an unacceptable manner . |
| 5 | They are therefore nearer to being attempted systematisations of popular ideology than objective scales which could be used to explain that ideology . |
| 6 | all the provinces , bar one have balances which could be used to make that up , so the money is fairly short and we 're bear er , for pains , the |
| 7 | Ion Pacepa has described how scientists working for the Securitate designed a telephone which could be used to bug both phone conversations and any talk in the room where the apparatus was located . |
| 8 | The criticism was often made by those who disliked the more abstract theoretical work , and who preferred more tangible ideas , which could be shown to have some application : |
| 9 | Everyone pretended to ignore the reaction of the surveyors to the fact that the senior administrative member of Rostov 's staff was a member of a race which could be expected to have little respect for the Imperial establishment . |
| 10 | As a result she was present at the important council meetings at the end of the year and it would be surprising if her voice was not heard in the discussions about the future of Aquitaine — all the more so since she could be expected to have some influence over her children , and particularly over Richard . |
| 11 | Writing from the heart is the recommendation of a muse who could be seeking to make such writing a legitimate part of poetry , an activity which takes place under the muse 's control . |
| 12 | Gary arranged for the well-known warbird pilot John Crocker to ferry the aircraft across the Atlantic for me , John being one of the few pilots at that time who could be insured to undertake such a flight . ’ |
| 13 | You could be expected to do some of these things , but not all . |
| 14 | All might preserve some religious truth and meaning , but none could be allowed to make any absolute claims , though each would be acceptable to the extent — but only to the extent — that it conformed or could be made to conform to the standard of natural religion , conceived of as a set of beliefs or principles which could stand very well on their own feet . |
| 15 | No one could be persuaded to attempt this feat until Roger offered the pupil a monetary inducement . |
| 16 | The session — which featured detailed contributions from Blackwell Retail 's academic development manager Roger Bowen , and Pitman Publishing 's sales and marketing director Rod Bristow — examined the recent changes in the British education system and suggested ways in which they could be exploited to generate more sales . |
| 17 | Put together , they could be said to constitute more than the ‘ perhaps one or two opportunities ’ the discussion set out to find , but an outline strategy for reclaiming a grossly under-used source of much-needed brain-power in the boardroom : a strategy that now calls for sharpening and refining . |
| 18 | I think that the issue really is erm are there ways in which perhaps they could be helped to do this more productively , and are there ways in which they could be helped to do this rather more collaboratively than perhaps they have done so in the past ? |
| 19 | I think that the issue really is erm are there ways in which perhaps they could be helped to do this more productively , and are there ways in which they could be helped to do this rather more collaboratively than perhaps they have done so in the past ? |
| 20 | It could be extended to include any other form of powerful therapy . |
| 21 | I 'm interested about your comments erm that it could be used to do more in terms of families . |