Example sentences of "could [be] [verb] [conj] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the move towards disintermediation , it could be argued that many banks are driven to taking on less credit-worthy customers , with associated increases in credit risk . |
| 2 | In primitive societies with small , self-sufficient units there was no differentiation between centre and periphery , and it could be argued that many peasants in Russia remained at this level of perception during NEP . |
| 3 | It could be argued that such questions are of little value as respondents may be unwilling to label themselves as being in poor health . |
| 4 | Given the distribution of older people throughout the different medical specialisms it could be argued that all doctors ( and nurses ) should receive some training in the main aspects of geriatric medicine , with its emphasis upon rehabilitation and the role of multi-disciplinary care and assessment . |
| 5 | It could be argued that this lack of co-operation between UDCs ( notably the LDDC ) and local government is predictable . |
| 6 | Now it could be argued that this likelihood is so remote as not to be worthy of consideration . |
| 7 | Second , it could be argued that this system removes any incentive for sound financial control at local level and constitutes a divorce between management responsibility and financial accountability of the kind severely criticized by the 1976 Layfield Report on local government finance . |
| 8 | Jackson have been very possessive of their peghead shape in the past and it could be argued that this guitar would n't be a Jackson without it . |
| 9 | ( It could be argued that this approach confuses appropriation and dishonesty . |
| 10 | ‘ It could be argued that this situation amounts to a cynical manipulation of a group which the Government and employers recognise are more vulnerable than most . |
| 11 | Erm so er I mean it could be argued that those figures go in there . |
| 12 | Particular emphasis has been given to the prevention of distortions of competition ( an express treaty objective under Article 3(f) , to justify a very wide use of Article 100 , since it could be argued that any difference between national regulatory frameworks may distort competition in the Community , even in the area of social policy . |
| 13 | It could be argued that these provisions would justify allowing any person to challenge exercises of power A , but also applying a more restrictive standing rule ( perhaps something like ‘ special interest ’ ) to challenges to exercises of power B on the ground that Parliament had intended the government body in question to be the prime guardian of the public interest in the exercise of power B. |
| 14 | It could be argued that these groups were formed as much for sociability as for making money , being made up of friends or acquaintances , but at any event their reasons fell short of promoting definite artistic programmes . |
| 15 | It could be argued that these opinions would in any event have prevailed . |
| 16 | It could be argued that these criteria are too rigid . |
| 17 | It could be argued that these ideas were deliberately peddled in Dunrossness . |
| 18 | It may well be that arguments could be made that this sense of unreasonableness should be the only mechanism for controlling discretion . |
| 19 | Little progress could be made until these cancers could be reproduced by experiments in animals . |
| 20 | As a primary intervention , I would aim to direct conversations so that preparation for these changes could be made and some consideration given to the future , whatever that would entail . |
| 21 | Economic welfare could be increased if more resources were channelled into this industry and production increased up to Qc with a consequent lowering of prices . |
| 22 | Talks broke down on April 22 over the allocation of government posts , although on April 11 it had appeared that a coalition could be formed when all parties agreed that the budget deficit should not exceed 5 per cent gross domestic product ( GDP ) . |
| 23 | For example the opening clause , without further context , could be seen as another person 's view of Pemberton , derived from observation of his behaviour : " The poor young man hesitated and procrastinated " , but from what follows this is less likely . |
| 24 | Now it could be contended that any manager who needed a booklet to tell him this should be on the shopfloor . |
| 25 | Lord Parker 's response to that suggestion was that no offence had been committed in any event because , even if it could be said that such conduct was insulting ( which he doubted ) most men approached in such a way are not likely to resort to violence . |
| 26 | On the other hand , it could be said that this type of objection does not relate to reasonableness but is concerned with breach . |
| 27 | It could be said that this assimilation had become ‘ fixed ’ as part of the phonological structure of English syllables , since exceptions are almost non-existent . |
| 28 | It could be said that some sort of crisis was going to force itself up in the life of a strongly emotional young man who was so strictly engaged in compartmentalizing his life : a father who was never meant to know about Janie Moore ; Minto herself cut off from college ; almost all his friends kept in darkness about his emotional history , and most of them at this period unaware of his religious interests ; pupils who were discussing with him the things he cared about most — books — but in a fashion which prevented his strength of feeling breaking through . |
| 29 | But there was less confidence that rapid growth could be ensured and less assurance that the gaps between the really poor and the better-off workers could be narrowed by the traditional remedies . |
| 30 | A large amount of memory could be saved if each occurrence of the same sequence of letters used the same set of nodes in the tree structure . |