Example sentences of "could [adv] be [vb pp] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 7.6.3.3 some defect or deficiency in the site upon which the rebuilding or reinstatement is to take place [ would render the same impossible or would mean that the same could only be undertaken at a cost that would be unreasonable in all the circumstances ] |
| 2 | The community was something more than a collection of species working together for mutual advantage — it obeyed laws that could only be understood at a level transcending that of the individual organisms . |
| 3 | The decisions Gen McCreery was asking for could only be taken at a senior level , and during the day of 14 May they were considered at Caserta by Gen Brian Robertson , the Chief Administrative Officer at AFHQ . |
| 4 | But in Northern Nigeria the emotional satisfactions which could be experienced almost incidentally in Masailand could only be experienced at a price , that of being too careful to avoid offence . |
| 5 | A Cantonese take-away could soon be built at a £500,000 development at the Springfield Hotel , formerly the Trades Council and Springfield Social Club , Whinfield Road . |
| 6 | That apparent lack of symmetry could also be challenged at a public inquiry . |
| 7 | It is also worth noting that there are several teaching points that could usefully be made at a draft stage in Thomas 's work , notably the need to review the time sequence of the verbs in the penultimate sentence . |
| 8 | A pollution tax could theoretically be set at a level that would exactly match the external costs involved . |