Example sentences of "could [be] [verb] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We might say : no checkerboard statute could be enacted unless a majority of the legislators voted for provisions they thought unjust . |
| 2 | Indeed it could be argued that a dynastic conflict involving the interests of the Houses of Orléans , Bourbon , Bonaparte and Hohenzollern was the means chosen to bring down the Empire , even if it was not really the cause . |
| 3 | Indeed it could be argued that a family crisis ( for example the suicide of a father ) is bound to have a long term effect upon the child . |
| 4 | Applying this principle to insider dealing , it could be argued that a company has the right to bring an action against an insider for any profit made by reason of the fact that he has ( i ) abused his fiduciary position by using unpublished price sensitive information which he acquired by virtue of his position as an insider ; or ( ii ) misappropriated corporate property ( it is essential under this head that unpublished price sensitive information be seen as property ; whether it is , is not entirely clear ) . |
| 5 | Similarly , it could be argued that a non-party to the Vienna Convention could not rely upon that Convention 's procedural requirements for the manifestation of consent . |
| 6 | In the first place it could be argued that a democratic government would not impose unreasonably on minorities ; this exposed the party to Liberal charges that they were indifferent to the Irish Nationalists , but it also exposed the weakness of the government 's position , as Law explained to the Commons in January 1913 : |
| 7 | For example , it could be argued that a boom and slump lasting in total from about 1790 to 1840 was initiated by the Industrial Revolution 's typical innovations ( cotton spinning and weaving ; new methods of iron production ; steam power ) ; that from the mid-1840s a new boom was generated by the development of railways which initiated a fifty-year cycle ; that from the 1890s a new boom and long cycle stemmed from electrification . |
| 8 | Thus it could be argued that a doctor is functionally more important than a nurse since his or her position carries with it many of the skills necessary to perform a nurse 's role but not vice versa . |
| 9 | It could be argued that a poorly performing ICU is unlikely to occur in isolation . |
| 10 | On the right , the advance was once more quickly halted before worthwhile gains could be made or a significant number of Germans captured . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd not wish to argue , Elizabeth Roisin , and we ourselves know that the Macleans sit on the left hand of God Himself , but Abbot Kenneth could be objecting that a claim to actually be the Lord sounds a touch excessive . ’ |
| 12 | It has been argued that continuous agriculture could be maintained if a closed nutrient cycle could be achieved , the canopy not perforated so that leaching would be prevented and the forest floor would not deteriorate , and if nutrients were added to equal those exported as crops and the diversity of species maintained . |
| 13 | Henceforward lie could be assured that a King 's Party would get nowhere in Parliament . |
| 14 | If a cleric engaged in crime , it could be disputed whether a lay or an ecclesiastical court should try him ; if there was a dispute about marriage , which carried with it the inheritance of land and other corollaries , lay and Church courts would both be concerned in it . |
| 15 | Many enduring results could be noted and a number of unforeseen benefits were derived . |
| 16 | Beyond the porch steps nothing could be seen but a cream-coloured , whirling fog of dust . |
| 17 | In the background , autumnal trees could be seen and a church on the summit of a low hill . |
| 18 | As this suggests , the appeal of such a tune could be seen as a ‘ leftover ’ , an ‘ echo ’ of a bygone era of craftsmanship ; and Adorno recognizes the possibility of this — indeed , he acknowledges that it is precisely in popular music that the category of the ‘ idea ’ ( a relatively independent , memorable element within a totality , a phenomenon more or less abandoned by ‘ serious ’ music ) lives on , and with it a sense of creative spontaneity ( Adorno 1976 : 34–7 ) . |
| 19 | Finsbury Park or the Euston Road , but more serious damage could be done if a fatty was seen wearing a bad pair of trainers by the opposing teams ' fashion spotters . |
| 20 | The post-war coalition thus had two distinct justifications , a positive sense of what could be done and a negative dread of the alternative . |
| 21 | The faint clinking of glasses could be heard and a snatch of music from the bar 's radio set . |
| 22 | It could be said that a major function of handmade ceramic ware , individually thrown mugs and bowls , is to aid the transition into the automated computer age . |
| 23 | Note that it would be inadvisable to assemble the code directly into the location at which the unit is plugged since data could be lost if a mistake is made when relocating the SRAM . |
| 24 | Members fear more jobs could be lost if a budget decision to cut the jobs and save money is ratified at a special full council meeting tomorrow night . |
| 25 | Joining not only the same train as him but the same carriage twice could be dismissed as a coincidence . |
| 26 | But its lethal potential could be eradicated if a new formulation incorporating methionine , a harmless compound used in treating overdose victims , is granted approval by the Committee on safety of Medicines ( methionine is an amino acid ) . |
| 27 | They rode a wave for a while , thinking they saw a pool of talent that could be exploited and a cultural scene rich in potential stories which , together with the relative cheapness of British film production , would be enough to guarantee success . |
| 28 | As in Britain and Europe , milk churns became a characteristic of stations everywhere that cows could be kept and a town market found . |
| 29 | European scientists have warned that an ozone hole could be created if a future winter was longer and colder — especially as levels of ozone-destroying chlorine in the atmosphere are expected to rise into the next century . |
| 30 | Further , it could be claimed that a phonological analysis is a type of scientific theory , and a scientific theory should be stated as economically as possible . |