Example sentences of "of [adj] could [be] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 45 kilos of plastic Much of that could be saved for other uses and not simply destroyed . |
| 2 | The Gorbals of old could be compared with parts of Stepney and Whitechapel , or the Bowery and Bronx of New York City . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The figure of 165,000 could be taken as the basis for further negotiation , because no one could tell how regular recruiting would go . |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | In retrospect it seems extraordinary that some of these could be prescribed in the first place . |
| 11 | Any of these could be used as rollers but only the circle has a constant centre , permitting a hub . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It was envisaged that a dozen of these could be privatized within a year and that foreign participation would be possible . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | However , only fishing vessels fulfilling the conditions laid down in section 14 of the Act of 1988 could be registered in the new register . |
| 19 | 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 . |