Example sentences of "could [be] [verb] [prep] the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The doubt could be whispered in the 1930s , shouted in the 1940s and tacitly accepted as an established truth in the 1950s . |
| 2 | The MP had asked him whether the inquiry under the Assistant Chief Constable of West Yorkshire could be extended to the four members of the Serious Crimes Squad who were involved in preparing the case of the Birmingham pub bombing in 1974 . |
| 3 | The same questions as those in the mental test were also given to some pupils as a standard written test so that performance on it could be compared with the two mental test versions . |
| 4 | By the late 1950s the breed was again in decline and part of the blame could be put on the 1949 Agricultural Act , which set guidelines for bull licensing and required bulls ' dams to have high recorded milk yields . |
| 5 | The United States Secretary of State James Baker , who arrived at the close of the summit , proposed that aid to the region could be modelled on the G-24 financing plan for Poland and Hungary agreed in December 1989 [ see p. 37130 ] , in which the US would share the burden for economic reconstruction with the European Communities , Canada and Japan . |
| 6 | Creation stories from eight cultures had been distinguished — Egyptian , Norse , African , Oceanic , Greek , Mexican , Indian and the Genesis account — and these could be divided amongst the eight groups very happily , with the addition of timetabled periods of art and music-drama for double groups , in which basic techniques were linked to suitable themes ( for instance , shrine-building , rain-making ceremonies ) . |
| 7 | He said that ‘ the powers that be ’ had presented him with a summons and the Protestant people had presented him with that book and he thought a parallel could be drawn between the two . |
| 8 | Or indeed they could be heading for the two peaks we had just thrashed . |
| 9 | Key provisions included ( i ) the requirement that the necessary plant be installed to reduce emissions of 41 listed industrial pollutants by 70 per cent by 1995 — a deadline extended to 2003 for a further 148 pollutants ; ( ii ) a phased reduction in annual emissions of sulphur dioxide , to 10,000,000 tonnes ; and ( iii ) a requirement that from 1992 only high-oxygen petrol could be sold in the 44 US cities suffering the highest levels of carbon monoxide pollution . |
| 10 | Head circumference had not been recorded for 137 men , but this could be estimated from the two head diameters by using the regression equation derived from the 1042 records which included the circumference and both diameters . |
| 11 | Still using the 1987 figures , the following table shows how 325 constituencies of very nearly equal average magnitude could be distributed in the twelve proposed regions of the United Kingdom . |
| 12 | These matters could be left to the two parties to agree as they arise , but the standard forms assume that prior agreement will lead to a smoother running project . |
| 13 | The whales use the Bay as a winter feeding ground and nursery , and there are fears that they could be harmed by the 1.9 billion litres of waste to be deposited in the vicinity via new 15km outlet pipes . |