Example sentences of "could [adv] be [verb] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was however accepted by the Court of Appeal in 1980 that an injunction could properly be granted even if the defendant was based in England if in the circumstances there was a danger of the assets being removed , and this was put beyond doubt by section 37(3) of the Supreme Court Act 1981 which provides : |
| 2 | The council says the 1987 lease states a pharmacy could only be built there if a doctor 's surgery was on the site as well . |
| 3 | This would be the case if texts could only be understood completely as long as they were accompanied by the single , correct title . |
| 4 | In practice the countryside was easy to conquer ; but it could only be controlled properly if the fortified places upon which it depended for its economic well-being and defence were also in friendly hands . |
| 5 | There remains , however , a wide range of views covering more obviously political aspects of the phenomena which could only be described together as ‘ elitist ’ if we accept that term as a residual category . |
| 6 | The axe could easily be snatched away before it is properly planted , or else could pull straight out in soft snow . |
| 7 | The crane ratchets of the later arrivals could still be heard clearly as their crews outramped , and rising bow waves could be spotted as an occasional laggard powered upstream to its proper place in the echelon . |
| 8 | And since they were not " serving their time " in the way a boy did , they could therefore be paid less when their training was complete . |
| 9 | I am reliably assured that King 's College Chapel in Cambridge , which has stood as steady as a rock for the past 450 years , could never be built today because the design would never be accepted under the safety limits of the building regulations ! |