Example sentences of "could be [vb pp] by [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carried to their logical conclusion his theories meant that ( if he were right ) the attaque à outrance could be broken by a well-organised defence long before it reached the enemy . |
| 2 | They also show that several very different types of scale could be borne by the same animal , including some complex scales immediately surrounding the gill openings . |
| 3 | The dog had a metallic collar which could be traced by a hand-held detector , operated by the men on the surface . |
| 4 | There were new arts by now , shared dreams that could be shaped by the skilled . |
| 5 | It was Pappus , one of the great mathematicians of Alexandria in the fourth century AD , who recognised that space could be filled by a moving point . |
| 6 | They were alarmed that the continuing growth in the number of foreign tourists could be jeopardised by an isolated serious incident . |
| 7 | Rather more serious , if you buy a new home before selling your existing one , you could be faced by a bridging loan problem , which with continuing high interest rates could soon eat into any profits you hope to realise on the exchange . |
| 8 | Once it was realized that dispositions could be salvaged by the mere addition of a trust clause , it is likely that the addition of one became a regular feature of testamentary practice . |
| 9 | When that will was vitiated either by the monarch 's evil counsellors or , as the later theoreticians of military indiscipline were to maintain , by the corrupt operation of Parliamentary institutions run by a clique of national ’ politicians , then it could be salvaged by the heroic gesture of a general or the conspiracy of an officers ' mess . |
| 10 | This paper 's remarkable success in increasing sales between 1965 and 1969 not only showed what could be achieved by a powerful sales campaign ( which also brought in advertising at higher rates ) but also indicated that new purchasers of newspapers were not attracted to the party press , whose sales remained relatively stagnant . |
| 11 | In such a case the counter-restitution could be achieved by a financial adjustment based on the value of the shares . |
| 12 | The auditor must examine whether resources could be put to alternative uses , whether objectives could be achieved by an alternative strategy and ( if practicable ) compare the operations of one particular department with another . |
| 13 | It was Galileo 's contemporary , Kepler , who contributed a major breakthrough in that direction when he discovered that each planetary orbit could be represented by a single ellipse , with the sun at one focus . |
| 14 | The creation of this new category could be undertaken by the level transfer and retraining of suitable Constabulary staff , with new staff being taken on as these transferred staff retire . |
| 15 | Meanwhile Hurd , who on Oct. 4 had sketched out the idea that an Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait could be followed by a Middle East peace conference involving all five permanent members of the UN Security Council , switched the emphasis of UK public policy towards a more threatening posture on Oct. 14 , asserting that Saddam Hussein 's " only choice is whether he leaves of his own free will or at the point of a gun " . |
| 16 | This could be followed by a wider shot to take in the overall scene , showing the dazzling displays and hurrying shoppers . |
| 17 | Its inquiry could be followed by a full-scale Monopolies and Mergers Commission probe . |
| 18 | Hong Kong 's partially elected Legislative Council passed on the same day a motion calling for amendments , particularly to increase provisions for democratic representation and to limit the circumstances in which emergency powers could be assumed by the Chinese authorities . |
| 19 | He could be looking at a device which at any moment could be activated by a radio-operated switch . |
| 20 | This we suggested could be handled by a locally-based Task Force which would plan and co-ordinate development . |
| 21 | It could be made by a public declaration in a large meeting , such as a council , or in the comparative privacy of the pope 's household , perhaps in the dictation of a letter . |
| 22 | Reflection on the merits of actions required by authority is not automatically prohibited by any authoritative directive , though possibly it could be prohibited by a special directive to that effect . |
| 23 | He maintains that foreign exchange intervention and management of the Exchange Equalisation Account could be carried out by private institutions , as could the banking role , and monetary policies designed by the Treasury could be implemented by a major commercial bank for a fee . |
| 24 | This question could be answered by a economic evaluation of the prophylactic use of misoprostol . |
| 25 | The Code of Practice on Stop and Search , Annex B , explains this as being a fairly strong suspicion with a concrete base that could be evaluated by an objective third person . |
| 26 | Cayley took a set of equations such as unc and enclosed each side in brackets , so that two equal columns could be connected by a single equality sign . |
| 27 | But he took a more optimistic view than Bagehot and believed that constitutionalism could be maintained by the British practice of ‘ democracy tempered by snobbishness ’ . |
| 28 | Premiums could be cut by a fifth if consultants passed on savings they have made with the increase of private work , said the Norwich Union . |
| 29 | The conclusion of a deep and extensive report on day-care surgery published a year ago by the Audit Commission was that waiting lists for day-care surgery could be cut by a third through the more efficient use of such surgery . |
| 30 | Workers at Rosyth Royal Dockyard have been told that jobs could be cut by a third over the next twelve years . |