Example sentences of "[noun sg] could [adv] be [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your solicitor or estate agent could also be asked to carry out bidding on your behalf as an Auction saleroom can be a tense and nerve-racking place to the unfamiliar . |
| 2 | At the same time as the area covered by the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher has been enlarged , the usefulness of the rule has been reduced by the unwillingness of the courts to apply it in circumstances where the defendant could not be said to have been at fault . |
| 3 | The term could also be used to describe the gap between the practice of solving problems , and the somewhat academic exercise of systems thinking , where ideas can be generated about desirable changes that , in light of subsequent investigation , can not be realised fully in the real-world . |
| 4 | In principle , the twin image term could also be used to reconstruct the surface structure . |
| 5 | Some teachers pointed out that many of these aspects of their school were good anyway and therefore the review could hardly be expected to bring about any dramatic improvement . |
| 6 | A review of recent research led Coleman ( 1986 ) to conclude that reminiscence therapy could not be said to stand on a very solid base , and that it is important not to make generalizations about the value of reminiscence to any particular individual . |
| 7 | Flawed stock could not be allowed to spawn . |
| 8 | ‘ I did more than any citizen could reasonably be expected to do . |
| 9 | Until late August , however , it remained a matter of disagreement within the international community as to whether force could legitimately be used to enforce UN-backed sanctions against Iraq , without a specific further UN Security Council mandate . |
| 10 | ( 3 ) That since it could not be said that the jury would inevitably have convicted the defendant if before the trial the defence had been given the statement of the deceased 's husband and the two statements of her sister , if the jury had properly been directed with regard to evidence as to the defendant 's previous good character , and if they had received guidance from the judge on their problem concerning the evidence , the proviso to section 14(1) of the Judicature ( Appellate Jurisdiction ) Act could not be applied to uphold the conviction ; and that , accordingly , the case would be remitted to the Court of Appeal of Jamaica with the direction that it should quash the conviction and either enter a verdict of acquittal or order a new trial , whichever it considered proper in the interests of justice ( post , p. 169C–D , G–H ) . |
| 11 | The normative requirements of the defence of duress ( discussed in detail in Chapter 6.4 ) ensure that it is restricted to dire and realistic threats which a citizen of reasonable firmness could not be expected to resist . |
| 12 | Such procedures are right for generating the phenomenon in Wagner 's associative form — a series of widely spaced exposure trials will promote the formation of a context-stimulus association ; and the after-effects of presentation of the target stimulus could not be expected to survive a 24-h retention interval . |
| 13 | The left argued that children who speak dialect at home could not be expected to speak Standard English , which they regarded as middle class , and that it was improper to make this an essential attainment target in a national curriculum . |
| 14 | But the technique could eventually be used to treat many different forms of cancer . |
| 15 | Thus , because the taxpayer could not be said to control the trustees , he could not be said to have control over the application of the income within s742(e) . |
| 16 | This isolated and reduced preparation could then be used to ask where habituation occurred — that is , which bits of the circuit showed reduced outputs in response to repeated stimulation . |
| 17 | The people who were devoting their lives to transforming society into an egalitarian paradise could not be expected to live like other people who had nothing better on their minds than scratching a living . |
| 18 | The last payment could not be said to have been more than required to pay for such services rendered then or in the future . |
| 19 | Of course , the staff at the Poly could only be flattered to take part in a state visit . |
| 20 | Anything tampered with in the kitchen could not be guaranteed to reach Sir Thomas unless the poisoner served it himself . |
| 21 | The field could also be used to list all hardware on which the module is dependent for its operation . |
| 22 | After all , the coincidence could not be expected to occur so neatly every 150 million years . |
| 23 | Where decisions could be made to use a fixed-term contract to cover a vacancy , the decision could instead be made to fill the post on a permanent basis . |
| 24 | Big Mel Blyth joined the Palace from Scunthorpe in the summer of 1968 as a wing half-back , but a case could easily be made to justify dubbing him as Manager Bert Head 's most important signing , for Mel developed into a magnificent back-four man , where his stature of 6ft 1 inch and nearly 12 stones made him a natural central defender . |
| 25 | In regard to smells resulting from the transportation of manure it seems to me that , irrespective of the methods employed , the necessary journeys would occur so infrequently as not to be unduly detrimental to the residential amenities which nearby residents in this rural community could reasonably be expected to enjoy . ’ |
| 26 | Consider life expectancy , a measure indicating the number of years a newborn infant could typically be expected to live if patterns of mortality prevailing for all people in the year of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life . |
| 27 | Other employers referred to the advantages of employing search consultants for particularly sensitive appointments ; obviously a personnel director could not be expected to try and find his or her successor . |
| 28 | It is a pity that a news flash device could not be used to denote the settings — much of the effect of some of the scenes is lost because you do n't really know where you are . |
| 29 | The size of the establishment could reasonably be expected to affect the number of young people being exposed to the different recruitment strategies ( although the relative numbers of small employers would also have to be borne in mind ) . |
| 30 | It also reflects the fact that many of the younger , landowning county MPs were simply absent from Westminster ; as Yeomanry officers they were liable for service in wartime and , although the Yeomanry could not be compelled to serve abroad , few did not volunteer . |