Example sentences of "could be [vb pp] on [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hoarding at the entrance to the sliproad leading off the A643 five miles out of Mainz warned of the penalties which could be imposed on any unauthorized personnel attempting to gain illegal entry into the Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Plant a mile further down the road . |
| 2 | Taxes on alcohol and tobacco could be justified on these grounds . |
| 3 | Copies were sold to the public as souvenirs of the exhibition , and could be played on many contemporary record-players ( 51 ) . |
| 4 | The existence of the standard meant that any Red Book disc could be played on any Red Book player , anywhere in the world . |
| 5 | The Ambassador replied that he realized that no statement could be made on this subject and he himself had avoided making any such statement which he felt might prove embarrassing . |
| 6 | This met with opposition from representatives from civil-law jurisdictions on the ground that it was incompatible with the possession vaut titre principle and had implications going beyond the field of leasing , and the Study Group eventually concluded that no progress could be made on this issue and limited the statement of priority to conflicts between the lessor and the lessee 's general creditors , subject to perfection of the lessor 's title in accordance with any public notice requirements of the applicable law . |
| 7 | The first example of equipment redeployment came in 1982 when the then director ( Cyril Bleasdale ) , faced with a serious downturn on Great Western sub-sector services out of Paddington , decided to move ten HSTs to the Midland main line so that a badly needed improvement could be implemented on this potentially profitable and much neglected route . |
| 8 | In the early seventies , the Swedes , worried by the startling increase in the number of cases of gonorrhoea , launched a health education campaign featuring a ‘ flying condom ’ which could be seen on all the best hoardings , exhorting the general public to use a protective in all acts of sexual intercourse . |
| 9 | Languages from all over Europe as well as the Orient could be heard on all stations west , where the platforms often overflowed with migrants . |
| 10 | Her mast caught with a crack which could be heard on both sides of the river on the high overhang of the foremost lighter . |
| 11 | It is a question of management policy what terms are quoted and could be based on any of the following systems : |
| 12 | Many other examples could be given on such issues as the placements of children in care , behaviour problems and the family links experienced by children . |
| 13 | Nothing in her life had led her to suppose that men could be relied on any more than anyone else . |
| 14 | The decision could be supported on this basis . |
| 15 | The massive lack of popular support for the government 's plans for the NHS and the overwhelming popularity of a public health system ( despite its many problems ) over a privatised health system , mean that the government could be defeated on this issue . |
| 16 | a whole book could be written on any one of the scientific dating techniques , so selectivity must be exercised when covering the subject in a single chapter . |
| 17 | These are merely suggestions , only a fraction of the positive qualities which could be listed on this work sheet . |
| 18 | The exhibition could be read on many levels , but the immediate impression I had was of its strong Americanism . |
| 19 | I was not prepared to agree that Britain could be outvoted on any substantive issue of foreign policy . |
| 20 | As the spend over the three years will be more than that — last year 's spend was £17 million and I expect this year 's to be £25 million , making a total of £42 million — I suppose that I could give my hon. Friend the assurance that he seeks , but even if our figures were so way out that I could be caught on that commitment , when I consider the matter next May — assuming that the burden still falls to me to do so — I would have to make the same calculation as I made this year . |
| 21 | A hail of arrows and other missiles could be launched on those who were trapped between the walls , and they would be decimated . |
| 22 | The ‘ magazine ’ was a collection of photocopies of drawings and slogans that could be found on any underpass on the estate . |
| 23 | Duguit believed that the rights and duties of rulers and ruled could be founded on this fundamental fact . |
| 24 | Now there is no definition of what 's small erm erm is erm in er P P G er thirteen and perhaps Mr Curtis could help us in due course erm on an assumption that the new settlement was somewhat larger that th what the County Council is proposing , whether that would erm change the view of York City Council , I I think there is another factor again I could be corrected on this by Mr Curtis and this tended to come out in the greenbelt local plan enquiry , er and that York City Council seem progressively to place more importance on peripheral development than on the new settlement strategy |
| 25 | Rummenigge said on German television on Wednesday night that he considered Ferguson to be a better player than Ally McCoist but wondered if so much money could be spent on such a relatively inexperienced player . |
| 26 | What on earth 's to stop , to have a transfer ticket , which could be used on any bus at all . |