Example sentences of "could [be] [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | If the person dies at home , the district nurse could be asked to complete last offices , or the family may wish to do so . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | 9 Find the area of the largest square that could be made using 64 metres of fencing . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | If the biscuits coming through were each rather heavy then the machine could be adjusted to wrap fewer biscuits per pack . |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | For example , the crime of rape could be expanded to cover other acts of sexual penetration . |
| 11 | It could be expanded to cover other examples , both within and across jurisdictions . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Everywhere women could be seen seeking eatable weeds among the grass along the roads … |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | An aquatic monster , the grampus frequented English lakes and could be seen spouting huge columns of water as it wallowed in warm , muddy water . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Good software could be said to provide two levels of usage — idiot and expert . |
| 21 | There is the belief that even if criteria of rationality differ across forms of thought , at least individual forms of thought could be said to contain discrete pools of rationality . |
| 22 | Leopold could be said to have some qualifications for the throne ; he was Catholic , descended directly from the families of the Beauharnais and the Murats and he was married to a sister of the King of Portugal . |
| 23 | But a show rule dictating that no cattle in which the judge had an interest could be exhibited eliminated many entries . |
| 24 | At a stroke , the need for 300 staff in the health benefit unit could end and they could be redeployed to improve other parts of the service . |
| 25 | If a diamond design is used , for example , omitting some woven rows will spoil the effect , but the diamond could be redesigned to include plain rows for the stocking stitch knitting . |
| 26 | The question then comes back to tackling the problem of how yield could be improved using traditional methods . |
| 27 | For example , McGuire 's ( 1964 ) classic study demonstrated how laboratory subjects could be induced to reject unconsidered assumptions when receiving new information ( see also , Szybillo and Heslin , 1973 ) . |
| 28 | There was also some possibility that exhibitors would be persuaded that audiences could be attracted to watch non-fictional films of an informative and educational nature . |
| 29 | It also meant that all political structures , especially the less specialized and differentiated ones found in Third World states , could be expected to perform additional functions to those which were their main raison d'être . |
| 30 | No legislation could be expected to make ready-money dealings the universal rule . |