Example sentences of "could be [verb] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't quite know why he 'd hoped that Alex could be cleared of the murder , but the confirmation of his friend 's guilt sapped him of all energy . |
| 2 | While the government does not foresee the need for pre-censorship of publications , films and video cassettes , it is the intention of the government to enact appropriate legislation to provide the framework within which an assessment could be made of the suitability of any publication , film or video cassette for public and private consumption with regard to obscenity and offending of religious convictions . |
| 3 | While the government does not foresee the need for pre-censorship of publications , films and video cassettes , it is the intention of the government to enact appropriate legislation to provide the framework within which an assessment could be made of the suitability of any publication , film or video cassette for public and private consumption with regard to obscenity and offending of religious convictions . |
| 4 | Although it emphasized that the sum required was not only insignificant compared with military spending world-wide , but only half as much as Germany was expected to spend on the process of unification , the report also acknowledged that more efficient use could be made of the money already being spent . |
| 5 | More effective use could be made of the pharmacy 's patient medication records — for example , to analyse a practice 's prescribing patterns and make recommendations for change . |
| 6 | No positive identification could be made of the bodies , Mexican sources at the crash site informed ACN . |
| 7 | In People v. Rosario ( 1961 ) 213 N.Y.S. 2d 448 four members of the Court of Appeals of New York , adopting the view of the United States Supreme Court in Jencks v. United States ( 1957 ) 353 U.S. 657 , ruled that the entire previous statements of prosecution witnesses ought to be shown to defence counsel after the direct examination with a view to his cross-examining those witnesses and attacking their credibility , saying that counsel were best able to decide what use could be made of the statements , whereas three members of the court took a narrower view and , following the line of authority which had hitherto prevailed in New York , held that defence counsel could examine and use only those portions of a statement which , according to the view of the trial judge , contained variances from a witness 's evidence . |
| 8 | For example , a study could be made of the impact of some piece of legislation , such as the Abortion Act or the Divorce Law Reform Act of 1971 . |
| 9 | No estimates could be made of the number of systems or the number of applications involving personal data — guesses ranged from 50,000 to 350,000 . |
| 10 | Three screens showed views of the slim man 's shelter of rocks , but all that could be seen of the target were the streams of laser fire that issued from his blaster . |
| 11 | Dark clouds now covered the sky and what could be seen of the harbour was a study in greys , slate blues and silver . |
| 12 | Marx blinked at what could be seen of the office ceiling through the hanging cloud of his cigar smoke . |
| 13 | The relationship with humans may be such that plants are no longer clearly ‘ wild ’ or ‘ cultivated ’ , the forests including several ‘ cultigens ’ like the betel nut or Uncaria gambir ( Rubiaceae ) , an important tan source in Asia ; similar could be said of the date in north Africa and Arabia . |
| 14 | The same could be said of the routes around the west of London . |
| 15 | The same could be said of the TSB while if you sell shares at such low prices that they guarantee the buyers an instant and spectatular profit then a lot of people are going to say : ‘ Thank you very much indeed ’ . |
| 16 | Much more could be said of the implications of a natural-narrative analysis here . |
| 17 | But of course the same could be said of the situation in Lace v. Chantler [ 1944 ] K.B . |
| 18 | Many more stories could be told of the effects of the bomb — of terrible burns and of people dying slowly from radiation . |
| 19 | Even Conservative Governments could be persuaded of the wisdom of this approach since , so long as no powerful state threatened the status quo , support for the League was the cheapest way of maintaining the Empire . |
| 20 | If it does , the responsibility that goes with it , could be making of the man , who 's been described as a victim of his own background . |
| 21 | He proposed to draw up what could be learned of the history of this area , and hoped that the Earl of Northumbria would ask his old men to do the same , when a meeting might be called to their mutual benefit . |
| 22 | On the morning of the following day , 23 May , before Eighth Army could be informed of the conclusions of this meeting , a further signal arrived at AFHQ for Gen MacLeod DAG from the Assistant AG Eighth Army , Lt-Co1 Ti1ley [ KP 226 ] . |
| 23 | The pharmacist could be informed of the risk and would be well placed to help the prescribers achieve their therapeutic objectives ( for example , by offering compliance aids , visiting the home , or checking usage of the product ) and to inform them of any problems . |