Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] could [be] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Three day events , players segregated by standard rather than age group , all results yielding points to a national grid , match times that could be predicted with reasonable accuracy resulting in reduced time wasting at tournaments and less dependency on club catering and facilities . |
2 | 45 kilos of plastic Much of that could be saved for other uses and not simply destroyed . |
3 | The Gorbals of old could be compared with parts of Stepney and Whitechapel , or the Bowery and Bronx of New York City . |
4 | An echo of this could be seen in the fascination expressed by many middle-class men with the physical features of working-class women and in the concurrent attempts at sexual colonisation embodied in prostitution of working-class girls . |
5 | The merit of this could be gauged from an observation by a local challenger , Steve Webster , who scored a fine 73 for a 117 overnight total . |
6 | The figure of 165,000 could be taken as the basis for further negotiation , because no one could tell how regular recruiting would go . |
7 | The NEDC Committee suggests that one of these could be transplanted to October — but why not move them further apart , and add another in the autumn ? |
8 | Most people would agree that the first of these could be dispensed with without much regret or difficulty , but the others do seem to call for some sort of ceremony . |
9 | None of these could be regarded as solutions in themselves , but taken together , and in combination with other measures outlined in the new deal , they can make a substantial improvement . |
10 | However , some of these could be explained by the fact that the temporary workers were also part-timers ( who were , in any case , excluded from particular benefits ) , or that certain benefits were available only to workers with a minimum service record . |
11 | In retrospect it seems extraordinary that some of these could be prescribed in the first place . |
12 | Any of these could be used as rollers but only the circle has a constant centre , permitting a hub . |
13 | In practice , anyone trying to start such a definition would make some attempt to encompass one or more of the other viewpoints , but any one of these could be used as the starting point for the analysis of the requirements of an information system in a hospital . |
14 | Copies of these could be used by landing craft flotillas and at least one survey showed an intended landing point for trucks was backed by impassable cliffs — shades of Rhodes . |
15 | It was envisaged that a dozen of these could be privatized within a year and that foreign participation would be possible . |
16 | For example , the desired values of unemployment , inflation and monetary growth at the end of 1987 could be specified to be 2 million , 6% and 8% , or whatever combination is desired . |
17 | The English had removed the head of a king as early as 1649 , and the Glorious Revolution of 1688 could be interpreted as an example of Rousseau 's ‘ general will ’ of the people triumphing over the Divine Right of Kings . |
18 | Again on the subject of change , this week a major new survey of British manufacturing industry showed 2pc four companies from the sample of 200 could be regarded as world class . |
19 | However , only fishing vessels fulfilling the conditions laid down in section 14 of the Act of 1988 could be registered in the new register . |
20 | Elizabeth 's subsidy of 1559 could be justified by the expense of the war with France that was just ending , that of 1563 by the expedition to France . |
21 | One example of the prosodic component ‘ width of pitch range ’ has already been mentioned in 15.3 , when ‘ extra pitch height ’ was introduced , and the ‘ rhythmicality ’ discussed in 14.1 could be regarded as another prosodic component . |
22 | The practical difficulties resulting from this could be assuaged by raising a presumption that ownership of copyright would lie with the licensee , the ultimate user , of the computer program , subject to any agreement to the contrary . |
23 | The DES ( 1984b ) reports some work to identify a link between the proportion entering higher education of those qualified ( QPI ) and unemployment , and conclude from some aggregate level analyses that if these results are valid they imply that much of 2.1 per cent rise in QPI in 1981/82 could be attributed to the total increase in unemployment — from 1.8 million to 2.7 million between July , 1980 and July , 1981 . |
24 | By retaining the other elements of the plan of this block , the main entrance that had been created in 1959 could be maintained as the ‘ front door ’ with the bathroom/WC being reached from the adjacent entrance hall ( Fig 48 ) . |
25 | It estimated the minke population in the Antarctic as around 750,000 , and suggested that up to 100,000 could be taken from the area over the next decade . |
26 | it at best could be described as a an early attempt to make progress , but there 's no commitment on behalf of the County Council or I suspect , by the relevant district councils to er that report . |
27 | It was argued that a solicitor affected by this could be represented by another solicitor after exchange of contract , so that that other solicitor could give the report on title to the lender and receive the mortgage advance . |