Example sentences of "could be [vb pp] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes he could be observed wearing some garment inside out . |
| 2 | a ) Entry to the Profession — a number of respondents , including some local law societies , wondered if admissions policy could be tightened to screen potential entrants to the profession more effectively . |
| 3 | Some can develop higher order thinking in a highly constructive way — for instance pupils could be asked to compare two features that are not adjacent to each other , but are found in different parts of the building . |
| 4 | If the person dies at home , the district nurse could be asked to complete last offices , or the family may wish to do so . |
| 5 | There are two obvious moves which could be made to counter this argument . |
| 6 | One bistable is needed for each bit — thus , a 4-bit counter ( able to count up to 1111 or 15 in decimal ) could be made using 4 flip-flops ( or 2 off 4013 's ) . |
| 7 | 9 Find the area of the largest square that could be made using 64 metres of fencing . |
| 8 | At subsequent meetings efforts could be made to reduce this quota further . |
| 9 | If Saddam Hussein or Colonel Qaddaffi were bidding for control of a firm that employs 130,000 people , makes explosives and could be made to make chemical weapons , that would be reason for concern . |
| 10 | Questions related to more social issues , income tax , social security etcetera , could be answered using this system . |
| 11 | For example , the estimator and standard price books use a common labour constant for brickwork ; in practice the labour constant could be adjusted to provide different targets for , say , work at ground level and work in the gables . |
| 12 | If the biscuits coming through were each rather heavy then the machine could be adjusted to wrap fewer biscuits per pack . |
| 13 | In the early part of the twentieth century very little was known about the chronology of tribal art ( most of it was considered to be much older than it is ) , and the stylistic differences between the work of various regions had not been examined ; Guillaume himself included Oceanic work under the term tribal art , and felt that it could be extended to include Alaskan art as well . |
| 14 | This test could be extended to include statistical analysis of manufacturing accuracy to associate a weighting against the envelope of certainty thus enabling confidence limits to be established , and the correct combination of tolerances specified . |
| 15 | The list could be expanded to incorporate any treaty which provides for mutuality , reciprocity , or where the personal identity of the other party is important , for then , by definition the parties can not have intended to allow assignment . |
| 16 | The words and such further ancillary rights that arise under the general law or by necessary implication should be included and could be expanded to include ancillary rights that arise by necessity |
| 17 | For example , the crime of rape could be expanded to cover other acts of sexual penetration . |
| 18 | It could be expanded to cover other examples , both within and across jurisdictions . |
| 19 | It could be expanded to cover certain forms of oral sex as well as vaginal and anal penetration by objects or parts of the body and could be rendered gender neutral . |
| 20 | Earthtrust agreed to assist in caring for nine of the dolphins , if agreement could be reached to release three dolphins and the five remaining false killer whales . |
| 21 | In 1140 the monk Gratian in Bologna produced his Decretum or Concordance of Discordant Canons , in which he demonstrated that , given the proper techniques of critical examination , the authoritative statements of church fathers and ecclesiastical councils could be harmonized to yield fundamental principles of church law . |
| 22 | The interim dividend is steady at 1½p , due on June 5 , although Mr Gavron hinted that the final could be raised given some improvment in demand . |
| 23 | No easy way could be seen to re-establish British finance for production . |
| 24 | Everywhere women could be seen seeking eatable weeds among the grass along the roads … |
| 25 | Throughout North America , farmers ' wives in country districts could be seen boarding local trains , often known as ‘ butter and egg specials ’ , bearing a basket of eggs and some home-churned butter for the market at the local town . |
| 26 | There was evidence that could be seen to point either way and so the verdict was left open . |
| 27 | Occasionally some of the other ranks could be seen driving old Chevvies ( they brought their own cars with them rather than risk going to local garages ) with number plates proclaiming their owners to be from the Potato or Sunshine States or , ironically , from the Land of the Free . |
| 28 | An aquatic monster , the grampus frequented English lakes and could be seen spouting huge columns of water as it wallowed in warm , muddy water . |
| 29 | In his 1955–56 Annual Report , for example , Jacques wrote that if only this level of grant could be achieved , something could be done to raise part-time tutors ' fees and so reduce the glaring disparity between the minima of £1 110. 0d. for teaching a WEA Terminal class and £3 10s. 0d. for taking a University Sessional class . |
| 30 | Others , such as Rizzi ( 1939 ) and Burnham ( 1941 ) , earlier argued that the bureaucracy could be said to own public property , albeit collectively , not individually . |