Example sentences of "this could have been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This could have been explained either as an effect of the greater attention required to drive through unfamiliar junctions , or by the novelty of the stimuli making them more distinctive in memory . |
| 2 | ‘ All this could have been done in commercial machinery shops , but it would have cost a fortune , ’ he says . |
| 3 | In the absence of any concrete evidence of an agreement it is unlikely that this could have been done . |
| 4 | Since their prime purpose was to stable horses , and perhaps to accommodate their grooms ( though this could have been done in hay lofts at first-floor level ) , it is instructive to consider the space needs . |
| 5 | There was no officer gaping for a fee ; this could have been said of no city on the English side of the Tweed . ’ |
| 6 | Whether this could have been said of Halling I know not . |
| 7 | Neither abolition nor emancipation therefore produced a satisfactory capitalist solution of ‘ the agrarian problem ’ , and it is doubtful whether this could have been achieved unless the conditions for the development of a capitalist agriculture were already present , as in the areas on the margins of the slave/serf economy such as Texas or ( in Europe ) Bohemia and parts of Hungary . |
| 8 | Although I 'm sure this could have been achieved with permanently named shirts and removable ( Velcro ? ) numbers . |
| 9 | It was far from clear to the pope how this could have been transmitted to the whole human race unless there had been an historical Adam and Eve , that is , a single set of parents . |
| 10 | In principle the integration of primary and secondary care should also be enhanced ( although this could have been speeded up if the government had integrated FHSAs with DHAs from the beginning ) . |
| 11 | This could have been accomplished through a special edition of The Register or accompanying literature sent out with the ballot papers . |
| 12 | However , improvements such as this could have been introduced without going wholesale into a market economy for health with its inevitable two-tier system for general practice . |
| 13 | This could have been provided under the Public Bodies ( Admission to Meetings ) Act 1960 ( as amended ) under which local authority meetings are open to the public with limited exceptions . |
| 14 | A State Department official said : ‘ This could have been happening in other places , too . ’ |
| 15 | A situation like this could have been resolved by either the workers in the marketed sector accepting lower wages , or the employers accepting lower profits or a combination of the two . |
| 16 | It is difficult to see how this could have been avoided . |
| 17 | If you had done your job properly , been a decent husband , then all this could have been avoided . ’ |
| 18 | This could have been avoided by stratified randomisation of the patients . |