Example sentences of "[pron] could be [vb pp] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition the church might consider placing paid advertisements from time to time , highlighting forthcoming events which could be made especially attractive to the outsider . |
| 2 | But it is hard indeed to see how that axiom itself could be made more convincing either to a purely humanist philosophy or to a theology which maintained that God is something more and other than the obverse of our finitude . |
| 3 | Well , that 's , that 's up to you , but the , what , the point I 'm trying to make is that I think it 's important that you actually consider that before the interview is , is ever , ever takes place , because otherwise you could be caught very flat-footed . |
| 4 | Thus , whereas classicism 's image of human nature portrayed all human beings as being fully responsible for their own actions , Bentham saw criminals as having limited rationality and responsibility , but thought that they could be made more rational by the correct application of reformative techniques in his ‘ mill for grinding rogues honest ’ , as he called the Panopticon . |
| 5 | In a study by Mayes into various measures of testing the readability of guides , he found that guides were jargon-filled , unappealing etc and suggested many ways in which they could be made more readable . |
| 6 | Among nationalist politicians , the main question on the UDR is whether the force should be abolished or whether , with radical changes , it could be rendered more acceptable to Catholics . |
| 7 | Not all of it could be joined together prior to delivery as size precluded it from being transported in one piece . |
| 8 | By lowering the height of the wall , and thereby enabling it to be built more thickly , it could be made more effective in both defence and counter-attack . |
| 9 | If you have difficulty getting to the lavatory , it could be made more accessible by special adaptations such as hand rails or a raised seat . |
| 10 | At least it covered all the sharp projections , and we discovered it could be cut ridiculously easy with a saw , to something like level with the surrounding crazy paving . |