Example sentences of "could be [verb] [adv] [subord] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | That offer could be accepted only when the option was exercised . |
| 2 | Surplus could be increased further if the monopoly firm was required to produce where its marginal cost was equal to price . |
| 3 | Opening up the printing trade to women could be seen either as the unscrupulous recruitment of low-paid labour or as the expansion of opportunities for educated working-class girls . |
| 4 | Apart from fraud , and certain exceptional cases , damages could be obtained only if the representation were fundamental , so as to constitute a condition , or must be ranked as a warranty , collateral to the main contract , such as a statement concerning the soundness of a horse . |
| 5 | They could be avoided only if the gravitational acceleration were the same everywhere . |
| 6 | In contrast to existing laws on co-operatives , the resolution stipulated that a licence application to set up a business must be answered by the local council within 14 days , and could be refused only if the proposed business activity contravened regulations ( sectors closed to small businesses included sale or production of medicines , weapons , precious metals and stones , and pornography ) . |
| 7 | The idea is that their views will go forward to the IRFB and , astonishingly , it is not out of the question that one aspect or more of those variations could be dropped even before the Lions set foot in New Zealand . |
| 8 | And they forecast that profits could be reduced even if the overall income level rose because of new business . |
| 9 | And they forecast that profits could be reduced even if the overall income level rose because of new business . |
| 10 | The Slavophile , Ivan Aksakov , believed that landlord–peasant relationships were deteriorating by the year and could be stabilized only if the government acted quickly . |
| 11 | The average farm size of around 150 hectares could be considered high until the area devoted to hill farming , around 100 hectares , was deducted . |
| 12 | The mammoth hunters of Mezine and Sunghir made use of sections of mammoth tusk to carve penannular bracelets perforated at either end to engage thongs which could be pulled tight when the wearer was actively engaged . |