Example sentences of "could [be] [vb pp] that this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could be argued that this lack of co-operation between UDCs ( notably the LDDC ) and local government is predictable . |
| 2 | Now it could be argued that this likelihood is so remote as not to be worthy of consideration . |
| 3 | Second , it could be argued that this system removes any incentive for sound financial control at local level and constitutes a divorce between management responsibility and financial accountability of the kind severely criticized by the 1976 Layfield Report on local government finance . |
| 4 | Jackson have been very possessive of their peghead shape in the past and it could be argued that this guitar would n't be a Jackson without it . |
| 5 | ( It could be argued that this approach confuses appropriation and dishonesty . |
| 6 | ‘ It could be argued that this situation amounts to a cynical manipulation of a group which the Government and employers recognise are more vulnerable than most . |
| 7 | It may well be that arguments could be made that this sense of unreasonableness should be the only mechanism for controlling discretion . |
| 8 | On the other hand , it could be said that this type of objection does not relate to reasonableness but is concerned with breach . |
| 9 | It could be said that this assimilation had become ‘ fixed ’ as part of the phonological structure of English syllables , since exceptions are almost non-existent . |