Example sentences of "could [be] [verb] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it argues ministers should hesitate before going further with the publication of information that could be misused in the same way as it says occurred with published exam results . |
| 2 | However , only fishing vessels fulfilling the conditions laid down in section 14 of the Act of 1988 could be registered in the new register . |
| 3 | The use of simulation allows the observation of many possible stream patterns , far more than could be observed in the real world . |
| 4 | Alternatively , several pieces of music , and perhaps all the works of your favourite composer , could be placed in the same frame , and there are many variations on this theme that you can follow . |
| 5 | It was felt that if such unity could be achieved in the poorly organized wool textile trade then it was even more likely that it might be achieved in better organized industries . |
| 6 | Following the installation of a suspended ceiling of plasterboard and plaster skim coat below these joists , a headroom of 2.6m ( 8–1/2ft ) could be achieved in the new upper storey , the floor of which was formed from boards nailed to 50 x 150mm ( 2 x 6in ) joists at 400mm ( 16in ) centres . |
| 7 | The Six had reverted to Schuman 's view that political union could be achieved in the long run through a sustained effort at economic integration across a broad front . |
| 8 | Thanks to her acquired confidence in what could be achieved in the hypnotic state , Sylvia readily agreed . |
| 9 | Those involved in private care should arrange among themselves how they could be represented in the local planning process because if they are going to be covered by the planning arrangements then natural justice suggests that they should have an input in to the planning process . |
| 10 | TIPSS could be undertaken in the acute situation or soon after haemostatic injection sclerotherapy for the index bleed in patients with a high risk of rebleeding but this requires evaluation in controlled trials . |
| 11 | Similarly , in a physiological preparation of Periplaneta in which all sensory input from the legs had been eliminated , centrally generated patterns of activity could be demonstrated in the motor neurons that control the coxal levator and depressor muscles ( Pearson and Iles , 1970 ) . |
| 12 | This was far more than could be justified in the straitened circumstances of the time ( and indeed it would have produced a large margin of spare capacity on the actual early 1950s peak demand ) . |
| 13 | Of course , we hope that Baker will undertake pioneer work and organise courses in neighbouring rural areas but probably for the moment any courses under Chapter III could be arranged in the usual way . |
| 14 | If DMs continue to be held then the funds might be invested in Germany 's domestic money or securities markets , or alternatively the DMs could be deposited in the euro-DM market . |
| 15 | I ask that at this stage at least it be kept confidential among us , as it could be understood in the wrong way . |
| 16 | The doubt could be whispered in the 1930s , shouted in the 1940s and tacitly accepted as an established truth in the 1950s . |
| 17 | What chance is there that a start on such a package could be made in the near future ? |
| 18 | The House of Lords said that the Crown could claim immunity : ( a ) where the contents of the document were such that objection could be made in the national interest to their disclosure ; ( b ) where the documents , although themselves harmless , fell within a class of documents which should always be withheld . |
| 19 | He went on to explain that Blufton was one of the first people to start seeing how much money could be made in the independent TV sector — the little companies that mushroomed all over Soho . |
| 20 | Women could be trained in the same way . |
| 21 | My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland has suggested that those issues could be debated in the Scottish Grand Committee . |
| 22 | Microfilm copies of the Archives could be consulted in the main Library , leaving the originals in secure storage . |
| 23 | Ir January 1985 , it became obvious that with the loss of the librarian ii the South Library , it was necessary to investigate the automation of the loans system , this being the only way in which any form of lending service could be maintained in the lower school . |
| 24 | The deadline for bids ended yesterday , and a decision could be reached in the next few weeks . |
| 25 | An Indoor Leisure Complex and an hotel which could be sited in the urban area are unlikely to receive planning permission . |
| 26 | The drying effect in the Brazilian rainforest could be felt in the southern states of the US and could turn stretches of Amazonia into savannah . |
| 27 | This picture could be expressed in the following way as a religious myth . |
| 28 | The analysis above could be expressed in the following rules : In these rules the arrow means written as . |
| 29 | The contradiction between the two could be seen in the nationalist movements which paved the way for independence , in which there was a constant tension between the attempt to build a genuine nationalist movement and the tendency for support to be delivered on a tribal basis . |
| 30 | A simple example of the effect of this fall in coal prices could be seen in the changing views on the conclusions of Sir Frank Layfield , the Sizewell Inquiry Inspector . |