Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [modal v] [be] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A case might be made for the Christian church , but there were many more stations than churches , and the railway penetrated cultures which were resistant to Christianity . |
| 2 | A case might be made for this ( although there is no other evidence for it ) and so substantive interference in Ulpian 's text could be taken to be limited to generalization or to the addition of per omnia . |
| 3 | Highly specialised manufacturing equipment , chemical cleanser for photographic equipment , or nuts and bolts for plumbing equipment do not readily lend themselves to sampling , but a case might be made for including small but appropriate gifts in any press pack . |
| 4 | No small town in Britain can certainly qualify as a centre for the administration of an imperial estate , although a case might be made for including Godmanchester and Water Newton . |
| 5 | A case can be made for both its constitutional propriety and its administrative efficiency . |
| 6 | A case can be made for giving tolbutamide to those 65 years and over who are obese Type 2 patients and need an oral agent . |
| 7 | Scaevola is less than enthusiastic , but he does state that a case can be made for a trust 's having been established . |
| 8 | The position of the beads in the grave normally suggests they were worn on a necklace , but a case can be made for some having been worn in the hair . |
| 9 | Although perhaps a case can be made for self monitoring by patients treated with insulin , there is no evidence to justify this expensive and uncomfortable practice for most people with non-insulin treated diabetes . |
| 10 | It is precisely because prisoners are shut away , lacking legal , moral and political respectability , held at the mercy of , and dependent on the goodwill of , the State , that a case can be made for vesting special positive rights in prisoners . |
| 11 | However , some organisations and companies may wish to build on the flexibility enabled by an entirely unit-based system and so design customised groups which no not meet all of the national criteria but for which a case can be made for special recognition , for example in the implementation of a particular programme of training or career development . |
| 12 | As far as er the honourable gentleman for Edinburgh Central is concerned , he said there was a case for a wider inquiry into the auditing o of companies , well that is not something specifically called for er by Bingham although I acknowledge that a case can be made for that but I think we want to be extremely careful before extending that in the way that he and the honourable member for Great Grimsby proposed beyond the direct er responsibility to the members or the owners of the company . |
| 13 | If in any particular case because of a failure of the court to follow the rules or the well established practice there is a likelihood that injustice may have been done … a case should be relisted for hearing . ’ |
| 14 | With a background in ICI 's pharmaceutical and paints operations , he told The Economist a year ago that a case could be made for hanging onto the jewels and getting rid of the tarnished tinsel . |
| 15 | He says a case could be made for Manchester 's fullback , but in no sport are players picked from outside the national leagues — and anyway we can all spend hours picking players unlucky not to tour . |
| 16 | A case could be made for such a ritual being enshrined in the legend of Lady Godiva of Coventry , riding through the city on a white horse ( fig. 13.1 ) , though this idea has been dismissed by Hilda Ellis Davison in her otherwise full and admirable account of the legend . |
| 17 | A case could be made for a deep psychic need in people the world over for the manifestations of monsters in varying horrific forms . |
| 18 | ‘ He thought that as good a case could be made for our efforts in Korea — and probably a better one — as almost anything we had done in the foreign field . ’ |
| 19 | Certainly , a case could be made for granting entry to all full-time teachers in further education , who if they do not possess formal qualifications at least almost invariably have considerable industrial or business experience . |
| 20 | Two is the obvious number , but in certain circumstances a case could be made for one prisoner or three prisoners . |
| 21 | Perhaps , for instance , a case could be made for discouraging risks that might lead to a person 's loss of employment , if their chances of gaining another job were remote . |
| 22 | On this evidence , however , almost as strong a case could be made for Johns , Kingston and O'Hara — although the last two named have said they are unavailable to tour . |
| 23 | The Albanian Democratic Party on Aug. 8 proposed the incorporation of Kosovo into Albania if the break-up of Yugoslavia continued , and the Democratic Alliance of Kosovo on Aug. 16 announced that a referendum would be held for Albanians in the region on their future within Yugoslavia . |
| 24 | Under s36 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 a subpoena can be issued for service on a witness anywhere in the UK , but the court must give leave to issue a subpoena for service in Scotland or Northern Ireland . |
| 25 | The statutory criteria ( in section 1 ) state that a custodial sentence must not be passed unless either ( a ) the current offence is ‘ so serious that only such a sentence can be justified for the offence ’ or ( b ) , in the case of violent or sexual offences only , only a custodial sentence ‘ would be adequate to protect the public from serious harm ’ . |
| 26 | One further means of describing a computer should be mentioned for completeness ; this is the use of some numeric value or values to indicate computer performance . |
| 27 | A Chairman shall be appointed for each meeting , at the close of which he shall name the Chairman for the one following , and the Member so named shall act in that capacity , unless the Meeting by a majority agree to some other . |
| 28 | How a contract could be agreed for , say , general medicine , other than on a population basis is difficult to envisage . |
| 29 | They believe that a Christian should be prepared for that return . |
| 30 | Oman is placing an order for three patrol craft with French shipbuilders after weeks of waiting in the hope that a buyer might be found for the Tyneside yard . |