Example sentences of "could [be] [vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were all on runners and could be manoeuvred the length of the room . |
| 2 | The higher the proportion of this population which could be contacted the better . |
| 3 | If a three-year course could be justified the supporting subjects would probably be covered in the first year but care would have to be taken not to put too great an emphasis on the technology . |
| 4 | ‘ But before the payment could be made the owner of The Mail on Sunday , Lord Rothermere , issued a directive that no money should be paid to criminals or their families . |
| 5 | Most of these poets whose labour was fairly specialized were conscious of an occupational identity which could be made the subject of verse . |
| 6 | In the latter case , they could be made the subject of a Mental Health Order , but there is little precedent for so doing . |
| 7 | assimilation of the green form scheme with legal aid when the levels of eligibility and contribution could be made the same , with eligibility limits raised ; |
| 8 | This contained a variety of animals — fowl and sixty-three unspecified small birds — but before it could be served the platform supporting it gave way and the pie slipped to the ground . |
| 9 | These observations on human language learning , coupled with evolutionary speculations make one realise just what a formidable accomplishment it would be if apes could be taught the use of a communication system remotely approximating a natural language in creativity , recursiveness , and the extreme conventionality revealed in such matters as reference to spatio-temporally remote items or counterfactual conditionalising or universal generalisation about an unsurveyed domain . |
| 10 | It was a curious evening , a backward look to pieces in which could be seen the seeds of the choreographic gift that was to develop , sometimes into epic stagings , in the years ahead . |
| 11 | Through the glass and the vines overhead could be seen the blue sky and the white clouds , so that it was like being both indoors and out at the same time . |
| 12 | Near the top of the hill stood the large white building which was the San Martino Museum and above it , and in contrast to the museum 's firm elegant lines , could be seen the solid brown ramparts of St Elmo 's Castle . |
| 13 | In the cave could be seen the vague outlines of a rocking horse and the sharper scarlet of its flaring nostrils , and stiff-limbed puppets , dressed in rich , sombre colours , dangling from their strings ; but the brown varnish of the horse and the plums and purples of the puppets made such a murk together that very little could be seen . |
| 14 | The reply was that he could be seen the following Wednesday for a fee of £45 . |
| 15 | Directly above this the courtyard roof had a large pentagonal opening through which could be seen the stars , hanging above them in the heavens . |
| 16 | From outside the newspaper 's offices could be heard the murmur of distant artillery as the Israelis and Phalangists fired into the city . |
| 17 | Sure enough , in the distance could be heard the sound of the car returning . |
| 18 | When Swift returned to Worcester a few days later , he was greeted with the ringing of bells , illuminations and bonfires , at many of which could be heard the tune of " The King shall have his own again " . |
| 19 | It could be said the key to his personality and the contribution which he has made to the diocese of Middlesbrough as Bishop is unfolded in an eloquent way by the new Cathedral which he caused to be built . |
| 20 | Thus magistrates deal with what could be called the ‘ true ’ criminal matters such as murder , burglary , assault etc , and also the various road traffic offences such as speeding , driving without due care and attention , reckless driving etc . |
| 21 | The first could be called the modal use , because it has the same kind of force as the modal use , ‘ probably ’ , and the second the psychological use because it makes a statement about one 's own psychological state of belief . |
| 22 | Over half the answers to the ‘ best ’ aspects question refer to what could be called the work dimension of the role , as do almost all the answers to the ‘ worst ’ aspects question — even though these questions do not specify housework , but permit answers relating to marriage , motherhood and home life generally . |
| 23 | We adopt , therefore , an approach which might appropriately be termed the unorthodox view as opposed to what could be called the traditional view . |
| 24 | If , then , this column is going to be devoted to what could be called the ecology ( or Eco-logy ) of popular culture , it 's obliged to recognize that none of the emblematic artifices and artefacts of that culture , be they movies , commercials , headlines , photographs , typefaces , fashions or fads , can any longer be trusted to be ‘ innocent ’ ; that even if the crisp elegance of the typeface in which this article is embedded emits a ‘ meaning ’ as much as does the text itself , that meaning is also just as conscious and deliberate . |
| 25 | Of the considerations governing the selection of constituency candidates by one of the major Irish parties the most cogent could be called the " seniority factor " . |
| 26 | A second consideration affecting a constituency party 's choice of candidates could be called the " locality factor " . |
| 27 | This kind of activity could be called the micro-politics of race , though in practice , as where we align ourselves with the struggles of our brothers and sisters in South Africa , it is more likely to prove the micro-politics of race 's overcoming . |
| 28 | It could be called the efficiency function of the new system . |
| 29 | THERE IS a pernicious Hollywood humour that could be called the ‘ cute ’ school , a breeding ground for movies filled with jokes that scream ‘ Gosh , well that is funny ’ , that fall over themselves to please . |
| 30 | Returning to the car , or as it could be called the reps ' mobile office , there followed an impressive schedule of administration . |