Example sentences of "[det] could [be] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The method used to achieve this could be called a filtering technique for , by analogy with the process of filtering as used in the chemistry laboratory , a particular part of a mixture ( the edges or boundaries ) was isolated and then added back to the original image to give Figure 5.14 . |
| 2 | To this could be added the possibility of building the towers only as high as the wall itself , thus enabling the cannon used for defence to be moved along its length ( now on one level ) to whichever part it was most needed . |
| 3 | So , first doublecheck that there 's nothing you are doing or using the amp with or for that could be causing the fault . |
| 4 | He was smiling , if that could be called a smile that drew his long mouth out of line , plucking the left corner obliquely upwards . |
| 5 | All the lead-in codes were set up for USA-style dialling ; local , long distance and so on , and whilst these could be changed the lead-out character was set to be a semi-colon . |
| 6 | The Ministry of Defence ( MOD ) admits that " chemically treated " compounds such as incinerated mustard gas and white asbestos are buried in five marked sites in the area , but denies that these could be polluting the environment . |