Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] could be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 There was also a possibility that documents seized during the US invasion of Panama could be ruled inadmissible as evidence on the grounds that they were illegally obtained .
2 He hinted , however , that greater sums of money could be made available by the Community to Poland and Hungary after 1990 .
3 For a match described by the Berwick Advertiser as Rangers ' last , the number of mourners could be considered low , perhaps even pitiful .
4 It was a relatively easy business to navigate from Spurn Head to the Dutch coast since the glow of Rotterdam could be seen 100 miles away .
5 Those changes created a comparatively small number of hours in the year when planning and the exchange of ideas could be conducted other than in the helter-skelter of a school day .
6 The finished suite of leaflets could be made available for sale as a publication in its own right .
7 Survivors of serious accidents or genetic handicap at birth could be kept alive , but often for a lifetime of expensive treatment and care .
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