Example sentences of "could be [vb pp] [prep] [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Thus unacceptable strings could be rejected at an earlier stage , leaving fewer for the lexical look-up to check . |
| 3 | This could be followed by a wider shot to take in the overall scene , showing the dazzling displays and hurrying shoppers . |
| 4 | The rationale was simple : if arsenic could be made into a better drug by incorporating it into an organic compound , why not mercury ? |
| 5 | The force 's mandate was for six month , and could be extended for a further year at most . |
| 6 | Ir January 1985 , it became obvious that with the loss of the librarian ii the South Library , it was necessary to investigate the automation of the loans system , this being the only way in which any form of lending service could be maintained in the lower school . |
| 7 | Here , it is natural to think in terms of the institutionalization of a disposition which could be displayed in a simpler form pre-culturally . |
| 8 | Honey 's work also presents difficulties for the viewer : on the surface it could be seen as a further exploitation of the female either as a child or a woman , but this would not do this work justice . |
| 9 | Seventh Day Adventists were the favoured race skippers — they did n't drink , which was more than could be said for the lighter crews . |
| 10 | Does my hon. Friend agree that when such councils involve constitutional amendments to the treaty as well as , as always , substantial business for the Heads of Government to transact , some new formula should be produced whereby meetings could be scheduled for a longer period ? |
| 11 | He said : ‘ Edwards is the best support player in the game but it 's no use having him hanging about in the wings when the experience could be given to a younger player . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | They were numbered 489–493 and could be distinguished from the earlier batch by their black rubber rear wings . |
| 14 | Once goods had been brought to a European port , they could be re-exported at a higher price to other European countries that had no direct trade across the sea , so a good many of the calculations about trade were concerned with re-exporting goods which had not been processed into an improved form but were simply being sent to a place where they commanded some additional scarcity value . |
| 15 | However , this effect , if it does exist , could be outweighed by the greater efficiencies mentioned above . |
| 16 | However , Israel discovered , just like the United States , that it too could be thwarted by the weaker and more vulnerable contestants in the conflict . |
| 17 | In this way the language to be learned could be associated with a wider experience of language and education . |
| 18 | If therefore the waters of the sea showed no signs of depletion of fish , an increased supply could be produced at a lower price after a time sufficiently long to enable the normal action of economic causes to work itself out . [ … ] |
| 19 | Much foreign press comment , most of which was highly sceptical both of the referendum results and of the motives behind it , focussed on the issue of Western Sahara , suggesting that the inclusion of the territory 's people in the voting , and their apparently ready participation , could be shown as a further proof of their supposed attachment to Morocco . |
| 20 | Terry Philpot , in the second of two articles , suggests how the situation could be changed for the better and the profession portrayed more positively |
| 21 | A UNILATERAL move by a Labour government to get rid of nuclear weapons could be reversed by a later administration , Gerald Kaufman , the party 's foreign affairs spokesman , argued yesterday as the Brighton conference swung behind a multilateral approach to disarmament . |
| 22 | They therefore recommended that AEA should be encouraged to push the government restrictions ( for example , AEA is not allowed to manufacture non-nuclear products ) to the limits and then , if successful , the restrictions could be removed at a later stage . |
| 23 | Ships would race to deliver the tea , as the first of the new crop to reach land could be sold for a higher price . |
| 24 | 144 , it was ruled that the somewhat similar provision in the English Act of 1910 against adjourning for over a month struck only at the consideration of new business and that matters before the court at the general or adjourned meeting could be considered at a further adjournment out with the month . |
| 25 | 144 , it was ruled that the somewhat similar prohibition in the English Act of 1910 against adjourning for over a month struck only at consideration of new business , and that matters before the court at the general or adjourned meeting could be considered at a further adjournment outwith the month . |
| 26 | Population attributable risks , not adjusted for other factors , estimate the proportion of deaths explained by exposure to the risk factor , and the relative attributable risks estimate the percentage of the excess risk in Maori , compared with non-Maori , which could be attributed to a higher exposure to the risk factor in Maori children . |
| 27 | Much of this ( though not all ) could be attributed to the poorer socio-economic circumstances , loss of a parent , family isolation and curtailed parent-child interaction ( Osborn et al . , |
| 28 | It seemed plausible that demand management could be continued in the longer term in peacetime , and it fitted in with many of Labour 's goals . |
| 29 | There was nothing against my packing a bag and loading the wheelbarrow on the Land Rover so that it could be used for the longer , more difficult sections . |
| 30 | It might be held so that this currency in turn could be used at a later date to make foreign purchases of goods or services , a method often used to hedge exchange risk . |