Example sentences of "could [be] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kenneth Clarke , when Home Secretary , announced the establishment of secure training centres where young people aged up to fifteen years could be sentenced for a period of up to two years . |
| 2 | Routes could be planned for a variety of jumps etc . |
| 3 | A case could be made for a deep psychic need in people the world over for the manifestations of monsters in varying horrific forms . |
| 4 | They did ask the King to call a free Parliament , in which provision could be made for a " due liberty of conscience " for all Protestants , although they linked this with the demand that the Church of England should " be secured according to the Act of Uniformity " , suggesting that " due liberty of conscience " was to be very limited indeed . |
| 5 | If two 30W tubes proved to be too bright over a 3′ tank , one or both could be swapped for a 25W . |
| 6 | The force 's mandate was for six month , and could be extended for a further year at most . |
| 7 | The first cultivators in Africa , as in all parts of the world , would farm a field for a few years and then , when its fertility began to drop , move on to an adjacent , or occasionally distant , area where high yields could be maintained for a similar period . |
| 8 | They consulted a doctor who told them that there was very little that could be done for a rheumatic attack . |
| 9 | As the science of the nineteenth century advanced in analytical skills , it became increasingly possible to tie down results to specific plants and the chemicals therein , until a pure chemical could be prescribed for a particular symptom . |
| 10 | ‘ But the same could be said for a number of less actively traded companies on the full list . |
| 11 | Poppy seeds sprinkled on bread as a flavouring have a disconcerting tendency to react chemically in the same way as the extract of the opium poppy , so that a worker could be mistaken for a heroin user because of what he ate for breakfast . |
| 12 | Toyota has so much cash that it could be mistaken for a mini-bank , not a carmaker . |
| 13 | This makes it difficult to see how the judgement could be mistaken for a sensation . |
| 14 | The hostel could be tolerated for a month or so and during the interlude I would concentrate all my efforts on finding somewhere more permanent to live . |
| 15 | Does my hon. Friend agree that when such councils involve constitutional amendments to the treaty as well as , as always , substantial business for the Heads of Government to transact , some new formula should be produced whereby meetings could be scheduled for a longer period ? |
| 16 | He/She could be looking for a Double Indemnity climax . |
| 17 | The interest rates are calculated in the way required by the Consumer Credit Act and do not take into account any tax relief that could be gained for a home improvements loan . |
| 18 | Those were the days when a farm worker earned about thirty shillings a week , and three pounds was quite a good wage , so it is not surprising that a Saturday afternoon at the cinema cost tuppence , and four different sweets could be bought for a penny . |
| 19 | Choosing a penn'orth of sweets could be a long job : a gob-stopper , a liquorice wheel , liquorice rope , a chew , each could be bought for a farthing , and many boiled sweets and toffees were only tuppence a quarter . |
| 20 | Quite a number of things could be bought for a halfpenny — Barretts Sherbet Fountains with liquorice straws , Sherbet Dabs with their lump of toffee on a stick , Liquorice Ropes , Humbugs , Spearmint Lumps , Aniseed Balls were 20 for a penny . |
| 21 | Thus the number of 17p stamps which could be bought for a pound could be obtained by converting the pound to 100p and dividing by 17 . |
| 22 | The other day , when a new silver dinner service was commissioned for 10 Downing Street , I asked how much silver could be bought for a million pounds , which seemed a suitably round number . |
| 23 | The same could be claimed for a new memorial at Smoogro , Orkney , in honour of Squadron Commander Edwin Dunning , DSC . |
| 24 | She could hardly bear to think the thought , but it did seem to her that anyone who had lived for so many years with her mother could be excused for a certain lack of joie de vivre . |
| 25 | It was at a jewellers ’ in Milan and could be retrieved for a certain sum . |
| 26 | In WORDWISE + , the command ( f1 ) PN12(f2) could be input for a file which the user wished to start at PAGE 12 . |
| 27 | If you defame the clinic or the doctor you could be sued for a fortune ! ’ |
| 28 | TEAM up with Richard Gere and Kim Basinger and you could be heading for a super holiday in San Francisco . |
| 29 | " You know , I think that you could be heading for a very serious depression . " |
| 30 | If you 're a Libran who just has to say what 's on your mind come hell or high water you could be heading for a stormy time . |