Example sentences of "could [be] [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | C. Dunlop and Walter Weldon [ q.v. ] had devised methods for converting this noxious waste to chlorine ( which could be profitably combined with lime to make bleaching powder ) but they were both expensive and wasteful . |
| 2 | where part of the site ( a substantial area ) could be environmentally improved by coaling or subsequent restoration ; |
| 3 | And , judging by the ABC 's World Cup ratings , the heightened interest in Australian rugby could be well served by night games . |
| 4 | In fact , he has an extraordinary repertoire of mannerisms , all of which could be reasonably mistaken for possession of one kind or another . |
| 5 | Whatever the shape of the cavity it could be adequately filled with ball bearings . |
| 6 | The magazine , while interesting , is perhaps a perk that could be either decreased in frequency ( say twice yearly ) or paid for separately … |
| 7 | Thanks to its coastal location , it could be easily supplied with food and ammunition by sea if cut off by hostile forces from the lands . |
| 8 | If we can achieve this , we have gone a long way towards solving the axe typology problem since groups of similarly shaped axes would appear as distinct clusters on the page and could be easily identified by eye . |
| 9 | Thus , the kind of obtaining by deception which amounts to larceny by a trick and involves appropriation could be successfully prosecuted under section 1 , but the old false pretences type of obtaining by deception could not . |
| 10 | In 27 patients ( 96.4% ) bleeding could be successfully managed by injection of norepinephrine and polidocanol , in repeated sessions if needed . |
| 11 | The increasing demand for outdoor land and water-based sports suggests that disused reservoirs and gravel workings could be successfully redeveloped for recreation , and urban fringe farmers may well look to recreational activities to supplement their main income . |
| 12 | Sway Tower was built by Judge Peterson between 1879 and 1885 to prove that unreinforced concrete could be successfully used in building work . |
| 13 | Some cardiologists complained that the heart could never be more than a temporary remedy and that the money spent on the research could be better used for drug therapies and other techniques . |
| 14 | And he fears Rangers could be virtually mugged into submission in the white-hot atmosphere of tonight 's match . |
| 15 | If I were to tell you that this record puts a dayglo platform DM so far up the mule 's rectum that its entrails squish through its clenched teeth , I do n't think that I could be justly accused of exaggeration . |
| 16 | Before quotas , about 50 per cent of the food energy going in to our dairy cows was in the form of cereals : food that could be directly used by man , because in those days it was cost-effective to get as much milk as possible out of individual cows . |
| 17 | They were schools , therefore , where progress in matching library provision to curriculum need had already begun , and where it was hoped that this impetus could be further developed through participation in the project and a grant in the region of £2,500 . |
| 18 | At the Delhi summit in 1983 the non-aligned states described the recognition of this status by Mediterranean and other states and their undertakings not to jeopardise it ‘ as an effective means of lessening tension and strengthening security in the Mediterranean , which could be further extended in future ’ . |
| 19 | By any standards , no performance could be further removed in character from the composer 's own barn-storming account ( Sony ) ; speeds are much more deliberate , the rhythmic tension generated by those insistent ostinati sounds underpowered , and the orchestra seem ill at ease with the score . |
| 20 | But Osred provides a useful example of a king who could be sharply criticized for character defects in some Northumbrian circles though remembered as a generous patron of an ecclesiastical community in others ( see below , p. 147 ) . |
| 21 | The importance of this can be seen from the fact that the Thirty Tyrants who seized power briefly in 404–3 BC decreed that only 3000 citizens should retain the right to trial , while all others could be summarily executed by government order . |
| 22 | Mr. Philipson also submitted that the Bank of England could properly exercise their supervisory powers under the Act without the breaching of customers ' confidences , and even went so far as to submit that the Schedule 3 information could be so furnished by clothing details of customers ' loans or deposits with anonymity . |
| 23 | This is about the energy that would be released if a hydrogen atom could be totally converted into energy . |
| 24 | I read with interest an article in the Summer '91 issue of BLESMAG and felt the subject could be usefully mentioned in Air Mail . |
| 25 | Erm , very briefly , I think that erm , from my knowledge , as opposed to bureaucracy , other people in charge would know more about it , er , item two , item three , erm , I think could be certainly reduced in expenditure . |
| 26 | Prior to preparing the timetable we carried out a public consultation in the Livingston area to ascertain if there was any suggestions that could be gainfully incorporated into contract specifications . |
| 27 | The chronic nature of the symptoms , the benign appearance of the gastric lesions on endoscopy , and the equivocal histological aspect of the lesions account for the fact that numerous MALT lymphomas were considered ‘ pseudolymphomas ’ until the monoclonal nature of the proliferation could be routinely shown by immunochemistry . |
| 28 | The target words occurred in sentences with two clauses , but the clauses varied in the extent to which the first clause could be fully interpreted without information from the second clause . |
| 29 | It would , moreover , be inappropriate for the judiciary to be associated with any series of talks or anything which could be fairly interpreted as entertainment … |
| 30 | They found a number of flashes but none that could be definitely ascribed to gamma ray bursts from primordial black holes . |