Example sentences of "could [be] [verb] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes the purpose is simply intimidatory , as with the racist march , rather than an attempt to coerce persons into taking or not pursuing any particular course of action , and it is difficult to see that conditions could be imposed on a ‘ racist ’ march on this ground alone . |
| 2 | But it does have the advantage of operating on a level where guilt or innocence might be easier to establish and where punishment could be imposed on a state basis . |
| 3 | Lord Sutherland told Maddison that life imprisonment was the only sentence that could be imposed on a murder charge . |
| 4 | Despite the storm clouds gathering over Europe in Nazi Germany and fascist Italy , Nizan remained confident that the international political situation could be regulated on a peaceful basis by marshalling Republican , democratic forces in a united front determined to halt the fascist advance . |
| 5 | To study how bilateral trade could be placed on a new footing , a task force , headed by the Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade , Ricardo Cabrisas , and the Soviet Minister for External Economic Relations , Konstantin Katushev , was created . |
| 6 | On the one hand , if the landlord has redevelopment plans or if a higher rent could be achieved on a reletting of a greater part of the building , it will be in the landlord 's interest to ensure that all tenancies are expressed to expire on the same date . |
| 7 | It was because the economy was as yet exhibiting a modest rate of overall growth ( by modern standards ) that investment could be undertaken on a private and regional basis with the state 's role confined to that of legal enablement . |
| 8 | This could be justified on a number of grounds . |
| 9 | The usefulness of having voice-parts in score , so that they could be played on a keyboard instrument ( as distinct from the highly embellished transcriptions ) or used ‘ for the study of counterpoint ’ , had been recognized at least as early as 1577 , when Gardano published two such volumes , one of Rore 's four-part madrigals , the other of miscellaneous pieces . |
| 10 | Trevor Isles who 's Deputy Clerk to the Justices in north Oxfordshire is also confident the unit fine system will be fairer , he says ‘ if successful , it could be adopted on a national scale ’ . |
| 11 | They are often most convenient at right angles in plan , but could be devised on a semi-radial principle . |
| 12 | With the city in such a ferment , they could be stopped on a whim by police or soldiers . |
| 13 | Talks between Yeltsin , Shevardnadze and Abkhazian leader Vladislav Ardzinba set for Oct. 13 were postponed indefinitely when no agreement could be reached on a draft document to be signed by the two sides . |
| 14 | Everything was much harder work because there was no light , no hot water ( except what could be heated on a stove ) , no washing facilities and nowhere that was warm . |
| 15 | Children will also begin to classify ( … two of the irons are similar because they both could be heated on a fire … ) , and they can be encouraged to make and test hypotheses ( for example , how did they heat the flat iron ? |
| 16 | I often hear and read stories of anglers spending weeks on end in search of Fenland zander with very little to show for it and yet with a little thought they could be catching on a regular basis . |
| 17 | Legislation allowed for the establishment of political parties , but prohibited from political activity members of the armed forces and state security services , judges and magistrates , religious figures and foreigners , and stated that no party could be formed on a tribal , regional or provincial basis . |
| 18 | Since the individual risks are multiplied together ( so that someone with a double risk on each factor has an overall eight-fold increased risk ) the trial could be done on a much smaller number of volunteers . |
| 19 | The fonts are claimed to exactly match the standard Adobe ones which means that proofing could be done on a low-cost PCL printer with typeset output produced on a Linotronic . |
| 20 | Mr Burrow said society was becoming more demanding in its expectation of the police , and the entire attitude of individuals could be based on a single experience of meeting an officer . |
| 21 | An exercise in describing places could be based on a video sequence which showed a particular town . |
| 22 | The regime established by the neutralisation of an entire region could be based on a framework of obligations undertaken by the Great Powers to desist or refrain from particular forms of military involvement in that region , in particular the maintenance of military bases , facilities and alliance systems . |
| 23 | There are several reasons for this ‘ regression towards the mean ’ ; it could be based on a genetic process , or it could be because a father ( mother ) who is above the mean in ability marries on average someone who is less able than he ( she ) , and so the child , reflecting the ability of both parents , is less able than the father ( mother ) . |
| 24 | Such a help system could be based on a pre-stored video segment selected under a system control sensitive to your problem or the nature of the help you request . |
| 25 | Section 20 penalizes possession of a firearm when trespassing : again , there might be a defence to a section 16 charge if D was merely intending to shoot animals or fowl , but the gun could be turned on a human being and therefore represents a source of danger . |
| 26 | In some cases fleece could be stored on a gallery for a group of spinners , for it is preferable to keep fleeces in a cool atmosphere as they deteriorate in hot and dry conditions . |
| 27 | ft , or the same floor space could be obtained on a smaller part of the site by building higher , and so releasing land for car parking and other uses . |
| 28 | Erm and I think the tenants ' group came to us and , and asked us if we would set up an advice session for tenants moving out , which could be situated in the flats , and could be run on a regular basis . |
| 29 | In the past , anything neatly encapsulated was said to be ‘ like The Iliad in a nutshell ’ — a reference to the ancient Greek epic which Roman historian Pliny maintained could be written on a piece of paper small enough to fit in a walnut . |
| 30 | The notion that clients could be rated on a dimension of how worried they were about their symptoms of stress ( physical , cognitive , behavioural ) as opposed to how worried they were about factors which caused those symptoms ( Stress 's , Life Events , etc. ) is an interesting and as yet unexplored area . |