Example sentences of "[noun] could be [vb pp] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , in M v. Home Office the Court of Appeal held that although neither the Crown as such nor a government department could be held liable for contempt as a result of disobeying a court order ( including an order of prohibition or mandamus ) because they are not ‘ legal persons ’ , Ministers and civil servants could be personally guilty of contempt for failing to comply with an order directed to a Minister in his or her official capacity . |
| 2 | It suggests that huge amounts of extra money could be made available for the homeless , improving the condition of houses and tackling the growing shortage of affordable homes for rent if local housing companies were created . |
| 3 | In this book , we assume that the similarity between the transformational process and our diagnostic test arises because the former was formulated in response to intuitions about the fact that the properties of many ( but not all ! ) adjectives could be considered valid for the E qualified in both the P positions in : ( 7 ) P E E P In any case , the test gives us two different ways in which the adjective French may be used with its noun , and the examples show that it does not always designate a property of the entity to which it appears to be attached syntactically . |
| 4 | Unwillingness to stand out has its roots in village life , where a community could be held accountable for the actions of one of its members . |
| 5 | He suggested using watertight ox bladders as containers ; in them , tied to the saddle , plants could be kept fresh for a long time . |
| 6 | S. eupterus could be bought young for as little as . |
| 7 | Seats in the new national assembly could be left vacant for north Korean representatives , should the latter subsequently be elected on an acceptable basis ; the United States held that it was vitally important that the Soviet Union should not exercise a veto on the role of the UN in Korea . |
| 8 | Its outstanding claims involving accountancy firms currently stand at $3bn , and under joint and several liability , the auditors could be found liable for the entire amount sought from all defendants , regardless of the degree of blame . |
| 9 | Exemplar assessments could be made available for students to study in order to give guidance on what is expected . |
| 10 | Others believed , however , that Fujimori was considering a judicial innovation under which leaders could be held accountable for actions by their organizations , even those committed after their own arrest . |
| 11 | The finished suite of leaflets could be made available for sale as a publication in its own right . |
| 12 | After that meeting had finished , it would help police enquiries if the tourists could be kept amused for the rest of the morning . |
| 13 | Farmers were evacuated so that their land could be made available for Japanese immigrants or industrial concerns ; labour conscription was widespread . |
| 14 | Er and I , as Mr Curtis has suggested , if Mr Shepherd who conducted the greenbelt local plan enquiry decided on massive relaxation or substantial relaxation on the inner boundary , er of the greenbelt , er and the implication being that er some of that land could be made available for housing , then yes , as a matter of principal that would cast doubt on the new settlement er strategy in terms of the in terms of the numbers , conversely , if you look at another option , if you , for example , confirmed the new settlement strategy but thought that the development requirement for Greater York really was er needed to be larger than nine thousand seven hundred dwellings , twelve thousand , thirteen thousand , and I hope not , then the County Council would need to have a look at the issue of one as opposed to two new settlements , and again we will do that , and we will not take any decisions on the basis of having one report , er but not another , and I hope er that that is helpful , I can confirm that er at the end of this month the Greater York authorities will be meeting , erm and er they will be urgently looking towards erm progress erm on this issue . |
| 15 | A tenant could be held responsible for an absentee landlord , in the same way that a married couple and partners living together as husband and wife will be responsible for each other . |
| 16 | Anyone resident in a house could be held liable for the support of other household members , which meant that a wage-earning son or daughter often moved out of the home in order not to diminish the unemployed parents ' entitlement to benefit . |