Example sentences of "could be [verb] [to-vb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the basis of these small but important findings , a case could be made to close down the whole of the provision in this sector . |
| 2 | Repayment could be timed to smooth out the boom-slump cycle which was widely expected to follow the war . |
| 3 | Other economic benefits of migrant labour include the recruitment of migrants to particular jobs at lower wages than indigenous workers , partly because job titles and grades could be invented to cover up the fact that job content remained the same , and also because of the threat of repatriation and other forms of intimidation ; the enhanced possibilities for the introduction of shiftwork and piece-work , deskilling , and the slower introduction of safety measures ; the avoidance of national insurance payments by the recruitment of illegal migrants ; and the ability to shed and recruit with relative ease , thus avoiding the costs of labour hoarding ( Paine , 1977 ; Fevre , 1983 ) . |
| 4 | It seems , however , that your leitmotiv is that no doctor could be expected to carry out the multifacetted role that doctors ‘ helping the police with their enquiries ’ have to perform , that they can not do so with their usual amount of skill , and that they can not carry out some of the more sensitive tasks without bias or being influenced by their paymasters — the police . |
| 5 | It was eventually agreed that I could be allowed to bring up the subject . |
| 6 | Even if an effective way could be found to pass on the costs of rubbish disposal to the average household , an awkward fact would remain . |
| 7 | From the moment that La Pietra 's anchor was safely biting ( again , watch those mooring chains ) , a superb air of idleness overtook everyone on board , so much so that no one could be bothered to put up the awning and we lay and baked in the sweltering afternoon heat . |
| 8 | After years of assuring everyone that China could be trusted to carry out the 1984 British-Chinese agreement on Hong Kong in good faith , the colonial administration found itself after Tiananmen Square presiding over a population which knew that China could not be trusted at all . |
| 9 | Maybe they could be used to build up the spiritual life . |
| 10 | Besides , there was the possibility that the Visigoths could be used to shore up the Empire . |
| 11 | Giving very high lift with small drag at take-off , but high lift and high drag on landing , these flaps could be used to tighten up the turning radius in combat . |
| 12 | For example , substance P can be used to control not its own synthesis but some other pathway , just as a thermostat could be used to switch on the television instead of the boiler . |