Example sentences of "could [be] [verb] [prep] such a " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Your Memorialists would be glad if the School could be placed in such a position as to enable them to send their children to it with a reasonable expectation that their manners would not be corrupted by the admission of a class of boys more fitted for National Schools than Grammar Schools . |
| 2 | A case could be made for such a ritual being enshrined in the legend of Lady Godiva of Coventry , riding through the city on a white horse ( fig. 13.1 ) , though this idea has been dismissed by Hilda Ellis Davison in her otherwise full and admirable account of the legend . |
| 3 | ‘ It was rushed through , and because of the way it had to be constructed in getting the support of all 22 clubs , there was no way all the changes could be made in such a short space of time . |
| 4 | Moreover , such tests could be devised in such a way as to reflect what I have argued to be the most important feature of any new curriculum , the equal importance of the practical and the theoretical . |
| 5 | He singled out for special criticism two specific objectives which had figured so prominently in the application of Keynesian ideas : ( a ) the notion that the proper focus of attention for monetary policy was the attainment of targets for the rate of interest as opposed to targets for the supply of money ; ( b ) that demand management policies could be adjusted in such a way as to achieve a target combination of inflation and unemployment which was sustainable indefinitely . |
| 6 | Erm I I would have thought it would be helpful that if criterion four could be worded in such a way that it it emphasised the need to maximize transport choice . |
| 7 | There is as yet no firm estimate as to the amount of electricity which could be generated by such a scheme . |
| 8 | My hypothesis is that there is a space for a socialist argument in favour of investment planning ; that such an argument could be presented in such a way as to appeal to organised labour and even to broader strata of the population concerned about employment prospects and their standard of living in retirement ; that if organised workers were to support the proposal they could use their union organisation to press for social accountability of their savings funds ; and that if the proposals were not linked to a ‘ dogmatic ’ pursuit of nationalisation they would stand a chance of recruiting some support from the more progressive elements of the state and corporate salariat — those whose technical expertise would be required in any such project , even if it is overlaid with oppressive ‘ professional ’ and ‘ managerial ’ ideologies — helping to isolate , so far as possible , reactionary financier elements . |
| 9 | The light greens by and large believe that the system of which we are all a part is perfectible , that it could be reformed in such a way as to create a sustainable , environmentally friendly way of living . |
| 10 | You know , have you got a bit which could be put in such a form that it would actually make sense and appeal to this particular viewership , audienceship and so on and so forth . |
| 11 | Recollecting his churlish behaviour , Isabel wondered how she could be attracted to such a man even for a moment . |
| 12 | But what else could be expected from such a stiff-necked people ? |
| 13 | Monetary and fiscal policies could be combined in such a way as to achieve and maintain unemployment rates which differed from the natural rate . |
| 14 | Software , could be designed in such a way that it can be exchanged and regularly updated including information on subjects such as C O S H H , labour law and industrial relations and social groupings within the G M B structure . |
| 15 | The idea is to test the hardware and software associated with high-speed communications and investigate the kind of services that could be supplied over such a network . |
| 16 | Rummenigge said on German television on Wednesday night that he considered Ferguson to be a better player than Ally McCoist but wondered if so much money could be spent on such a relatively inexperienced player . |
| 17 | Equally , an area on a graphics tablet can form an extremely flexible form of control ; for example , a diagram could be laid over such a tablet — the user could then see clearly all the control possibilities and by touching the correct part of the diagram he could control the program with ease . |