Example sentences of "[verb] that [adj] could be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is what makes the tragedy of this lost weekend all the deeper for Diana , who must know that this could be the pattern of the future . |
| 2 | His mate was never to know that this could be anything more than wishful thinking . |
| 3 | UNITA maintained that this could be done only if there were a reciprocal withdrawal by government troops , and if the process were supervised by the UN . |
| 4 | The report calls on boards to ‘ give precedence to substance over form' , in applying and interpreting the code , but it is doubtful whether companies realise that this could be the last chance for self-regulation . |
| 5 | Surely the BBC and ITV realise that this could be dangerous if young children were to follow their example ? |
| 6 | Importing jute from India , its merchants found that this could be mixed with whale oil to provide hard-wearing coarse fabric . |
| 7 | They did not consider that this could be satisfactorily achieved by other means , such as non-statutory guid such as non-statutory guidelines . |
| 8 | Does he not think that that could be improved on in any future , but hopefully never to be repeated accident ? |
| 9 | These competing claims usually emerged as community-centred , subject-centred and child-centred curricula , but the report argued that these could be reconciled . |
| 10 | Mr. Collins recognised that this could be so , but said that a least there must be a duty to consider whether time admits of the receipt of representations and in this case there was no such consideration by Lautro . |
| 11 | Mr. Collins recognised that this could be so , but said that at least there must be a duty to consider whether time admits of the receipt of representations and in this case there was no such consideration by Lautro . |
| 12 | However , in December the government achieved a breakthrough in its protracted campaign to trace and retrieve the huge sums believed to have been looted from the country by the Marcos family , when the Swiss Supreme Court ruled that funds held by the family in Swiss bank accounts should be returned to the government of the Philippines , but stipulated that this could be done only after a Philippines ' court had ruled against Marcos [ see p. 37961 ] . |
| 13 | A fresh look at the whole process was needed , and it was felt that this could be achieved by taking a systems view , unbiased by what was then happening in practice , ie before the Act took effect . |
| 14 | The importance of providing a focal point for these developments was also emphasised , and it was felt that this could be part of the role of the College Administration Officer so that non-partisan strategies for computer developments could be evolved . |
| 15 | The , the committee which has been probing probing the massive pensions theft by former Mirror publisher Robert Maxwell warns that this could be just the tip of the iceberg . |
| 16 | National Power Plc initially tried to suggest that this could be done under its existing licence to burn oil . |
| 17 | If the house was formerly in the sole name of the husband it would be quite appropriate for the wife 's solicitors to insist on a full abstract of title commencing with a good root of title ( although in practice it seems to be accepted that the title was properly investigated at the time of the husband 's purchase ) ; but in the case of a house already in joint names it is thought that this could be dispensed with , the wife 's solicitor assuming that a proper investigation of title to the property was made at the time when the house was purchased by the husband and the wife . |
| 18 | A member of a local branch of the union claimed that this could be viewed as a ‘ rolled up ’ ballot question , and applied for the Commissioner 's assistance . |
| 19 | He was working at a distinct operational disadvantage , but he reckoned that this could be changed . |
| 20 | The target sales figure for the first year is 1,000 units though Mr McPherson reckons that this could be the tip of the iceberg . |
| 21 | Such generalized and unsystematic anti-semitic obsessions as were displayed by individuals in these groups would suggest that little could be learned from an attempt to study the belief systems of such movements . |
| 22 | I 'm hitting my head repeatedly against something that is n't there and I suppose that that could be a definition of insanity . |
| 23 | Having spent a couple of hours checking his rabbit snares around the low Severn grounds , the two fat rabbits now secure in his waist bag would indicate that this could be his lucky night It was now one thirty a.m . |
| 24 | I was too unsure of myself to believe that this could be possible . |
| 25 | Understand that this could be the worst news you could give him and make sure he gets as much of your time as you can give . |
| 26 | Clint says he has been sitting on the story of Unforgiven for 15 years waiting to grow into the part but denies that this could be the last time he saddles up and rides off into the sunset . |
| 27 | The Ministry of Defence ( MOD ) admits that " chemically treated " compounds such as incinerated mustard gas and white asbestos are buried in five marked sites in the area , but denies that these could be polluting the environment . |
| 28 | If you are ill and a doctor feels that this could be due to HIV , being tested will be an important part of finding out what 's wrong . |
| 29 | The head said ‘ Yes , he does have difficulty remembering — particularly sounding ’ , and felt that this could be because he was perhaps more fluent in Punjabi . |
| 30 | It was concluded that these could be addressed by two overlapping systems , described as : |