Example sentences of "could [be] [verb] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British consul-general in Seoul , D. W. Kermode , informed London on 8 February that Rhee intended sending Byung Chic Limb on a ‘ goodwill visit ’ to Britain and that Rhee hoped Limb could be received at the Foreign Office . |
| 2 | But the most famous and prestigious pilgrimage of all was that to Jerusalem itself which could be conceived at a literal level as a journey to the centre of the earth . |
| 3 | Beveridge became more sanguine about the level of full employment which could be achieved at the same time as he proposed less control by the government over the economy . |
| 4 | Thus unacceptable strings could be rejected at an earlier stage , leaving fewer for the lexical look-up to check . |
| 5 | Kessel ( 1965 ) has suggested a limit to the amount of tablets that could be dispensed at a given time , and in some areas chemist shop assistants are instructed to refer customers to senior staff when large amounts of tablets are being requested . |
| 6 | On the basis of a report delivered by Gorbachev on Feb. 7 a resolution was adopted which ruled that the independence declaration should be " regarded as having no standing " , and urged the Lithuanian communists to suspend their decision to break with the CPSU until the matter could be debated at the 28th party congress . |
| 7 | Sugar beet might be given the capacity to produce new amino-acids of value to man which could be extracted at the same time as the sugar . |
| 8 | Many features distinguish Wilson & Glick kitchens from others in a similar price bracket , making them exceptionally good value for money , as could be seen at the Ideal Home Exhibition which was even more successful ‘ the second time around ’ . |
| 9 | Next Saturday the big race is the Guinness Champion Stakes at Leopardstown and with Market Booster in the field we could be looking at a future star . |
| 10 | If David Cork carries on playing like that , then he could be looking at a new contract instead of being on the transfer list . |
| 11 | Bearing in mind that the new Speaker served as a deputy before being elected to her new post we could be looking at the next Speaker of the House of Commons . |
| 12 | Bearing in mind that the new Speaker served as a deputy before being elected to her new post we could be looking at the next Speaker of the House of Commons . |
| 13 | If all the health authorities performed at the same rate as the top 25 per cent. , an additional 186,000 patients could be treated at no extra cost . |
| 14 | Harrods Library , which had an extensive clientele , used to publish long lists of ex-library books which could be bought at a third of the price when new , or less if rebound for library use . |
| 15 | The philosophers of pragmatism resisted the idea that experience could be frozen at a particular moment in time and analysed in chunks . |
| 16 | Once goods had been brought to a European port , they could be re-exported at a higher price to other European countries that had no direct trade across the sea , so a good many of the calculations about trade were concerned with re-exporting goods which had not been processed into an improved form but were simply being sent to a place where they commanded some additional scarcity value . |
| 17 | If therefore the waters of the sea showed no signs of depletion of fish , an increased supply could be produced at a lower price after a time sufficiently long to enable the normal action of economic causes to work itself out . [ … ] |
| 18 | One justification often advanced for local government is the opportunity thus presented for wider sections of the population to become involved in political responsibilities than could be accommodated at a national level . |
| 19 | After 13 weeks of inpatient care the health authority would charge a fixed fee , which could be set at the eightieth percentile of the fees charged by the private sector within a set area , or £500 per week . |
| 20 | As no suitable package could be purchased at an acceptable cost , it was decided to carry out all systems analysis and programming work in-house . |
| 21 | They therefore recommended that AEA should be encouraged to push the government restrictions ( for example , AEA is not allowed to manufacture non-nuclear products ) to the limits and then , if successful , the restrictions could be removed at a later stage . |
| 22 | Perhaps one of the best examples of that , could be found at a recent tournament , where , after suffering considerable pain during a match , she declined the soothing comforts of an ice pack in the clubhouse . |
| 23 | Clare baked nothing that could be found at the local baker and charged what she considered exorbitant prices , which people seemed happy to pay in cash . |
| 24 | However , though the only currently practicable approach to identifying rural deprivation was an area based one and although it has been possible to make some sense of census data for rural areas , they still concluded , in line with Knox and Cottam , that it would be far better if the analysis could be performed at the individual level . |
| 25 | The companies also profited from a bizarre system whereby shipbuilders who exported were given import quotas for raw sugar , which could be sold at a hefty profit . |
| 26 | It would seem an appropriate forum in which the issue of mountain bikes could be considered at a strategic policy level . |
| 27 | 144 , it was ruled that the somewhat similar provision in the English Act of 1910 against adjourning for over a month struck only at the consideration of new business and that matters before the court at the general or adjourned meeting could be considered at a further adjournment out with the month . |
| 28 | 144 , it was ruled that the somewhat similar prohibition in the English Act of 1910 against adjourning for over a month struck only at consideration of new business , and that matters before the court at the general or adjourned meeting could be considered at a further adjournment outwith the month . |
| 29 | Quite often operations could be cancelled at the last moment owing to worsening weather conditions , and this must have been a terrible let-down for them , after getting themselves keyed-up for yet another hectic night . |
| 30 | Green belts were made feasible by the land use planning system established by the Town and Country Planning Act , 1947 : local authorities were obliged to prepare development plans showing land use allocations and , because of the compensation provisions , green belts could be included at no direct cost to local authorities . |