Example sentences of "[noun] could [be] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | While words could be flashed around the world a century ago , the quantity of data traffic has increased on a scale comparable to the motor traffic increase in the same period . |
| 2 | And if any words could be found in the Statute which provided that besides paying Income Tax on income people should pay for advantages or emoluments in its wider sense ( such as I think the word " emoluments " here , has not , for reasons to be presently given ) , there is no doubt of Mr Tennant 's possession of a material advantage , which made his salary of higher value to him than if he did not possess it , and upon the hypothesis which I have just indicated , would be taxable accordingly . |
| 3 | Conduct at the round of balls and concerts was highly regulated by a master of ceremonies , the fashionable chapels were packed by elegant preachers , quieter walks could be had amongst the groves of Queens Park , opened in 1829 . |
| 4 | A cream blouse and skirt could be seen through the window . |
| 5 | Today she happened to be wearing the dress of violet-coloured wool which was the last thing Miss Statham had made for her — drifts of its full skirt could be seen at the front of her grey squirrel coat . |
| 6 | The horse could be left at the local inn and its owner would soon come looking for it . |
| 7 | Hence an important tool of management whose common usefulness could be judged by the essential partners to collaboration failed to provide what had appeared to be promised — and one says " appeared " because it may have been the wish of some college managers not to allow information by which their efficiency might be judged to become available to other parties . |
| 8 | The wall was built by the water authorities to secure the catchment area of the splendid Silent Valley and Ben Crom reservoirs , and for many years marked the route of the annual Mourne Wall Walk , which followed the wall for much of its 22 mile circuit and was the only occasion when walkers could be seen on the hills en masse . |
| 9 | Normally , little jumble could be expected from the few cottages on the headland , but Alex Mair , anxious to associate the power station with the community , had put up a notice on the staff board and the two tea chests were usually fairly full by the time the October sale came round . |
| 10 | This analogy could be extended to the source and application of funds statement . |
| 11 | Arnold Kaech did have one advantage denied to William Arbuthnot ; his monument could be landed on the spot by helicopter . |
| 12 | If the British governments of the 1980s had been elected by proportional representation , it is almost unthinkable that any party could have gained a sufficient majority to impose the sweeping reforms instituted by Mrs Thatcher — or that decisive government of any hue could be achieved in the future . |
| 13 | For their point of view , if Gundovald could be established in the kingship , he would be a new patron . |
| 14 | It never hurt to know in advance what well-provisioned castles could be put at the King 's disposal at short notice . |
| 15 | Data about different castles could be put into the computer and the different castles compared . |
| 16 | Unfortunately , fair-weather supporters tend to forget that no Athletico official gives less than 110 per cent to the club week in , Sundays off , and to think their heads could be turned in the hope of making financial personal gain is an insult . |
| 17 | On the other hand , in the case of his daughter and the justification offered for taking her life , it might be argued that , similar acts of violence could be justified on the grounds that the ultimate goal is the redemption of souls . |
| 18 | De Klerk declared that the point had now been reached when the " remaining vestiges of violence could be countered with the ordinary laws of the land " , except in Natal , where the " destruction of human life and property " and what he described as the " exceptionally high level of intimidation which exists there " had " assumed shocking proportions " and needed to be countered " by the strongest means available " . |
| 19 | Evans had also provided a note of some cases from other countries where crimes of violence could be associated with the playing of such games . |
| 20 | The Tribunal 's ruling stipulated , however , that the funds could be returned to the Philippines only after a Philippines court had issued a " legally binding verdict " on whether the assets were to be confiscated or given back to their claimants . |
| 21 | I thought it possible that directional sightings could be made from the centre of the tower through the crenellations and was intrigued to find that one of them had disappeared since my previous visit . |
| 22 | Soon a new strain of oxygen-mediating species arose , enabling evolution to proceed as fast as carbon could be buried in the sediment . |
| 23 | It was much harder to show that the economy of large estates was superior to that of medium or even small units , especially when most of the labour demands of such units could be met by the virtually unpaid labour of large peasant families . |
| 24 | Alternatively , one of the thematic optional units could be selected for the same purpose . |
| 25 | The association could be related to the question of landownership and the availability of labour , and may have nothing whatever to do with markets . |
| 26 | The Attorney-General referred to the Court of Appeal under section 36 of the Criminal Justice Act 1972 the questions whether proceedings upon indictment could be stayed on the grounds of prejudice resulting from delay in the institution of those proceedings even though that delay had not been occasioned by any fault on the part of the prosecution , and , if so , what degree of likelihood and seriousness of prejudice was required to justify a stay of such proceedings . |
| 27 | Problems have arisen because of the belief that none of the well-known and loved musical settings could be used in the new rites . |
| 28 | Hardly a murmur could be heard from the Namibians . |
| 29 | The notion that clerical wealth was at the disposal of the realm when need arose was echoed and supported by some other developments of the reign : the practice whereby donations of land to the church first required royal licence ( and at a price ) ; the growing , though still limited , legal procedure and principle whereby endowments whose purposes were neglected by the receiving clergy could be recovered by the donor ; the practice of founders and patrons ‘ resuming ’ possession of the lands of religious houses embarrassed by debts ( not least debts resulting from taxation ) until they could again operate effectively ; the seizure of alien priories ; and lastly , the widening definition of temporalities at the expense of spiritualities . |
| 30 | It is of course possible that where either is inflicted as part of the preliminaries to intercourse , a defendant could be brought within the section even where the recipient fully consented to such acts . |