Example sentences of "could be [vb pp] [prep] [v-ing] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It became clear to the teachers that many of the objectives of the research model identified above could be achieved by building up skills of co-observation and self-evaluation within and between teachers . |
| 2 | On the assumption of a two-firm market and that a rival would not enter the market if it faced zero NPV , NPVs were calculated for investment by the price-setting firm based on the limit prices needed to prevent the rival from entering the market and the cost levels that could be achieved by moving down the experience curve . |
| 3 | Much of this , however , could be achieved by closing down and/or modernizing the grossly-polluting industries of eastern Germany . |
| 4 | With most of the Russian plutonium in weapons , either ready for service or held in reserve , control of materials could be maintained by locking up bombs . |
| 5 | We saw that the combinatorial explosion of hypotheses produced by breadth-first search could be limited by cutting down the depth or the branching factor of the search space , and we described two general methods of doing this : — |
| 6 | ‘ Reports are being prepared which suggest cash could be raised by selling off various plots of land . |
| 7 | This could be done by beating down , as in the assertion of dominance over local authorities . |
| 8 | Now that you have a vague idea what is going on , you could be forgiven for throwing up your hands in disgust and letting them all get on with it . |
| 9 | This seems to be a rather narrow and limiting definition , and it could be refuted by pointing out that both subject knowledge and research methodology could equally well be tested by examination , without going to the additional effort of writing a thesis . |
| 10 | Get the schoolmaster to stand in the puddle or a stream , preferably on a hot day when splashing could be associated with cooling off . |
| 11 | The mountain goat 's ancestry , as a member of the Bovid family , gave it a good start : it gave the animal the means of subsisting on the poor mountain vegetation , and it provided it with feet that could be adapted to moving around in the precipitous terrain . |
| 12 | Our evidence was said to be flawed because : WE could be accused of setting up Marshall for an offence she would not have otherwise committed . |
| 13 | As the day grew ever nearer the excitement mounted and if November 5th fell at a weekend , we had an added bonus because the whole of Saturday could be spent in topping up . |
| 14 | Of greatest interest , perhaps , are the ‘ tranchet ’ axes ( or ‘ Thames picks ’ ) which could be used for cutting down trees and preparing timber , leading to the possibility of extensive forest clearance even at this early date . |