Example sentences of "could [adv] be [vb pp] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | whether it could properly be said that it 's a duty because it 's not , it 's a guide , er the question arises as to whether it 's a duty but of course it 's here , it 's always been in the expert 's report incorporated in it the reference to it erm but er Lord in my submission er it is undoubtedly correct that your Lordship would be greatly helped by hearing evidence from a solicitor engaged regularly , frequently , in commercial conveyancing work as to what the extent of the practice , the accepted practice and the professional standards operated by solicitors in this field and |
| 2 | Nevertheless , it has not been argued that the Secretary of State 's decision on the tariff could properly be challenged if he adopted the opinion of the Lord Chief Justice where this differed from that of the trial judge . |
| 3 | ( 2 ) That no stay was to be imposed unless a defendant established on the balance of probabilities that , owing to the delay , he would suffer serious prejudice to the extent that no fair trial could be held , in that the continuation of the prosecution amounted to a misuse of the process of the court ; that , in assessing whether there was likely to be prejudice and if so whether it could properly be described as serious , the court should bear in mind the trial judge 's power at common law and under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 to regulate the admissibility of evidence , the trial process itself which should ensure that all relevant factual issues arising from delay would be placed before the jury as part of the evidence for their consideration , and the judge 's powers to give appropriate directions before the jury considered their verdict ; and that , accordingly , the judge 's decision to stay the proceedings had been wrong , since such delay as there had been was not unjustifiable , the chances of prejudice were remote , the degree of potential prejudice was small , the powers of the judge and the trial process itself would have provided ample protection for the police officer , there was no danger of the trial being unfair and in any event the case was not exceptional so as to justify the ruling ( post , p. 19B–E ) . |
| 4 | Support workers could rarely be found and introduced to a client very rapidly . |
| 5 | And you needed even more patience when others ignored danger signals warning of serious illness , such as the stiffness in the joints , dismissed as unimportant , yet because of the background of dirt , possibly resulting in tetanus , which could rarely be cured unless it was caught in time . |
| 6 | The father earning a living or the mother keeping house could rightly be listed but try listing much more specific , yet practical , expressions of love . |
| 7 | It could perhaps be said that Miss Cotrubas came truly into her own with the operatic excerpts that provided the second half of her programme . |
| 8 | Today , in light of the obligations of Article 102 of the United Nations Charter , it could perhaps be argued that each member State has constructive notice of the treaty obligations of all other members and therefore must be deemed to have notice of any restrictions upon treaty-making power . |
| 9 | Editor , — Allyson M Pollock and Azeem Majeed 's arguments in response to our editorial on consultant episodes could perhaps be summarised as ‘ the internal market is intrinsically flawed and we should not do anything that would delay its demise . ’ |
| 10 | And this conception leads inexorably to the view that experience is like a kind of screen , something which could perhaps be painted if only we had the skill and reflective capacity , or something which could be captured by language or music . |
| 11 | The tenant should consider deleting both clauses 11.1 and 11.2 though for the reasons given they could perhaps be tolerated if necessary . |
| 12 | ( The discrepancy could perhaps be explained if it is assumed that there is also a weak preference to continue with the first-named character . ) |
| 13 | Participation could perhaps be increased if the event is planned beforehand ; for example , it might be an advantage if groups of children who all live in the same area arranged to meet and cycle to school together . |
| 14 | Such impracticality could perhaps be measured as a function of word length . |
| 15 | During the 1970s , some political observers , recognising the unequal participation and influence of certain interests in public policy making , began to argue that British politics could better be described as " corporatist " rather than pluralist . |
| 16 | The ballistic expert 's evidence was that the defendant 's gun was fitted with a hammer block safety mechanism , which was in proper working order , so that it could only be fired if the trigger was fully pressed back . |
| 17 | Science and technology would be harnessed and a political dimension was introduced with the belief that the full potential of the new architecture could only be realized if established traditions were overthrown . |
| 18 | Fleischmann told him that they were seeing heat coming from their cell in amounts that could only be understood if nuclear fusion was happening . |
| 19 | It was generally agreed that this legislation could only be viewed as punitive , particularly in an area such as West Belfast , which is devoid of any real opportunities for employment . |
| 20 | In reply to Trevelyan 's comments about this land being sufficient for the new building , Hall made the astonishing remark that this could only be determined after the plans were sent in by the competing architects . |
| 21 | It was subject to a ‘ Test of Acceptability ’ — the fifth principle — and could only be confirmed and implemented after the British government had satisfied itself that it was acceptable to the people of Rhodesia as a whole . |
| 22 | Apprehension over Japanese revival was not as great as the Soviet fears over a German revival but the trend of American policy towards Japan could only be regarded as alarming from the Soviet perspective . |
| 23 | Judge Lauterpacht however felt that extension of the Organisation 's powers could only be justified where it was necessary for the performance of its functions and , in this instance , was caused by South Africa 's non-performance of its obligations . |
| 24 | It was as though the dullness of the tasks , the strenuous but commonplace duties of his life could only be borne if they were dramatised . |
| 25 | It could only be assumed that the prints were obtained in a clandestine manner . |
| 26 | This upset conservatives who insisted , inaccurately , that schemata could only be accepted or amended , not rejected . |
| 27 | The proposal of help could only be accepted if the BF altered their constitution to make explicit their belief in parliamentary government . |
| 28 | Twentieth-century evolutionists such as George Gaylord Simpson have argued that Darwin 's theory of adaptive evolution is incompatible with a belief in the necessity of progress , but in the late nineteenth century a philosophy of universal change could only be accepted if the changes were assumed to have a purposeful goal . |
| 29 | An employment visa ( munkavallaloi vizum ) , which could only be obtained if the foreigner had a work permit , was also introduced . |
| 30 | This could only be detected and corrected by the user . |