Example sentences of "could [adv] [be] [verb] with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the area of taxation it had been established by the time of Edward I that direct taxes could only be levied with the consent of Parliament . |
| 2 | Article 89 of the constitution clearly stated that the constitution could only be revised with the prior agreement of parliament , but basing his decision on article 11 ( the clause which gave the president power to hold referenda ) , de Gaulle decided that the question would be put directly to the people . |
| 3 | The proportion of local authority expenditure supported by grants has been reduced to a figure Layfield thought could only be reached with the aid of LIT ( Layfield 1976 : 184 ) . |
| 4 | In such conditions some of the turbine blades would glow at a dull red heat , and this represented the practical limit for ferritic steel : higher temperatures could only be attained with the use of special ( austenitic ) steels , which were in short supply in Britain at the time . |
| 5 | It is now clear that tests of equation ( 3.29 ) are not tests of ‘ market efficiency ’ or rational expectations on its own , for equation ( 3.29 ) could only be derived with the auxiliary assumptions of risk-neutrality and identical transaction costs . |
| 6 | Observers believed that the ruling opened the way for the first prosecution under the UK War Crimes Act approved in May 1991 [ see p. 38219 ] , and that 30 members of a former Lithuanian police battalion living in the UK could soon be charged with the killing of thousands of civilians and Jews in eastern Europe during the Second World War . |
| 7 | Skin cancer warnings could soon be given with the weather forecast , according to an agency that monitors the level of harmful rays in sunlight . |
| 8 | The boiler off GWR Pannier tank 7754 has reached the testing stages and it could soon be re-united with the restored frame and wheelsets at Llangollen workshop . |
| 9 | The apparent safety of the work could also be compared with the horror of the post-war mining tragedy at Egremont , five miles to the north , in which 104 miners died . |
| 10 | The period of the option could also be extended with the agreement of the vendor in exchange for an additional payment . |
| 11 | Or he could even be faced with the prospect of calling about individual applications or even heaven forbid , the structure plan itself . |
| 12 | He doubted if his hatred of Dysart could even be honoured with the description of revenge . |
| 13 | This would produce a sample narrative derived from the collected responses which could then be contrasted with the original version . |
| 14 | This could then be attacked with the rude tools then available . |
| 15 | However , after some time had passed , and I had exhausted the tasks which could usefully be achieved with the implements I happened to have at hand , Miss Kenton was evidently still outside . |
| 16 | erm , the thing about it is is that I mean , one of we we 've at the minute we 've been faced with with some individuals reckoning that they have er rashes forming around the face er in a number of areas and there 's an indication that , and it 's nothing more than that , that it could actually be to do with the laser printers and people sitting near them in the light . |
| 17 | The credibility of the party 's claims that it could safely be entrusted with the running of the British economy would thus be greatly enhanced . |