Example sentences of "could [be] [verb] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been the great achievement of the geologists to explain how , given enough time , the operation of exactly the same forces visible today could explain the enormous variety of what could be observed on the inanimate earth , past and present . |
| 2 | Mr and Mrs T questioned whether family counselling might have been a better way of dealing with a very complicated situation , or at worst whether an interdict could be placed on the older boys in the W family . |
| 3 | Although it can be argued that the arousal manipulation in their particular study could be operating on the lower portion of the curve , it does appear that numerous studies on vivid and flashbulb memories have suggested that highly emotionally arousing life events are remembered in surprising detail over very considerable retention intervals . |
| 4 | At first , the playing time for both discs and cylinders was the same — about two minutes — but the fact that discs could be made in different sizes , all of which could be played on the same machine , was another advantage . |
| 5 | An effective defence could be maintained on the remaining cross-ridges of the Right Bank . |
| 6 | As a result , no finding could be reached on the professional conduct or competence of members Neal Ashman , Brian Chapple , Gordon Macdonald , Peter Benzikie , Michael Birmingham , Patrick Reynolds , John Risbey or David Williams . |
| 7 | Hatton , Monk and Nelson were acquitted on of conspiring to defraud Liverpool city council between November 1986 and February 1987 over land leased to Monk as a car park in Manesty 's Lane , Liverpool , allegedly at a value less than could be raised on the open market , without proper competition . |
| 8 | This prevented them fully exploiting their initial landings as they had to start their withdrawal before an assault could be mounted on the naval guns installed behind Houlgate . |
| 9 | The average width of reefs found by Daly was about 600 m ( 2 000 ft ) , while wide reefs in the Banda Sea between Celebes and New Guinea , which are between three and four times the average in width , could be explained on the reasonable grounds that the area is so near the equator that temperatures never fell sufficiently to kill the coral . |
| 10 | For Case 2b ( and indeed also for Case 2a ) , if some predictive feedback from the syntactic processing stage were also available , ( as detailed in chapter 4 ) the lexicon could be searched on the partial information , and also by probable grammatical category . |
| 11 | In previous World Cups , two days were allocated to each match so that contests which were not concluded on the first could be decided on the reserve day . |
| 12 | Under the new arrangement those in receipt of hard currency would be required to surrender 35 per cent to the central bank at an official rate determined by the rupee 's value against a basket of currencies , while the remaining 65 per cent could be exchanged on the open market . |
| 13 | According to The National Society for the Protection of Animals , a million of the world 's starving children could be fed on the excess food given to these geese . |
| 14 | Wind power turbines could be situated on the central reservation of motorways harnessing the draught produced by passing traffic . |
| 15 | Class II major histocompatibility complex antigen could be detected on the epithelial cells of all control cases . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Students could be expelled on the slightest pretext and their behaviour was closely observed by class monitors and other officials . |
| 19 | Whilst we 're able to implement quite a considerable proportion of the er , objectives without any financial commitment , this particular er , issue does erm , provide us with a considerable test , and members need to know that in order to achieve the move from residential care to community care , we would have to have some ring-fence monies to be able , to enable that shift to , to take place , before the erm , the budget could be reduced on the residential side . |
| 20 | The closest thing to a suggestion of further co-operation with the SNP was Dennis Canavan 's argument that talks could be held on the narrow agenda of pushing for a multi-option referendum , and a reserved hearing the conference accorded to the Scottish Trades Union Congress general secretary , Campbell Christie . |
| 21 | But ESA delayed it for five years , mainly so that this prestige project could be launched on the European launcher Ariane . |
| 22 | Long before there was the clatter of rotor blades above PE , a major base could be found on the southern edge of the airfield , this was 42 Air School ( AS ) , established at south End , in 1940 , and opened ‘ for business ’ in April 1940 as part of the joint Air Training Scheme . |
| 23 | The operation of trolleys and pantographs together was not without its problems , and it was said that the great used on the collector plates could be found on the overhead line as far as Lytham ! |
| 24 | She had asked William about getting Aggie a cat but he had no idea where a tomcat could be found on the quick and he shook his head . |
| 25 | The shopkeeper believes his rare birds could be sold on the thriving black market . |
| 26 | Few had any educational qualifications or trade skills that could be sold on the shrinking job market . |
| 27 | They could be banging on the outside doors right now , and he would n't hear a thing . |
| 28 | ‘ I think I shall be coming in a little under budget on Luxembourg so perhaps any surplus could be spent on the other productions . ’ |
| 29 | Another , proposed by Guy Ragland Phillips , is the Belinus Line , the longest line which could be plotted on the British mainland , from Lee-on-Solent in the south to Inverhope in the north . |