Example sentences of "[noun pl] could be [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No words could be clawed out of the air to calm him . |
| 2 | This table was made like a tray ; when lifted , its legs could be snapped up or snapped down — a solemn sort of conjuring trick which Twomey performed with quiet authority . |
| 3 | They include asking whether various capital losses could be written off against property companies owned by BAe ; whether the Government was aware of BAe 's attempts to use leasing companies to defray indirectly further tax bills ; and what was the total trading tax loss written off . |
| 4 | It accepted that some comprehensive schools could be set up , but on the whole endorsed the existing tripartite system , and indeed suggested further divisions within it ( and within further education ) . |
| 5 | In this way , provided they are given guidance on the type and volume of work expected , schools could be brought back into the mainstream of assessing their own pupils ' work instead of being totally dependent on the success or failure of the guessing games they play with the examiner . |
| 6 | Therefore I think it would be a better idea if units could be set up and the children could be taken out of an ordinary school for perhaps one or two or three years , according to how much time is required , where they could give the individual attention and the specialist teaching to help them to overcome this particular problem . |
| 7 | The trailer brakes could be held off by a separate braking system when coupled to the tractor . |
| 8 | Under the bill , anyone who falsely accused fruit or vegetables of being tainted with dangerous preservatives or pesticides could be fined up to three times the value of lost product . |
| 9 | Skinnergate and High Row will be closed to traffic on an experimental basis , despite claims that disabled shoppers could be driven out of the town . |
| 10 | These were discussion sessions in which particular problems and clients could be talked over ; they also sometimes involved a more formal training session , with lectures on mental illness , incontinence , first aid . |
| 11 | The slogans of the main parties could be summed up as ‘ Do n't vote for the other party ’ ; and the only person rising in the polls was the leader of the Liberal Democrats , whose message could be summed up as ‘ Do n't vote for negative campaigning ’ . |
| 12 | Effective safeguards could be built in to prevent the inflationary dangers inherent in parallel currency systems , particularly in that the central banks of all member states would be obliged to repurchase their own currencies from the EMF for hard currencies . |
| 13 | By taking volumes and weights into account , definite formulae could be fixed on , beginning with water as H 2 O. |
| 14 | At this stage the channel cables were not actually connected to the peripherals so that testing of the processor and channels could be carried out without affecting the existing systems . |
| 15 | ‘ I did n't know dragons could be seen through , ’ he said . |
| 16 | In the old days in Shetland ( and still today in Faroe ) this meant the animals could be driven on to a beach and killed . |
| 17 | Here as elsewhere , Darwin 's theory showed its value as a working hypothesis ; and by the 1870s Flower could argue that all the hoofed animals ' general line of descent and relationships could be worked out using fossil discoveries . |
| 18 | Muscles developed around them so that the front ends of the rods could be moved up and down . |
| 19 | However , Mr Clayton said more research was needed before the possibility of health risks could be ruled out . |
| 20 | But there was some evidence from the launch of the Mail on Sunday that the missing readers could be lured back by new papers . |
| 21 | Critics of the Government say some homes could be forced out of business . |
| 22 | Looking at things the other way around , it might seem that if selection of new books could be carried out thoroughly , taking proper account of demand , and if proper weeding and replacement procedures could be instituted , stock revision would not be necessary at all . |
| 23 | Though the companies that remain will no doubt respond to increasing demand when the upturn comes , imports could be sucked in faster and the trade gap widen . |
| 24 | It would be unreasonable to expect the reader to believe that so many professional scientists and administrators could be taken in to such an extent as the tale required . |
| 25 | The sorry plight of an ailing club continued with the news that a supporters ' coach had been involved in a crash and that only 12 youngsters could be rounded up to take on Leicester in a youth match . |
| 26 | Builders may be offered help when they start new developments , and derelict inner-city sites could be sold off cheaply for housing . |
| 27 | While Fountains Abbey , the great Gothic ruin set in beautiful parkland , could naturally be transferred to the National Trust given a suitable endowment ( who would provide the millions needed for that ? ) , and Westminster Abbey 's Chapter House could be entrusted to the Church of England , it is uncertain whether some of the less glamourous archaeological sites could be hived off to local councils without risk to their future . |
| 28 | And then er they returned the line , or double track round here , er and bringing so goods wagons could be brought round into the sort of unloading area er of 's mill . |
| 29 | The interpretation depends on the fact that trusts could be set up without addressing the trustee directly . |
| 30 | If it were absent , all transactors could be relied on to keep a promise to implement any decision to the best of their ability . |