Example sentences of "could [be] put [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Government with British Coal decided that they would get an independent consultant 's report to study how the mine could be put up for licence — whether under the consortium or under private ownership . |
| 2 | Either way , a whole house-shell could be put up in a few hours by a few successive foam-formings of the main walls and pillars . |
| 3 | Extra guests could be put up in the boat itself , which had a permanent skipper and crew , enabling Bernard and Laura to escape at short notice to idyllic , inaccessible Mediterranean islands , Laura still could not swim and often groaned with seasickness . |
| 4 | ‘ Next year 's Eurovision could be put on at the King 's Hall . |
| 5 | In London , he had a variety of jobs , including banking and journalism , being a founding member of New Society magazine , later incorporated into the New Statesman , which ironically could be put out of business by Major , who is suing it . |
| 6 | Eventually , to the amazement of Murphy and the stable lad , she informed them that the livestock were all in their care until further notice and that the carriage horses could be put out to grass . |
| 7 | In the beginning , all carp were streamlined , torpedo-shaped fish , and any variation in girth relative to length ( apart from the difference between mature males and females ) could be put down to the quality of the food supply . |
| 8 | How true the tale of this lemming population might be is beyond verification ; certainly a great deal of the monastic retelling of it could be put down to the strong regional bias of Northumbrian biographers against the strange races of the deep south . |
| 9 | In the first flush of enthusiasm following these unprecedented claims there was a very strong tendency to identical dreaming exclusively with REM sleep , presuming that any lack of identification of dreaming with eye movements could be put down to experimental error . |
| 10 | She wondered how long ago it had begun and how many of her difficulties could be put down to whatever was the matter with her . |
| 11 | And even those could be put down to excessive grief at the loss of his wife . |
| 12 | It 's success could be put down to the hard sell . |
| 13 | More worryingly , many consumers said they did not like the taste , but much of that could be put down to the fact that many housewives had a narrow cooking repertoire with an average of only two turkey variations . |
| 14 | Erm if Z X equals Z Y is when that 's the maximum , then Z X times Z Y is either could be put down as Z X times Z X or Z Y times Z Y cos they 're both the same . |
| 15 | Or they could be put down by other people . |
| 16 | The mill could be put back into full working order with a minimum of effort , should the need ever arise . |
| 17 | Beyond these factors were the numerical weakness and cultural backwardness of the working class , the low average productivity of labour ( even if the factories could be put back to work ) , the vastness of the land area and the isolation of its rural inhabitants , the barbaric inheritance of Tsarism — all in comparison with the exiguous forces of the Bolshevik party . |
| 18 | This is set to happen in October but could be put off until March . |