Example sentences of "could [be] [vb pp] [to-vb] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plans for new TV shows could be shelved to stop the Beeb overspending its £700 million budget . |
| 2 | Little could be done to counteract the John Osborne criticisms , for they abominated the very idea of monarchy . |
| 3 | Section 1.5 discusses some of the theoretical frameworks that could be used to analyse the UK 's structural changes and its international position . |
| 4 | For example , it could be used to derive the Szekeres solution described in Chapter 9 from the Khan-Penrose solution . |
| 5 | The removal of party influence from government , particularly in the offices of Home Affairs and the Agency for National Security Planning would , in theory at least , reduce the ability to which these offices could be used to favour the DLP . |