Example sentences of "[noun] and could have be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the carrier 's standpoint , these as well as any other clauses or notations that indicated apparent irregularities made legal sense because they protected it from the allegation that the goods had been delivered in a sound condition and could have been damaged only because of improper loading , stowing , or care . |
| 2 | The agreement was clearly intended to be of short duration and could have been secured by a lease for a fixed term , say five or ten years with power for the landlord to determine before the expiry of that period for the purposes of the road widening . |
| 3 | The book is firmly rooted in the olden , and golden days of classical physical chemistry and could have been written circa 1960 — perhaps it was . |
| 4 | The striking feature of the activities at which children worked for a high proportion of the time was involvement with other people ; conversely , most of the activities at which children worked for the lowest proportion of time writing , reading , drawing/painting — involved no other people and could have been carried out most effectively in isolation . |
| 5 | It acknowledged that all Noricum 's weapons sales to Argentina , Brazil , Bulgaria , Jordan , Libya , Poland and Thailand , had been means of providing Iran and Iraq with arms and could have been prevented , particularly if Gratz had had the destination certificates examined . |
| 6 | It also dates 1st century and could have been intended as either a key or a knife handle ( although the fact that it has a circular socket favours its use as a key handle ) . |