Example sentences of "[that] could [be] [vb pp] as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until now , at least publicly , the society has played down the level of anxiety ; it has resisted taking any action that could be seen as anti-government . |
| 2 | We picked £200 as a price that could be regarded as low ; it 's hardly our fault that some vendors chose to compete with PagePlus on factors others than price . |
| 3 | The map , drawn up by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee , highlights waters off up to 10 per cent of the British coast that could be designated as special areas for conservation under the directive , but so far discussion of the sites has been confined to marine scientists within the British statutory nature conservation bodies . |
| 4 | Most of the wordings initially used for trusts in Roman law are words that could be described as precatory . |
| 5 | I was still left looking for any element that could be described as cavalier . |
| 6 | He discovered it has two electrons that could be described as ready and waiting to form chemical bonds . |
| 7 | Without doing anything that could be described as eccentric , he left an impression of strangeness . |
| 8 | Trying to fight off calls for a ceasefire or resolutions that could be interpreted as critical , the US used its clout with Caribbean nations to block consideration of Nicaragua 's proposal on the grounds that all resolutions should be tabled with 24 hours notice . |
| 9 | She did not wish to display any gesture that could be interpreted as precious or affected . |
| 10 | Hunters do not portray the hunt in ways that could be construed as aggressive , either in the hunter 's emotional state or in his attitude to the prey . |
| 11 | If the Procurator was looking for his own pickings , it would have been in his interest to provoke a reaction that could be construed as hostile . |