Example sentences of "[adj] could be [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might it would be helpful actually if this could be written down for us . |
| 2 | A bow gun position housed a 0.303″ Lewis machine-gun mounted on a Scarf ring , and this could be pushed back to facilitate mooring-up or towing . |
| 3 | This could be followed up by subsequent research , possibly by comparing whether the migrants apply to more courses and institutions than non–enrollers . |
| 4 | This could be relied on to throw up ‘ bad ’ as well as ‘ good ’ factors . |
| 5 | This could be made up , for example , of 4 oz. of lean meat , fish , chicken or rabbit , plus 2 oz. of cheese and one pint of milk OR 3 oz. of cheese , 3 oz. of beans , one egg and one pint of milk . |
| 6 | This could be carried out in the school , the clinic or the child 's home . |
| 7 | This could be speeded up to O ( log2 n ) if a binary search technique were employed . |
| 8 | This could be summed up by saying that responsible government depends largely upon the existence of , and free competition between , political parties . |
| 9 | ‘ And all this could be plowed up , too . ’ |
| 10 | This could be drawn up in consultation with the major users of such information . |
| 11 | And even if this could be got round , extra sums would be needed for redundancy payments , investment and modernisation . |
| 12 | This could be continued down corners to the skirting and around doors . |
| 13 | Fighting another NME writer over a woman ; having a pint of beer in the Roxy with Robert Plant ; realising that Sid Vicious could be fronted out because he only picked on those that he was likely to win against . |
| 14 | The four broad types I have mentioned account for a very large proportion of governmental activity , but each could be divided up into a number of smaller functions . |
| 15 | Her expression was wistful , reminiscent , as she recalled how , once they had gone up endless stairs and were seated on the hard wooden benches , an attendant had come along and pushed them all closer and closer together so that as many spectators as possible could be packed in . |
| 16 | Make some free disk space available er yet if you have n't done this check the disk for er six months or more , you probably have quite a lot of disk space , I would imagine , that could be freed up . |
| 17 | wo n't be worth going on the bus unless like I said you 've got a great load to carry but then that could be worked out on a Saturday morning , it would mean going down there , after Tesco 's that 's the only thing |
| 18 | All that could be dredged up was that , apart from owning a property firm , Mr Zappala is also an active member of the Florida Policemen 's Athletic League . |
| 19 | In this case , at least it is possible to calculate the total er total amount that is missing and that could be divided up between your pension funds and it would of course be a a one-off hit on those funds . |
| 20 | Does he not think that that could be improved on in any future , but hopefully never to be repeated accident ? |
| 21 | More worryingly , many consumers said they did not like the taste , but much of that could be put down to the fact that many housewives had a narrow cooking repertoire with an average of only two turkey variations . |
| 22 | Erm if Z X equals Z Y is when that 's the maximum , then Z X times Z Y is either could be put down as Z X times Z X or Z Y times Z Y cos they 're both the same . |
| 23 | Either could be drawn on , to support respect or scorn . |
| 24 | We would be grateful if these could be sent in to the Office as soon as possible . |
| 25 | To allow the army in Egypt to deliver an early riposte to the Axis forces facing them , before these could be built up to any really dangerous strength , a fast convoy carrying 295 tanks , 180 motor vehicles , and 53 crated Hurricanes had been despatched from England , leaving Gibraltar on the morning of 6th. with Force ‘ H ’ in attendance . |
| 26 | These could be linked up via an information system to form an integrated undertaking . |
| 27 | It is possible that editing could be speeded up if some of these could be carried out by a facility that operated automatically , unless told not to . |
| 28 | All could be turned over except that by the stair opening and at the end of the canopy . |
| 29 | The directors could apprentice or hire out the children and other inmates , and the industrious poor could be rewarded out of any profits from their work , although no part of the money could be spent on liquor . |
| 30 | Is there a notice board down at the the that one of those could be put on ? |