Example sentences of "[noun sg] could [adv] be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is believed that the report will criticise successive corporate affairs ministers at the department of Trade and Industry , despite a claim last year by Lord Young , the former Trade and Industry Secretary , that an internal investigation concluded his department could not be held responsible , and could even throw the spotlight on the role of Lord Young . |
| 2 | Such toil could easily be made unnecessary if a little social effort and investment could be applied . |
| 3 | With a constant head of pressure , the flow of water from a tap near the base of the reservoir could also be kept constant . |
| 4 | The contravener could not be made liable under section 6(2) except to the extent of the money or property he had himself received from the investor . |
| 5 | Even the profit based on the Coniston ore could hardly be considered handsome . |
| 6 | Haymo found on a tour of the diocese that the Palace at Halling with its farming implements and utensils was in a much dilapidated state and he is quoted as saying the state of the property of the diocese was so bad that in seven years the damage could not be made good . |
| 7 | In truth , the full non-payment picture will not emerge for several months yet — but those who argue that Scotland is now experiencing the calm before the political storm could well be proved right . |
| 8 | Change could only be considered viable in the massage routines and the in-house APF macros which determine the appearance of the dictionary material on the page . |
| 9 | Of course , this theme could not be made explicit , for the time of Jacobinism had not arrived . |
| 10 | If the process could eventually be made catalytic , though , they would have lost a money-spinner. h |
| 11 | Brückner could n't be left alive with that knowledge . |
| 12 | Since a plan is a process of deliberate choice and decision , it would seem that the output could never be called unnatural ; for in a sense the whole process is unnatural ( if contrasted with unplanned evolution ) . |
| 13 | When industrial disputes arose the bill first prescribed direct talks between workers and management , followed in the event of a breakdown in these talks by mediation for up to 14 days by an independent arbitration ; if mediation failed a strike could then be called subject to the strike organizers ' giving seven day 's notice to management . |
| 14 | The bill entered into force on March 13 , and under a transitional regulation in force until the end of 1990 citizens were allowed to resume using their former names simply by registering them with local authorities ; after 1990 a name could only be changed subject to approval and registration by a court of law . |
| 15 | Now both had been swept away and under the new Act a debtor could only be adjudicated bankrupt on his creditor 's petition . |
| 16 | The main weakness of the programme was that schooling could hardly be called accessible when those who were supposed to benefit from it had to pay for tuition . |
| 17 | The demonstrators were therefore in the wrong and the union could properly be held responsible for their actions . |
| 18 | He said : ‘ It seems to me that business could not function properly if such information could not be kept confidential . ’ |
| 19 | For a considerable amount of inconsequential information owned by the institution is classed as confidential , even though its release could only be considered prejudicial to the safety and interests of the state by the most bigoted autocrat . |
| 20 | Savory argued that a stranger to whom money had been paid in breach of trust could only be held liable as a constructive trustee to account for the money after he had parted with it , if it could be shown that he knew the money misapplied was trust money . |
| 21 | The notes would then be distributed on the day , and if any item required discussion time could then be made available . |
| 22 | Their contribution is perceived as threefold : they were long-standing rivals of Gloucester , which virtually guaranteed a power struggle in 1483 ; the favour shown them by the king had made them unpopular with the rest of the Yorkist establishment ; and they were so closely identified with the young king , Edward V , that any limitation of their power could only be made permanent by his deposition . |
| 23 | Their contribution is perceived as threefold : they were long-standing rivals of Gloucester , which virtually guaranteed a power struggle in 1483 ; the favour shown them by the king had made them unpopular with the rest of the Yorkist establishment ; and they were so closely identified with the young king , Edward V , that any limitation of their power could only be made permanent by his deposition . |
| 24 | From remarkably early in his life , Nietzsche had a strong awareness , visionary rather than analytical , of the problematic nature of modern culture , although initially his perspective could hardly be called original . |