Example sentences of "could be do " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could be does n't have to be . |
| 2 | In the liberated world of radical chic , we may be intended to think , favours could be done for the right person . |
| 3 | Kathleen evidently ran things around here and nothing could be done without her say-so . |
| 4 | This could be done more effectively if the law was changed so that it became the jury 's responsibility to assess only the actual damage to the plaintiff and the judge 's responsibility to impose an unlimited fine on the defendants according to his view of their culpability . |
| 5 | More could be done to encourage flexible or staggered working hours and spread the traffic load . |
| 6 | Nothing could be done to alter what felt like a sentence . ’ |
| 7 | BP , ICL , IBM , Volvo , British Gas in Wales , British Telecom in the South-west , and a clutch of local authorities , many of which had led the way , had all shown it could be done , with Ford announcing its partial ban recently . |
| 8 | He started to see that in his opinion more could be done for humanity by Churches than by political parties , even the best of political parties such as he took the Liberal Party to be ; or at least that the Churches engaged at a more profound level with the predicament of humanity . |
| 9 | Pioneers such as Octavia Hill showed what could be done in altering and repairing sub-standard property and in new methods of housing management and rent collection . |
| 10 | There were two things that could be done . |
| 11 | A test would consist of measuring how many examples could be done in 2 minutes . |
| 12 | Again how many examples could be done in 2 minutes would be measured . |
| 13 | The buildings continued to be used for this purpose until the mid-1980s when an enterprising manager of a local farm realised that something could be done to salvage the structures for a more profitable use . |
| 14 | Before the conversion of Granby House , it was not clear how this could be done without incurring enormous expense . |
| 15 | They consulted a doctor who told them that there was very little that could be done for a rheumatic attack . |
| 16 | Some of this teaching could be done in classes — the routine language work , for example . |
| 17 | As a result , Brunel could argue that killing off the quickie at the end of the decade was a mistake since it was possible to make ‘ really fine , unspectacular pictures ’ , and ‘ we were evolving a technique that showed what could be done when facing fearful odds . ’ |
| 18 | Something must be done , but nothing could be done , seems a fair summary of the commission 's conclusion . |
| 19 | All this could be done by giving a life estate to the head of the family ; with the remainder to his sons successively in tail-male , with remainder to the daughters in tail , subject to a rentcharge in favour of the life tenant 's widow upon his death , and in favour of any other persons desired to be benefited ; and with power to the trustees to create long leases in the property for the purpose of charging the lease in order to provide portions for younger sons and daughters who did not inherit the land . |
| 20 | England were soon losing wickets when play began , four going down for 80 ; but then Lamb and Robin Smith , on debut , showed what could be done , and on the Friday morning posted a century partnership and looked good for plenty more . |
| 21 | Finsbury Park or the Euston Road , but more serious damage could be done if a fatty was seen wearing a bad pair of trainers by the opposing teams ' fashion spotters . |
| 22 | Little could be done to counteract the John Osborne criticisms , for they abominated the very idea of monarchy . |
| 23 | Some would argue that society as a whole was incapable of rising to it morally and that little could be done to enforce it . |
| 24 | Perhaps it could be done as an oratorio . |
| 25 | It was her age she supposed , and nothing could be done about it . |
| 26 | Little justice could be done , especially among the nobility , obsessed as they were by family pride and the need to revenge their kin ; instead , in order to attract them to his service , the king had to remit the penalty of death . |
| 27 | The need , however , was for a permanent body to deal with matters affecting Nonconformity , to encourage unity amongst the various denominations or at least to cut down on needless competition , to present a united Nonconformist ‘ witness ’ when required and to give a ‘ Nonconformist ’ answer to political questions whenever possible , that is , when this could be done without alienating the Methodists , especially the Wesleyans . |
| 28 | I also wish something could be done about persistent passing back of the ball . |
| 29 | Mann said it could be done and Denega drove him to the chapel to see ‘ if the small cracks in the facade could be enlarged ’ . |
| 30 | Some months ago I suggested that this could be done in a new version of Question Time . |