Example sentences of "could [be] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To understand how this could be involves some understanding of the representation problem , and to decide that any given pattern of behaviour has this character of being , as one might put it , ‘ biologically discouraged ’ requires one to be able to read the historical record . |
| 2 | Carbon dioxide could be rendered harmless as a greenhouse gas by pumping it into the sea , according to consultant physicist Raymond Harrowell . |
| 3 | The judge at first instance invoked the wardship powers of the court to protect the girl : he weighed her interests against that of the publishers , and concluded that the balance came down in favour of restraining publication , since the book could be rendered harmless by excising a few paragraphs . |
| 4 | If this is so , then these facilities are urgently needed , because it is intended to produce the revised OED in serial form , which means that forward cross-references could be rendered incorrect by revisions undertaken after the fascicles in which the cross-references appear had been published . |
| 5 | The Government 's most favourable estimate for renewable power is that it could be providing 10 per cent by 2025 . |
| 6 | I think potentially Professor Lock you could be inventing some work for barristers given that Policy I eleven says provision will not be made . |
| 7 | He could not identify the Fairy Topic , either , and this gave him a not uncommon sensation of his own huge ignorance , a grey mist , in which floated or could be discerned odd glimpses of solid objects , odd bits of glitter of domes or shadows of roofs in the gloom . |
| 8 | me , aye , it could be developed that 's what you 're saying ? |
| 9 | Allowing for the time he 's already spent in cutody , that means Rachael could be freed this autumn . |
| 10 | When Charles I went north at the beginning of the rebellion that was to cost him his head , his Lord General sent to Robert Barker , the King 's Printer , to bring a press to Newcastle-upon-Tyne , from which could be disseminated royalist proclamations and pamphlets . |
| 11 | But BBC officials are waking up to the fact that , while they have been allocated both of Britain 's channels for high-power satellite broadcasts , the kind that could be received direct into people 's homes , they have no monopoly on low-power transmissions from satellites , the kind that could be picked up by central receiving stations — and transmitted via cable to homes . |
| 12 | In 1991 , the brothers are believed to have inherited an estimated £500,000 when a Jersey court ruled that after three years the missing couple could be presumed dead . |
| 13 | Before such an objective could be achieved much work was required . |
| 14 | WW has had a difficult time , suffering heavy losses on its glass side , but profits could be achieved this year . |
| 15 | It could be argued that failure to attend for , for example , part of one school day during any particular week , would not be truancy under the law . |
| 16 | Neither of the men involved in the incident could be contacted last night . |
| 17 | Neither Mr Nellis , nor Mr Morton 's partner could be contacted last night . |
| 18 | None of the Durlia club officials could be contacted last night . |
| 19 | INDIA could be exporting 10 per cent of the world 's computer software , worth $1000 million each year , by 1986 . |
| 20 | Instead of carrying the miserable burden of mass unemployment , we could be investing in new technology and in new skills , training and retraining our talented people to face a fiercely competitive world : instead of our education system declining and our health service fracturing , we could be building high-quality public services which extend security and opportunity to every family in the land ; instead of a society diminished by the violence and dishonesty of crime , we could be building strong communities which provided opportunity as well as protection for every citizen . |
| 21 | Instead of carrying the miserable burden of mass unemployment , we could be investing in new technology and in new skills , training and retraining our talented people to face a fiercely competitive world : instead of our education system declining and our health service fracturing , we could be building high-quality public services which extend security and opportunity to every family in the land ; instead of a society diminished by the violence and dishonesty of crime , we could be building strong communities which provided opportunity as well as protection for every citizen . |
| 22 | Similarly the range of tasks for which the device is required may not be known in the kind of detail which is available from comprehensive task descriptions but the designer will consider the extremes of what it is likely to be used for and the environment in which it will be used , for example designing a machine-tool for use in a factory has different requirements from designing a powered garden tool where the user could be wearing heavy gloves , will not be wearing safety-boots and will not receive any formal training . |
| 23 | These included soya products , dried haricot beans , baked beans , dried eggs which were very popular and tinned pressed meats of vague origins branded Spam , Prem and Tang somebody 's grinning there , do you remember those which could be eaten cold or cooked in various ways . |
| 24 | More information is required before gastric lavage can be abandoned completely in favour of giving activated charcoal , but a reasonable alternative to lavage could be to give 50–100 g of activated charcoal to adults who have taken a substantial overdose of a toxic substance no more than two hours previously . |
| 25 | But Mr Clarke 's belief that travellers prey on people in country areas suggests they could be facing harsh government sanctions |
| 26 | But he could be facing further punishment from the Irish Football Association after making comments about the referee following the game . |
| 27 | THERE are fears that Newcastle 's summer buy Paul Bracewell could be facing another battle to save his career . |
| 28 | The little accessories and pieces of clothing can be adapted as you wish , and perhaps could be made relevant to the birthday boy or girl and guests . |
| 29 | This system is highly wasteful and could be made 80 per cent efficient if combined heat and power ( CHP ) technologies were installed . |
| 30 | tried to inaugurate a new concept of citizenship which would link men of different social classes , The concept was based upon the notion that there was a good common to members of all classes , a goal the existence of which could be established from German Idealist metaphysics and which could be made visible in actual measures of educational reform and social welfare . |