Example sentences of "could [verb] been make " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I mean it could 've been made a bit bigger than that could n't it , for the seat |
| 2 | No clearer way of indicating the path to be trod could have been made . |
| 3 | The dots could have been made in other ways , and hardly noticeable anyway . |
| 4 | As judicial proceedings are thought to have been held at prominent landmarks , legal decisions could have been held at prominent landmarks , legal decisions could have been made in the vicinity of Loyal centuries ago . |
| 5 | Such comments about the DTI 's effectiveness as a corporate policeman could have been made almost at any time over the last 30 years and in a multitude of cases . |
| 6 | It could have been made by the indigenous people immediately after the conquest , or alternatively features such as the teeth could have been cut much later on the head . |
| 7 | A similar criticism could have been made against many of Jesus 's parables and sermons and some of his listeners were certainly not of the highest social class . |
| 8 | They could have been made by the same craftsman . |
| 9 | Looking back , one can only wonder why no-one suggested easier ways of working , great economies could have been made if a time and motion expert had been employed . |
| 10 | An official announcement could have been made as follows : ‘ Imminent invasion by superior forces is expected in the near future . |
| 11 | Those who contemplated a new war thought about it in much the same way as a later generation thought about nuclear war : most of Peter Watkin 's film The War Game could have been made in the 1930s . |
| 12 | The basic set-up consists of rather basic apparatus out of a school laboratory — battery , heavy water , metal electrodes and meters for heat or neutrons — which is so widely available that the discovery could have been made anywhere at any time in the preceding half century ; but somehow it has been overlooked by two generations of scientists until suddenly in 1989 not one but two groups in the same location simultaneously announce their breakthroughs . |
| 13 | The only criticism is that it could have been made available earlier to complement the often impractical tomes which emerged from other quarters . |
| 14 | This was well symbolized by the enthronement of the gospel book at the Council , though more could have been made of it ( de Maio , 1963 , p. 21 ; Bianchi , 1987 , p. 117 ) . |
| 15 | I revised a relatively brief article in line with the referees ' comments only to receive a new set of comments which raised points that could have been made at the first submission . |
| 16 | It would have come , if it was to come at all , only if a well co-ordinated , centrally directed campaign of strikes , carried out by an immensely disciplined and united workforce , and backed by enough money to support the strikers for as long as necessary , could have been made to prevail against the resolute and more readily co-ordinated opposition of masters who stood to lose everything if the strikers won . |
| 17 | They 're the ones that could have been made up from a kit , I always think , each part clearly demarcated ( bill , box-like head , neck ) — a rather angular goose . |
| 18 | ‘ If I 'm right , and that spider-thing was all force fields and fancy holograms , it could have been made to jump off the line and get me . ’ |
| 19 | The implicit monarchical themes may also have their own republican counterparts , which could have been made explicit in further contexts . |
| 20 | I would have preferred black pipework to white , for its unobtrusiveness but , more to the point , the hopper itself could have been made of a darker and heavier-gauge material . |
| 21 | He could tell nothing from their faces ; they could have been made of stone . |
| 22 | I was out of my element , and the air itself could have been made of gold for all the use it was to me . |
| 23 | How it could have been made to pay is a mystery . |
| 24 | It was a monumental folly , which could have been made for horror films . |
| 25 | You said yourself , that hole could have been made at any time . |
| 26 | The people that are in the audience laugh when they see animals that could have been made to do things — just for money . |
| 27 | However , the manual system lacked a direct link with a title listing , i.e. , the end result of the consultation was a classification number and not specific titles from which further refinement could have been made . |
| 28 | I buy a cup of tea so thin it could have been made by Rachel 's landlady , and I stare out through a steamed-up café window across the cold empty promenade . |
| 29 | For all we know she could have been made away with . ’ |
| 30 | The seller was liable even though by a simple process of warming , the bulk could have been made soft . |