Example sentences of "could [be] [verb] at [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By having the firms with low marginal reduction costs contract further and firms with high marginal reduction costs contract less , the same total reduction in pollution could be achieved at less cost . |
| 2 | A similar result was reached by Lord Somervell who was of the opinion that fraud did not go to jurisdiction and could be challenged at any time . |
| 3 | A recent international meeting of computer-literate historians addressed these very questions and resolved to prepare a curriculum of instruction in computational methods and techniques which could be adopted at any number of institutions ( Davis , et.al. 1993 ) . |
| 4 | As no progress could be made at that meeting , it was agreed that the matter should be brought to the next stage of procedures which is Joint Industrial Council . |
| 5 | When the best signal is obtained , the optical fibre could be secured at each end using PVC tape . |
| 6 | However , he refused to attach too much importance to these since they could be withdrawn at any time unless they were passed into law . |
| 7 | The Pathfinder Force should be on a different basis and these should consist of 45 sorties , but crews could be withdrawn at any time after the completion of 30 sorties . |
| 8 | The P. pictus were very active and could be seen at all times of the day , the Bumble Bees were a lot more secretive and only ventured out to grab some quick grub and late at night . |
| 9 | There is legitimate concern that the meeting decided that little could be done at this time we might be able to contribute to the campaign at a later stage . |
| 10 | The custody hearing could be called at any time . |
| 11 | ‘ He could be killed at any time . |
| 12 | She knew she could be killed at any moment . |
| 13 | And some could be given at either level ? |
| 14 | As long as she was alive and working my reputation could be destroyed at any time . |
| 15 | This provision did not take into account the substantial number of businesses in the licensed trade which are owned and operated by bodies corporate or incorporate and not by individual persons , with the result that the licence holder was a company official who exercised little or no control over the day-to-day running of the premises , or was the manager of the premises , and whose employment could be terminated at any time , irrespective of the date of expiry of the licence , either by his own volition or by his employer 's . |
| 16 | A further refinement was that the entrance to the town 's harbour was under the furthest-out of the bridges , so that entry and exit thereto could be denied at any time by the castle 's occupants , with a great boom to be lowered . |
| 17 | Ella he had dismissed , as pleasure could be recalled at any time , while the business in hand was urgent . |
| 18 | This chapter is relatively free-standing , and could be read at any point after chapter 2 . |
| 19 | He could be executed at any time . |
| 20 | He thought that the prairie grassland climax had been stable since the last ice age and could be restored at any time even after interference by humankind . |
| 21 | This was so notwithstanding that the field could be closed at any time and that certain people could be refused admission . |
| 22 | He always seemed to know exactly where Sergeant Charles Trumper of the Royal Fusiliers could be located at any time of the day or night . |
| 23 | In the course of an acrid , 30-minute press conference , called at midday and starting at 3.42 , both men implied that the deal could be resurrected at some time later : ‘ I might consider selling my majority shareholding in the future , ’ said Edwards , ‘ but certainly not this season . ’ |
| 24 | After all , I had no real claim upon your attention , and I knew I meant so little to you I could be dropped at any moment without a second thought . |
| 25 | Speedy success was essential , since records gathered over the previous 80 years showed that at best only three weeks of rain-free weather could be expected at that time of the year . |
| 26 | The family group consists , typically , of a Roman set ( normal type ) , bold , italic and bold italic and , through the magic of PostScript , the characters could be produced at any size from around 4 point to , theoretically , infinity . |
| 27 | In the letter it said , ‘ I still find it hard to believe that such an order could be processed at such rate and standard . |
| 28 | A set of questionnaires could be issued at this stage as the basis for further discussion and as a focus for reviewing and prioritising developments . |
| 29 | Yes , I , I think could be approached at this stage . |
| 30 | A Friday afternoon class not too prepared to believe that art was the most important thing that they could be doing at that time soon discovered they were wrong . |