Example sentences of "could be [vb pp] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the demand for labour is a decreasing function of the real wage rate and the supply of labour is ( perhaps ) an increasing function of the real wage rate , they argued that the origins of general unemployment could be traced to the maintenance of a real wage rate , w 1 , which exceeded the market clearing real wage rate , w * ; . |
| 2 | Where a seller was not in possession of a licence which could be transferred to the buyer at the date of completion of the contract it was decided that , the seller having failed to execute the contract , the purchaser could repudiate it : Day v. Luhke ( 1868 ) L.R. 5 Eq . |
| 3 | If it could be transferred to the road instead , even modest traffic would keep the road so warm that ice could never form . |
| 4 | As a measure of how leaky was the colander , even in the exercise of maximum security , a Movietone newsreel van and a Daily Express reporter had to be shooed away from Euston next morning before he could be transferred to the Tower of London . |
| 5 | In this way , the basic pattern in the egg could be transferred to the cells . |
| 6 | And I think the main question , and the best question that could be asked to the audience if they really |
| 7 | Once personal information gets into such a network it will be difficult if not impossible to restrict access to it ; it could be that such an open system could be justified to the data subject as the latest desirable addition to the role of consumer in the acquisitive society — why not order one 's claret from one 's fireside by the keyboard direct from the château , with instant payment by electronic fund transfer at point of sale , debiting one 's bank account instantaneously ? |
| 8 | It would also appear that the rule applies to realty and could be applied to the builder of a house and possibly a local authority building inspector . |
| 9 | But his stable revealed that the 10-year-old could be diverted to the Hackett Chase at Cheltenham tomorrow over a distance just over half a mile shorter than the Mackeson . |
| 10 | Amongst other things , the examination had revealed possible areas where improvements could be made to the services that the CSSU provided , in particular those services concerned with supplying the information needed for staff to fulfil their functions . |
| 11 | Areas to be examined include what barriers may prevent greater use of company voluntary arrangements , the potential to reduce the number of Companies House filing requirements , what simplifications could be made to the law affecting private companies , the law on groups of companies , disincorporation , and the restrictions on companies helping people to buy shares in them . |
| 12 | One , application could be made to the court that Mr the landlord is unreasonably withholding consent to the lease , if the court finds that this is in fact the case they will permit the assignment of the lease to you , not withstanding the landlord 's objection . |
| 13 | Payment could be made to the monarch himself or it could be made to the current holder of the office . |
| 14 | Land which was sold could be made subject to restrictions and future development value could be reserved to the commission . |
| 15 | It was five years , and thirteen full years after the passing of the Act , before the same opportunity could be extended to the girls . |
| 16 | In some areas , the M25 could be extended to the equivalent of 14 lanes by the construction of parallel roads . |
| 17 | This analogy could be extended to the source and application of funds statement . |
| 18 | ‘ Testing continued until we were satisfied that the new processor was functioning correctly and all devices could be connected to the system ready for complete cut over . ’ |
| 19 | The Floating Church for Seamen was not the only example … there were inventions that might also serve God : the pews for the use of the deaf , for example , which could be connected to the pulpit with gutta-percha pipes . |
| 20 | Liverpool , meanwhile , may have a luxury of goalkeeping talent to draw upon , with Mike Hooper and David James also on the books , but their attacking options could be cut to the bone next week . |
| 21 | I hope all local areas will think about acquiring a stock of good movement photographs of local people which could be sent to the press in support of a feature — many local papers are cutting back on the expense of sending photographers out to events but are delighted to use suitable contributions . |
| 22 | When bad times came and wages were below the level on which they could support their families , the labourers found that they had to ask the authorities of the parish in which they lived for relief ; in other words they became paupers , who could be sent to the workhouse . |
| 23 | so that it could be sent to the folks in Inverness |
| 24 | In the case of a commission , this could be sent to the client as a proof . |
| 25 | In all truth , no place in Scotland could be compared to the Gorbals of Glasgow . |
| 26 | There needs , however , to be a significant movement of political will before , in the first instance , OSF could be re-admitted to the fold . |
| 27 | Alternatively as the accounts are being done at the end of the month at that point in time the benefit is used up so the rent could be charged to the profit and loss account directly . |
| 28 | Furniture not only became cheaper and more plentiful : many more objects could be presented to the eye and dispersed about the room as the Argand lamp was succeeded by gas lighting . |
| 29 | Branson did not need them to tell him the damage that could be done to the airline 's reputation by a story appearing about engine failure on the day before the inaugural flight . |
| 30 | It was realistically painted in the authentic lifeboat colours and had a sail of white lights which could be turned to the direction of travel . |