Example sentences of "could be [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from the unquestionably " commercial " public engagements , when for instance I could be asked to open a supermarket , I charge no fee at all . |
| 2 | The garage foreman who perhaps sent the employee driver on the journey could be asked to provide a statement . |
| 3 | ‘ Only staff could be asked to climb a set of stairs like this , ’ Mandy had panted as they had wrestled Charity 's suitcases up the hill yesterday . |
| 4 | Even more importantly it showed that millions of electors could be made to take a stand in favour of the League of Nations , towards which many Conservatives were cynical or even hostile . |
| 5 | With Wallace H. Carothers 's nylon ( 1935 ) already promising well if it could be commercialized , Whinfield looked to other classes of polymer , which could be made to yield a textile fibre . |
| 6 | That is , it could be made to yield a wealth of ‘ Units of Goodness ’ . |
| 7 | Aisled barns are of the order of 9–15m ( 29–49ft ) wide ; a simple triangular truss could be made to span a building 10m ( 33ft ) wide , but most ‘ single-cell ’ barns were of the width defined above and would certainly not exceed 7.5m ( 24–1/2ft ) in width . |
| 8 | Above all , it is at the European level that expanding aid programmes could be devised to stimulate a widening of trade and recovery in the south and east . |
| 9 | Many perfectly sensible and intelligent people could be trained to make a contribution to inspection . |
| 10 | Keynes had isolated the factors determining the levels of output and employment and had pointed to policies which could be implemented to achieve a state of full employment . |
| 11 | Arms could be sent to aid a victim of aggression , Saudi-Arabia might be wooed , and the Arab world split away from Nasser . |
| 12 | Among the Great and Good , scarcely a voice could be heard supporting a proposal which the BBC 's founding father , Lord Reith , had said would prove as beneficial as dog-racing , smallpox or the bubonic plague . |
| 13 | In the liberal constitution in the period of classical parliamentary government between 1832 and 1867 , a variety of factors served to mean that there was a delicate balance between the Commons and the Cabinet ( between the legislature and the executive ) so that each could be said to enjoy a measure of power . |
| 14 | He was wondering if , strictly speaking , a vicarage could be said to have a lounge — he would have thought not . |
| 15 | A neurotic in a modern Western society could be trying to maintain a view of reality which would be quite close to a version of reality held , in some culture other than his own , to be ‘ normal ’ . |
| 16 | Pacing and gesticulating , the others were debating whether or not the flat patch by the road could be widened to accommodate a drill rig by blasting the cliff . |
| 17 | You could be hoping to receive a favour or two from those around you . |
| 18 | You could be hoping to receive a favour or two from those around you . |
| 19 | You could be hoping to receive a favour or two from those around you . |
| 20 | Two workshops for the disabled could be closed to save a council nearly half a million pounds a year . |
| 21 | There is still £6 billion from the sale of council homes locked away that could be released to give a boost to the construction industry . |
| 22 | The case put , of a child born and hurt during the journey , whether the liability could be enlarged to comprehend a case of that kind , in which there was no contract and no consideration , may involve much difficulty . |
| 23 | There is a powerful body of opinion in the defence establishment which supports such a ban , on the grounds that the US Navy 's superiority can only be reinforced if its Soviet counterpart is deprived of the only weapons which could be expected to destroy a US aircraft carrier with a single hit . |
| 24 | Over 1.5 million people visit the Tate annually and could be expected to find a Tate magazine an attractive purchase . |
| 25 | Both were sister papers of established dailies , the Telegraph and Mail , which could be expected to provide a core of readers and whose presses had spare capacity . |
| 26 | Jones 's team produced a new , more comprehensive plan which , though still based on the CEGB 's tiny ( two-mile radius ) evacuation zone , could be expected to run a lot more efficiently than its predecessor . |
| 27 | Or , insultingly , you could be requested to deposit a sum with the government to cover you against repatriation costs , should the necessity arise . |
| 28 | On small windows , using fine fabric , as little as 10cm ( 4in ) could be allocated to make a 5cm ( 2in ) pleat and pelmet , but on larger windows allow between 15 and 20cm ( 6 and 8in ) for a 7.5cm ( 3in ) and 10cm ( 4in ) pleat respectively . |
| 29 | Er secondly , land could be allocated to meet a range of needs in a variety of locations and after monitoring , if we had met a certain level of job targets , those jobs may be on a limited number of sites . |
| 30 | In Brightside the Unionist candidate had been specially demobilised for the election ; the Central Office agent for Yorkshire persuaded him to stand down , but it took a visit to Central Office before his supporters could be persuaded to support a Coalition Liberal that they had opposed at the last three elections . |