Example sentences of "could it [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was too sweet , Léonie thought : how could it be called dying , most intensively living more like . |
| 2 | It was flanked by two towers and its entrance was reached only by a narrow stairway , but by no stretch of the imagination could it be called a fortress . |
| 3 | And Rover is right : by no stretch of the imagination could it be called a replacement for the dogged Montego because it competes in a different class . |
| 4 | How effective do you consider this means of presentation and how widely could it be applied to other discourse types ? |
| 5 | I wonder if you are familiar with this type of thing and could it be applied to computer video outputs . |
| 6 | Could it be made longitudinal ? |
| 7 | Could it be relied on to work well in the United Kingdom ? |
| 8 | Nor could it be argued that private property ensured an efficient allocation of resources since the market no longer resembled the model of perfect competition . |
| 9 | Oppressed me — how could it be moved ? |
| 10 | Nor could it be said that the British welfare system identified , or even defined , let alone assisted , the genuinely needy groups as effectively as did some systems prevailing elsewhere . |
| 11 | Not for the first time could it be said that ‘ God blew with his wind ’ and kept England and Cornwall safe from foreign invasion . |
| 12 | In none of these cases could it be said that if a person entered the premises and caused a computer to exercise a function so as to reveal information , there had been access via one computer to another . |
| 13 | Not until James VI of Scotland became James I of England at a ceremony in Westminster Abbey could it be said that a truly Scottish monarch had once more been ritually crowned upon the Stone of Destiny . |
| 14 | Could it be said that it benefits the land ( i.e. it seeks to keep the residential character of the area ) ? |
| 15 | In none of those cases could it be said that , if one entered the premises and caused a computer to exercise a function so as to reveal information , there had been access via one computer into another . |
| 16 | Detinue lay where a man was in possession of another 's goods and refused to give them up but could it be said that such a mere refusal was a positive act ? |
| 17 | Could it be referred to the grant first ? |
| 18 | And so how could it be poisoned ? ’ |
| 19 | What problems do they present for the Sinclair and Coulthard coding system and how could it be adjusted to cope with them ? |
| 20 | If it needed to be done , could it be done in the private or public sector ? |
| 21 | And if it had to be done in the public sector then could it be done by a separate hived-off body or by a department ? |
| 22 | And , even if it had to be done by a department , could it be done with fewer people in a different and more managerially efficient way ? |
| 23 | The novels that have moved me most ( Tillie Olsen 's Yonnondio , F. M. Mayor 's The Rector 's Daughter , Alice Walker 's The Colour Purple ) leave me with the impression that a miracle has happened — a ‘ How could it be done ? |
| 24 | Could it be done ? |
| 25 | That test is vague , but could it be improved upon in this context ? |
| 26 | Only if the British courts were to adopt a doctrine of incorporation of treaties comparable to that sometimes asserted for customary international law533 could it be used by individuals to provide legal restraints on future legislative or treaty action . |
| 27 | And there 's always the danger of it could it be changed , and then you 've got the whole curriculum area to look after . |
| 28 | Is the requirement a reasonable one or , given the calibre of students going into chartered accountancy , could it be reduced ? |
| 29 | If the building is no longer needed for its original purpose , could it be put to a new use ? |
| 30 | Could it be supposed that it would be more impossible for God to raise up a body at Resurrection , if needs be , out of elementary particles , which had been liberated by burning , than it would be to raise up a body from dust ? ’ |