Example sentences of "[verb] could [be] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This volume , and volumes of readings on Environmental Geomorphology and Landscape Conservation ( Coates , 1972 , 1973 ) , have revitalized the scope and focus of geomorphology and the approach contained could be applied to physical geography as a whole . |
| 2 | I was partly convinced by Culler 's power of persuasion , and for some time thought that the kinds of analysis he described could be assimilated to practical criticism and the English synthesis . |
| 3 | Each of these chapters contained at least some description of how the concepts and techniques they described could be put to practical use to build up market knowledge . |
| 4 | Under working practices at the time , junctions so approved could be put into full operation before final safety checks were carried out by the inspectorate . |
| 5 | how the other part of space is used could be left to individual departments on the basis that |
| 6 | The distributions displayed could be determined by other factors — such as the physical environment or the rules in the infrastructure that govern the ‘ world of work ’ , but Todd ( pp. 196–7 ) argues otherwise : |
| 7 | To start with a relatively easy issue , part of the funds raised could be channelled into public sector investment projects , of which there is presently in Britain a substantial backlog ( e.g. modernisation of the railways , energy conservation measures , renewal of urban sewage systems , accelerated house-building programme ) . |
| 8 | The other meaning uses plastered in the type of structure which we have introduced in the present section ; notice that it allows addition of to be ( and that it is parallel in its overall structure to ( 42 ) where there is a non-finite clause complete with subject , verb and object ) : ( 41 ) Clara wants the façade to be plastered ( 42 ) she wants the builders to plaster the façade Let us also take note of a subtle and rather interesting ambiguity , found in : ( 43 ) Oliver imagined her red-haired This may mean that Oliver is allowing himself to speculate on the effect of , let us say , adding a wig to a blonde lady of his acquaintance ( and this may therefore be called the " cosmetic " version ) ; or he may be trying to build a mental picture of someone he has never met ( the " unacquainted " version ) , in which case imagined could be replaced by supposed with very little alteration in the meaning of the whole . |
| 9 | He was a reductionist who believed that all the relationships he investigated could be explained in materialistic terms . |
| 10 | Mr Smith , who is also chairman of Fraserburgh Fish Merchants ' Association , said it was not just the French who were suffering from cheap fish imports — catches could be bought from eastern European boats in the North-east at prices which local fishermen say would put them out of business . |
| 11 | Many of the challenges expressed could be avoided with proper planning and fore-thought . |