Example sentences of "[noun sg] could [be] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other day , when a new silver dinner service was commissioned for 10 Downing Street , I asked how much silver could be bought for a million pounds , which seemed a suitably round number . |
| 2 | Specialised materials , which Tootal promised would be an engine of growth , has yet to prove its worth , though continued heavy investment could be blamed for a 40 per cent fall in profits . |
| 3 | As the science of the nineteenth century advanced in analytical skills , it became increasingly possible to tie down results to specific plants and the chemicals therein , until a pure chemical could be prescribed for a particular symptom . |
| 4 | They did ask the King to call a free Parliament , in which provision could be made for a " due liberty of conscience " for all Protestants , although they linked this with the demand that the Church of England should " be secured according to the Act of Uniformity " , suggesting that " due liberty of conscience " was to be very limited indeed . |
| 5 | This makes it difficult to see how the judgement could be mistaken for a sensation . |
| 6 | A case could be made for a deep psychic need in people the world over for the manifestations of monsters in varying horrific forms . |
| 7 | Hence , it seemed likely that information on similarities and differences between the five Belfast communities on the one hand and Lurgan on the other could be used for a variety of theoretical purposes . |
| 8 | The Government could be heading for a damaging backbench revolt of Scottish Tories if it rejects Rosyth . |
| 9 | THE Premier League could be set for a £30 million-plus windfall if negotiations to sell television rights worldwide are concluded this week . |
| 10 | The hostel could be tolerated for a month or so and during the interlude I would concentrate all my efforts on finding somewhere more permanent to live . |
| 11 | As discussions proceeded , the sale of the land became tied to the payment of Hamilton 's pension , for the Charity Commissioners decided that if the land could be sold for a chief rent of £58 10 0d [ £4 per cent of its market value ] , then the pension could be £125 — but £50 of that would have to come from the salary of the new Headmaster ! |
| 12 | Ships would race to deliver the tea , as the first of the new crop to reach land could be sold for a higher price . |
| 13 | Although the women 's magazine is a one-off , the idea could be copied for a special publication on care for the elderly , she said . |
| 14 | Poppy seeds sprinkled on bread as a flavouring have a disconcerting tendency to react chemically in the same way as the extract of the opium poppy , so that a worker could be mistaken for a heroin user because of what he ate for breakfast . |
| 15 | Indeed the whole issue of Sabbath observance could be set for a return to fashion . |
| 16 | She could hardly bear to think the thought , but it did seem to her that anyone who had lived for so many years with her mother could be excused for a certain lack of joie de vivre . |
| 17 | Microware , which traditionally serves the industrial sector , envisages its technology could be used for a variety of applications based on the OS/9 multi-tasking real time operating system . |