Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [noun] could be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you think that improvement could be made along the line of the existing road ? |
| 2 | Legislation allowing political parties could be introduced in the first quarter of 1991 . |
| 3 | Professor Hitchcock agreed that neurosurgery could be beneficial . |
| 4 | ( ii ) The parties agreed that delivery could be by instalments but the contract is not severable . |
| 5 | ( iii ) The parties agreed that delivery could be made by instalments ( either on specified dates or ‘ as required ’ ) and the contract is severable ( divisible ) . |
| 6 | The Deputy Minister of Justice announced that adultery could be punished by death by stoning , theft , by amputation of the hand or foot , and drinking alcohol , by up to 80 lashes . |
| 7 | Because people could become used to increased levels of the endorphins it stimulates , eating spicy food could be addictive . |
| 8 | Despite the lack of a formal assurance from Jack Robinson 's boss regarding the use of a Liverpool firm to effect the Belfast delivery , both Adam Swannson and Jack Robinson agreed this delivery could be subcontracted out . |
| 9 | Critics of the Government say some homes could be forced out of business . |
| 10 | Imported products which failed to meet these standards could be subjected to extra duties providing that : the environmental standards had a scientific base ; the same standards must be applied to all competitive domestic production ; and imported products could be proved to be causing economic damage to competitive domestic industries . |
| 11 | Ms Short said the women 's vote could help Labour to win the next general election provided more women could be persuaded that Labour was sensitive to women 's demands . |
| 12 | He also concentrated his work on nutrition and health and gained prominence by advocating that health could be improved if people increased the amount of fibre in their diet . |
| 13 | He would show that mathematics could be reduced to something even more simple , more general , more basic than had hitherto been supposed , to logical concepts , and , moreover , at the same time , he would be able to exhibit the internal logical structure of mathematics in a much more rigorous way . |
| 14 | Assuming one is right in the notion that the Lions ' selectors intend taking , as their No 8s , both Ben Clarke and Dean Richards , what happens this Saturday could be particularly pertinent to Doddie Weir . |
| 15 | Again another highly touchy point for SunSoft , but even Billmaier allows some concessions could be made here — but only if pieces of Sun 's more advanced technology , which is moving for instance to objects , is adopted — a point UI at least seems to understand . |
| 16 | Output this year could be down by as much as 20 per cent . |
| 17 | To create a core of schools where good practice embodying these concepts could be seen in operation so that the inservice and information potential could subsequently be tapped for the benefit of all schools . |
| 18 | To create a core of schools where good practice embodying these concepts could be seen in operation so that the inservice and information potential could subsequently be tapped for the benefit of all schools . |
| 19 | If the returns from farming dropped more time could be spent in the forest with consequent improvement in the level of management . |
| 20 | I do n't believe any such nonsense about myself , but I do believe your ego is so invincible that you 're incapable of believing any woman could be totally uninterested in sleeping with you . |
| 21 | She believed cheap clothes could be made elegant by paring them down to essentials . |
| 22 | Traders breaching these rules could be fined up to 60,000 lei ( approximately US$3,180 ) and have profits confiscated . |
| 23 | Information to help top management make these decisions could be provided by the decision-support system . |
| 24 | But while the advocacy of many of these proposals drew upon long-term developments in social and political thought , it was the economic situation in the inter-war years which forced many to address the question of how the endemic problems of overcapacity in basic industries , structural unemployment and the evident failure of laissez-faire to preserve national prosperity could be overcome . |
| 25 | Actually , thought Henry , as he checked himself in the mirror , no one , not even the police , would be stupid enough to imagine that Elinor could be the victim of a crime passionnel . |
| 26 | Ignoring that difference could be one of the worst mistakes you make . |
| 27 | Ignoring that difference could be one of the worst mistakes you make |
| 28 | On the other hand the research showed that training could be valued and programmes could be maintained , if certain characteristics were in evidence . |
| 29 | So little forward pressure is needed that attention could be concentrated on following the guide line as the blade slipped in through the timber . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm told this war could be all over before I even get a shot at them . ’ |