Example sentences of "could be [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A proposal to abolish capital punishment was defeated ; the death penalty could be imposed for treason , aggravated murder , rape of a minor , and " crimes against peace and the safety of mankind " . |
| 2 | In actual fact it was mentioned earlier that V A T er could be imposed on fossil fuel but I think any administration . |
| 3 | Where a party can only be liable if negligent , a clause such as that in White v Warwick ought to be enough to protect against liability , even if parallel liability for failure to take reasonable care could be imposed in tort and contract ( Alderslade v Hendon Laundry Ltd [ 1945 ] KB 189 ) . |
| 4 | In the case of the discretionary sentence there is always a notional equivalent determinate sentence which could be imposed in accord with established sentencing practice but for the current mental state of the defendant which makes him a danger to the public . |
| 5 | A cooling-off period of , say , six weeks could be imposed by application to the courts and this would allow negotiations and talks to continue . |
| 6 | Any problems could be recorded for discussion . |
| 7 | This gave them not so much a production holiday , more like two serials ‘ in the can ’ for season two ( up to and including the rapidly commissioned ‘ The Dalek Invasion of Earth ’ ) that could be recorded during season one 's contractual period . |
| 8 | A piece of ecological history that remains to be fully researched was the decision by a number of individuals , many apparently working in isolation from each other , to establish , like Darwin , permanent plots within which the fate of individual plants could be recorded over time . |
| 9 | The British Mountain Bike Record could be broken on sunday as the best in the land compete in the National Championships at Eastnor Park … in Herefordshire … |
| 10 | It was perhaps unfortunate that potatoes could be grown on land which would not support other crops because this led to countries with poor rural economies turning more and more towards potatoes as their sole means of sustenance . |
| 11 | In effect , we have pruned out those parts of the tree which could be grown from node 8 . |
| 12 | Before Mr Stewart was charged , there was a tacit agreement that pilots could admit flying problems in private so that others could be warned in time to avoid disaster . |
| 13 | For example , in Smith , Kline and French Laboratories Ltd. v Sterling Winthrop Group Ltd. [ 1976 ] , it was held that coloured capsules for drugs could be registered as trade marks . |
| 14 | When it was finished , in 1984 , it had to be screened , in a private showing , to a number of Members of Parliament before it could be cleared for transmission . |
| 15 | Such a companion volume , though different in flavour from the rest , could provide the necessary framework on which the detailed volumes could be hung in context , and to which the reader could refer to maintain an overall perspective of the series . |
| 16 | Using highly mobile soldiers to avoid battle , Bruce used the physical geography of Scotland to make conditions as difficult as he could for the English who , risking starvation and ambush , had to be very careful not to overstretch themselves and to keep open their lines of communication as best they could through the control of castles , in particular the vital one at Stirling , which dominated the lowest point at which the river Forth could be crossed by bridge . |
| 17 | Britain 's agriculture industry could be plunged into crisis early next century as fewer young people enter farming , says a survey for the Castrol company . |
| 18 | These could form a top tier of targets which could be developed for application to individual businesses . |
| 19 | This could be developed by reference to the following arguments : ( 1 ) History is a social necessity . |
| 20 | ( It is suggested that this could be developed in association with COSLA ) . |
| 21 | Apart from remorseless administrative efforts by the successive Permanent Under-Secretaries of the Ministry of Defence to reduce overheads so that more resources could be freed for re-equipment programmes , two well-trodden paths off the ‘ Military Road to Absurdity ’ have been thoroughly explored : partnership with the US , Canada , Australia and New Zealand ( the ABCA countries ) ; and collaboration with our Western European allies . |
| 22 | In 1918 she wrote on ways of improving housing and housekeeping so that women could be freed for employment . |
| 23 | Princess could be dragged to court as libel witness |
| 24 | In all his writings from hiding he had increasingly found a brave and defiant secular voice : one that recognised a ‘ God-shaped hole ’ in life , but did not doubt that it could be filled by art , literature and imagination . |
| 25 | This includes setting up a select committee to which ministers and civil servants could be summoned for questioning , and phasing out the present system by which legislation on Ulster is passed by unamendable Orders of Council . |
| 26 | It could be observed in darkness as a flickering bluish-grey light ; and there was a force in orgone energy capable of setting a motor in motion . |
| 27 | Meanwhile , Spitfires were arriving at Prestwick and a survey was conducted to determine if the aircraft could be transferred by road to Glasgow . |
| 28 | We are anxious to know where this large quantity could be transferred from ship to shore ? |
| 29 | We are anxious to know where this large quantity could be transferred from ship to shore ? |
| 30 | If all the Co-op Bank 's available unlent deposits could be channelled into consumer lending ( which seems far-fetched ) this would add something under five per cent to the total volume of non-housing bank lending to private individuals — a very welcome increase , but less than revolutionary . |