Example sentences of "[noun] could [be] [vb pp] [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equally , if the board of directors could be restructured so that it effectively monitored the executive managers of the company , who would monitor the board itself ? |
| 2 | For one , the sampling procedure could be designed so that individuals are selected according to their position within the social structure or social group . |
| 3 | If they are to remain empty at any particular time short-held leases could be used so that the barracks could be used for local housing rather than stay vacant . |
| 4 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that , if there had been a contravention of section 3 of the Act of 1986 , an order could be made under section 6(2) against both the contravener and persons knowingly concerned in that contravention provided that such order was intended to restore all the parties to specific transactions to their respective former positions and that the steps ordered to be taken were reasonably capable of achieving that object ; that , on a contravention of one of the provisions of section 6(1) ( a ) , an order could be made under the subsection against persons knowingly concerned in the contravention provided that the steps ordered to be taken were reasonably capable of remedying the contravention ; that such restitutionary orders could be made notwithstanding that the persons knowingly concerned had received nothing under the impugned transactions , there being no distinction between the type of order that could be made under the subsections against a contravener and a person knowingly concerned ; and that , accordingly , the judge had been right to dismiss the solicitors ' summons to strike out the S.I.B . 's claims against them ( post , pp. 907C–D , F–G , G–H , 909D–G , G–H , 910D , 913D–G , H — 914A , 915C–D ) . |
| 5 | A massive 1000 t steel rotor with 10 m long arms could be spun so that the tips moved at 1000 m s -1 , equalling the speed of sound in steel . |
| 6 | The working party will also look at ways in which advertising could be coordinated so that different church groups would complement and not contradict one another . |
| 7 | The tap could be regulated so that the water flowing from it filled another tank in exactly twenty-four hours , while raising a float inside the tank a fixed distance . |
| 8 | The slogan at the back of the stage could be changed so that the appropriate place name could be inserted according to where we were . |