Example sentences of "could [be] [verb] [adv] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this situation , a tax-free payment of up to £30,000 could be achieved only if paid ex gratia and in circumstances not amounting to the receipt of relevant benefits under an unapproved retirement benefits scheme ( see Inland Revenue Statement of Practice 13/91 ) . |
| 2 | Support personnel worked in areas adjacent to the production floor , so that they could be contacted instantly when required , and through constant contact keep up to date with the processes which they served . |
| 3 | Suppose , for example , that the indirect tax structure could be reformed by introducing differential rates of tax on different commodities ( so that , say , necessities bear a lower percentage ) , and that this could be done so as to make everyone better off ( or no worse off ) . |
| 4 | Such a story could be viewed cynically as making a virtue out of necessity and that is indeed what it does do . |
| 5 | which established that in the absence of a prohibition in the memorandum , the articles could be altered so as to authorise such an issue . |
| 6 | Congress would remain free to re-order its priorities , but the overall balance of the budget could be altered only if approved by two-thirds of both houses of Congress , other than in time of war , when the measure could be waived by a simple majority . |
| 7 | At the meeting Eduard Shevardnadze , the Soviet Foreign Minister , proposed the " decoupling " of the internal and external aspects of unification so that the former could be completed swiftly while allowing a unified Germany 's security status to be resolved over a number of years . |
| 8 | The focus of attention is upon whether the national law could be interpreted so as to give effect to Community law obligations . |
| 9 | His legislation , however , was designed to provide the conditions in which self-help and independence could be attained rather than to redistribute wealth and opportunities from rich to poor . |