Example sentences of "could be [vb pp] into [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was A1 , in at the birth pangs of the British weapon , where the plutonium was heated in the furnaces so that it could be shaped into the melon-sized spheres for the inner workings of the warheads , and it was no secret amongst the Establishment staff that a dozen years earlier cancers had been rampant amongst the technicians . |
| 2 | ‘ Her eyesight 's not too good now , ’ she continued , as though that might somehow render her mother 's behaviour less odd , as though by mere words she could be converted into a harmless , ordinary , ageing old lady , just like other people 's mothers . |
| 3 | This could be converted into a worldwide trip , so Roland went on to the ‘ Hot Spot ’ to try and get around the world in 80 seconds answering as many questions as possible . |
| 4 | In his attempt to construct a model of the molecule , given the valencies of these two elements , there was no obvious way that the twelve atoms could be arranged into a conventional chain , and he had been wrestling with the problem for quite some time . |
| 5 | If all this seems somewhat esoteric , the Jain parable of the Blind men and the elephant , which is given in Chapter 13 , could be made into a similar diagram , and other examples then worked through such as " getting to know about " a work of art , an event , a person , a culture . |
| 6 | The rationale was simple : if arsenic could be made into a better drug by incorporating it into an organic compound , why not mercury ? |
| 7 | Whether such complex formal procedures could be incorporated into a graduated test scheme seems doubtful ; the few existing schemes in Britain make use of less formal teacher judgement , within guidelines from the central development team , or laid down criterion scores in tests . |
| 8 | A form of voice reproduction could be built into the on-line or packaged editions so that pronunciations could actually be heard instead of inferred from the phonetic transcription . |
| 9 | The investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales could be turned into a perfect television event , and they recommended in addition that he be made available for radio and television interviews . |
| 10 | One of them — Dr. John Miles from the civil engineering department of the University college Cardiff — stated that there was a danger that parts of low-lying Cardiff could be turned into an urban slum . |
| 11 | Perhaps peers could be invited into the Special Galleries of the House which are also almost invariably empty ? |
| 12 | Wilkes and Stringer ( 1953 ) suggested the provision of several control stores , one of which could be plugged into the basic hardware to create a particular architecture . |
| 13 | It was a simple piece of equipment that could be plugged into an ordinary power socket , and Faye had been happy to remain where she was . |
| 14 | It was introduced to the market at just the right time , when demand for coloured sinks of complex shape that could be integrated into an overall design scheme was just beginning to emerge . |
| 15 | This involved him in showing how Freud 's theory needed modification so that it could be integrated into the Parsonian social and culture systems theory . |
| 16 | This way , millions of tonnes of waste each year could be pumped into the deep sea . |
| 17 | There are rumours that most of the sides which face off in the first weekend of post-season action could be absorbed into a new , more important third tier of the Heineken League structure . |
| 18 | So Barnes , a 25-year-old who was in park football two years ago , could be pitched into the big time barely a year after revolutionary surgery in the States saved his career . |
| 19 | The immediate causes of anger could be divided into the following categories , which accounted for the vast majority of incidents reported : |
| 20 | Dewey reasoned that the whole of human knowledge could be divided into the following ten broad classes Each of these classes is then divided into nine divisions , and these in turn can be divided into nine sub-divisions or sections ; zero is reserved for books of a general nature . |
| 21 | Following the break with Moscow and the Camp David Accords the USSR also appeared anxious that Egypt could be drawn into a new Western-sponsored and Chinese-backed military bloc of conservative Middle East states . |
| 22 | But neither of these cases really proves the existence of strong agrarian unrest ; both show that local discontent could be drawn into the political struggles of contending dynasties and their magnate supporters . |
| 23 | The Court of Appeal said that the plaintiffs would have had the right to review Coopers ' decision only if there could be implied into the original agreement words describing this kind of challenge which qualified the " final and binding " description of the decision in the appropriate manner . |
| 24 | After much research of possible sites Gehlen suggested that a tunnel could be driven into the Russian sector from the suburb of Rudow in the American sector . |
| 25 | She could be married abroad , in which case her kingdom was likely to become subordinate ; or she could be married into a native aristocratic house , which would inevitably provoke rivalry , jealousy and faction . |
| 26 | The best ingredients for a V8 Land Rover are a good SDI engine and flywheel Series II gearbox with overdrive 3 54 diffs and Range Rover type wheels with 205 x 16 tyres Take the brakes from the LWB 6 cylinder with servo and fit the whole lot together on a very sound chassis vehicle An ex-military Series 11 or lightweight would be a sound basis and could be transformed into a good vehicle ( see ads in LR0 for a guide to purchase price ) |
| 27 | A need for food , for example , could be transformed into a specific desire ( want ) for curried chicken , or for bread-and-cheese or countless other variations of food . |
| 28 | Pedrosa was convinced that this average track runner could be transformed into a top marathoner. he eventually persuaded the authorities to allow her to run the 1982 European Championships marathon in Athens but they insisted she must run the 3000m as well . |
| 29 | The invitation to the conference warned that , unless the democratic forces in the Allied nations followed the Russian example and insisted on general peace negotiations , the new Russian Government could be forced into a disastrous separate peace with Germany . |
| 30 | This topic like others could be introduced into the Annual Conference agenda which would then allow the membership a chance to debate general issues . |