Example sentences of "could be [vb pp] to the [noun] " in BNC.

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31 Regulations governing trade and industry could be turned to the profit of courtiers and officials .
32 The problem of conserving the noble land fund was the central preoccupation of a high-powered ministerial conference which Nicholas set up in 1897 to consider what further aid could be given to the nobility .
33 I 'm very pleased to say that the union er involved had actually pursued the appeal even though the woman had died , and won the appeal posthumously so that the backdated pay could be given to the widower in that case .
34 Individual registration forms could be given to the tour operator for completion by the guests en route to the hotel ; it is then a simple matter of handling the registration forms at reception on arrival .
35 Sports groups said it would mean the loss of open space that could be given to the public .
36 This information could be given to the members of the company as a separate statement .
37 Consideration could be given to the provision of extras ( e.g. maid hire or a letting service ) on a supplementary charge basis .
38 Three , a lump sum could be given to the centre for training employment of certain Ottery teenagers .
39 Perhaps for future competitions consideration could be given to the fact that anyone entering these competitions from areas a distance from London should not be disadvantaged and venues arranged so that extra cost is not incurred and the prize could then be truly enjoyed by everyone .
40 If the presidency was given only a nominal role , for example , the Maronites would still hold the most honoured post in the country while more executive power could be given to the Sunni Muslim premier .
41 Not all this success could be credited to the EEC however .
42 The head is an important part of a pint of beer and if beer is dispensed in the way that he is advocating through the implementation of section 43 of the Weights and Measures Act 1985 , the taste , texture and colour of cask-conditioned beer could be altered to the detriment of the discerning beer-drinking public .
43 The leader could be matched to the situation which suited his/her style or the situation could be changed to suit the particular style .
44 Ian Rush is likely to lead the attack , despite speculation that his place was under threat but £2.3m Paul Stewart could be relegated to the bench .
45 Some of the areas which are not directly destroyed could be damaged to the point where they are no longer viable as areas of conservation importance , says the report .
46 Such tips were conical in shape , their height determined by the ease with which material could be moved to the top .
47 He also said there were 230 patients at Aycliffe Hospital who faced an uncertain future and some of them could be moved to the Memorial hospital .
48 The diversification of trace fossils still lacks a biological context , and there is an urgent need to test whether at least some Ediacaran fossils could be assigned to the Vendobionta , rather than to Metazoa .
49 The panel also hoped that a tutor/carer , possibly an older man , could be assigned to the family to teach the child Mr and Mrs M had taught , and to provide some sort of male role-model .
50 The man , who had head injuries , was dead before a doctor could be flown to the ship .
51 Sharpe 's 1963 article put forward the idea that the return of any security could be related to the return of the market .
52 The association between the game and the tailors could be related to the way in which the tailors were knocked down as the riot was controlled .
53 The latter could be related to the impairment , by NSAID , of the gastric nucus layer , which is considered the natural habitat of H pylori organisms .
54 The problems posed by this view could be related to the question whether non-violence must always be the right way .
55 The association could be related to the question of landownership and the availability of labour , and may have nothing whatever to do with markets .
56 The second , however , has not been seen in our study or in others and could be related to the possibility that gastric acid secretion might not necessarily be raised when NSAIDs are taken on longterm basis , three years in this study .
57 The Braggs thus showed that the angle of reflection of X-rays could be related to the distance d between the two layers of atoms : This is the Bragg equation A crystal may have several planes from which reflection can take place .
58 the fact that an allocation could be related to the influence of individual faculty heads .
59 Such a program could be designed not only with the aim of increasing visual acuity but could be related to the production of verbal constructs in a way that might enhance the ability to communicate about what was seen and felt .
60 Stocks hypothesised that these findings could be related to the nature of the coal mined in these different areas .
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