Example sentences of "could be [vb pp] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , that agenda did have the advantage that it could be developed on an evolutionary basis , and that further innovations could be incorporated without major upheaval . |
| 2 | There are areas , however , where forestry could be developed on an integrated basis with agriculture . |
| 3 | It had been the great achievement of the geologists to explain how , given enough time , the operation of exactly the same forces visible today could explain the enormous variety of what could be observed on the inanimate earth , past and present . |
| 4 | Despite the storm clouds gathering over Europe in Nazi Germany and fascist Italy , Nizan remained confident that the international political situation could be regulated on a peaceful basis by marshalling Republican , democratic forces in a united front determined to halt the fascist advance . |
| 5 | To study how bilateral trade could be placed on a new footing , a task force , headed by the Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade , Ricardo Cabrisas , and the Soviet Minister for External Economic Relations , Konstantin Katushev , was created . |
| 6 | Mr and Mrs T questioned whether family counselling might have been a better way of dealing with a very complicated situation , or at worst whether an interdict could be placed on the older boys in the W family . |
| 7 | It was because the economy was as yet exhibiting a modest rate of overall growth ( by modern standards ) that investment could be undertaken on a private and regional basis with the state 's role confined to that of legal enablement . |
| 8 | At first , the playing time for both discs and cylinders was the same — about two minutes — but the fact that discs could be made in different sizes , all of which could be played on the same machine , was another advantage . |
| 9 | Trevor Isles who 's Deputy Clerk to the Justices in north Oxfordshire is also confident the unit fine system will be fairer , he says ‘ if successful , it could be adopted on a national scale ’ . |
| 10 | They are often most convenient at right angles in plan , but could be devised on a semi-radial principle . |
| 11 | The police required a portable system that could be implemented on an IBM-compatible microcomputer . |
| 12 | An effective defence could be maintained on the remaining cross-ridges of the Right Bank . |
| 13 | As a result , no finding could be reached on the professional conduct or competence of members Neal Ashman , Brian Chapple , Gordon Macdonald , Peter Benzikie , Michael Birmingham , Patrick Reynolds , John Risbey or David Williams . |
| 14 | Hatton , Monk and Nelson were acquitted on of conspiring to defraud Liverpool city council between November 1986 and February 1987 over land leased to Monk as a car park in Manesty 's Lane , Liverpool , allegedly at a value less than could be raised on the open market , without proper competition . |
| 15 | Legislation allowed for the establishment of political parties , but prohibited from political activity members of the armed forces and state security services , judges and magistrates , religious figures and foreigners , and stated that no party could be formed on a tribal , regional or provincial basis . |
| 16 | The fonts are claimed to exactly match the standard Adobe ones which means that proofing could be done on a low-cost PCL printer with typeset output produced on a Linotronic . |
| 17 | Such a help system could be based on a pre-stored video segment selected under a system control sensitive to your problem or the nature of the help you request . |
| 18 | There are several reasons for this ‘ regression towards the mean ’ ; it could be based on a genetic process , or it could be because a father ( mother ) who is above the mean in ability marries on average someone who is less able than he ( she ) , and so the child , reflecting the ability of both parents , is less able than the father ( mother ) . |
| 19 | Mr Burrow said society was becoming more demanding in its expectation of the police , and the entire attitude of individuals could be based on a single experience of meeting an officer . |
| 20 | The long-term plans could be revised on an informal basis by the chief executive of the organisation , using intuition and experience to know when the outlook for the organisation has changed sufficiently to require him or her to update the plans . |
| 21 | Section 20 penalizes possession of a firearm when trespassing : again , there might be a defence to a section 16 charge if D was merely intending to shoot animals or fowl , but the gun could be turned on a human being and therefore represents a source of danger . |
| 22 | This prevented them fully exploiting their initial landings as they had to start their withdrawal before an assault could be mounted on the naval guns installed behind Houlgate . |
| 23 | The average width of reefs found by Daly was about 600 m ( 2 000 ft ) , while wide reefs in the Banda Sea between Celebes and New Guinea , which are between three and four times the average in width , could be explained on the reasonable grounds that the area is so near the equator that temperatures never fell sufficiently to kill the coral . |
| 24 | ft , or the same floor space could be obtained on a smaller part of the site by building higher , and so releasing land for car parking and other uses . |
| 25 | For Case 2b ( and indeed also for Case 2a ) , if some predictive feedback from the syntactic processing stage were also available , ( as detailed in chapter 4 ) the lexicon could be searched on the partial information , and also by probable grammatical category . |
| 26 | In previous World Cups , two days were allocated to each match so that contests which were not concluded on the first could be decided on the reserve day . |
| 27 | Erm and I think the tenants ' group came to us and , and asked us if we would set up an advice session for tenants moving out , which could be situated in the flats , and could be run on a regular basis . |
| 28 | Under the new arrangement those in receipt of hard currency would be required to surrender 35 per cent to the central bank at an official rate determined by the rupee 's value against a basket of currencies , while the remaining 65 per cent could be exchanged on the open market . |
| 29 | According to The National Society for the Protection of Animals , a million of the world 's starving children could be fed on the excess food given to these geese . |
| 30 | Wind power turbines could be situated on the central reservation of motorways harnessing the draught produced by passing traffic . |