Example sentences of "could be [vb pp] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One is a bare-bones system that would start with just solar panels and could be developed bit by bit into a laboratory for space-shuttle crews to visit . |
| 2 | Evidence of this could be seen week after week from 1989 onwards . |
| 3 | Iakov Solov'ev calculated that of the thirty-nine appointees only thirteen could be called opponents of reform , and three of those withdrew when they realized their helplessness . |
| 4 | They created the atmosphere and mood , but the narrative was told by the dolls using specially created movements which could be called dances of character . |
| 5 | Debtors who showed the courts that they had made their best efforts to pay , and also showed they were not fraudulent or reckless in incurring debt could be given relief from liabilities after three years . |
| 6 | The remark could only be made because Ashton had given so much thought to how the music could be given shape in dance . |
| 7 | Once past this hurdle , there came the committee stage taken on the floor of the House , when detailed amendments could be moved clause by clause , and again all amendments had to be taken and this stage went on until each had been dealt with . |
| 8 | Ramblers who fear they could be denied access to Forestry Commission land if it 's privatised have won the support of the Labour Party . |
| 9 | Bulimia does not mean " to force vomit " , Some compulsive overeaters ( all of whom could be termed sufferers from bulimia ) use enforced vomiting further to control their emotional feelings and also to protect themselves against the consequence of obesity — but not all do so . |
| 10 | With regard to the internal candidate , the Chairman further recommends that while she interviewed adequately , it would be beneficial to Miss Harraughty 's future career development if she could be offered training in interview skills . |
| 11 | Ice could be fined $100 to $2,000 . |
| 12 | Under each month could be found directions for work to be done in the kitchen garden with notes on its produce , the pleasure or flower garden with plants then in flower , and the greenhouse and stove with their plants in bloom . |
| 13 | When Nicolae Ceauşescu first arrived in the city , Bucharest contained a dazzling array of buildings of all styles : examples of its older Balkan heritage could be found side by side with grandiose business palaces in the style of Central Europe 's Griinderjahre of the 1870s , with Art Deco and Cubist designs around the corner . |