Example sentences of "could [adv] be [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it was late enough for the embassy to be fully staffed , Agnes called to say she probably would n't be in , but could perhaps be contacted at the motel number . |
| 2 | 7.6.3.3 some defect or deficiency in the site upon which the rebuilding or reinstatement is to take place [ would render the same impossible or would mean that the same could only be undertaken at a cost that would be unreasonable in all the circumstances ] |
| 3 | The efficiency of government could only be increased at the expense of its popularity ; the more corrupt and less efficient the government , the more acceptable it was to creole merchants and landowners . |
| 4 | The community was something more than a collection of species working together for mutual advantage — it obeyed laws that could only be understood at a level transcending that of the individual organisms . |
| 5 | Above all , a ban on strikes is dangerous as it could only be implemented at the cost of Mr Gorbachev 's package of political reforms . |
| 6 | He writes : I was now convinced , after the stubborn to-and-fro contest for every foot of ground which had continued throughout the whole of April , that although we had more than once changed our methods of attack , a decisive success at Verdun could only be assured at the price of heavy sacrifices , out of all proportion to the desired gains . |
| 7 | Such actions could only be activated at the request of the immediate lord 's vassal and the notion of French royal sovereignty remained largely theoretical and judicial throughout this period . |
| 8 | The various parties involved in the peace process had tended to ignore the issue , working on the assumption that it could only be tackled at an advanced stage of a settlement . |
| 9 | A major new endowment for Gloucester could only be achieved at the expense of existing interests , and this was politically unacceptable . |
| 10 | A major new endowment for Gloucester could only be achieved at the expense of existing interests , and this was politically unacceptable . |
| 11 | He told Aenarion that he would be accursed if he drew the weapon , that such power was too great for any mortal being , and it could only be bought at the price of Aenarion 's immortal soul . |
| 12 | Expansionary monetary and fiscal policies could only be bought at the expense of higher inflation rates . |
| 13 | The decisions Gen McCreery was asking for could only be taken at a senior level , and during the day of 14 May they were considered at Caserta by Gen Brian Robertson , the Chief Administrative Officer at AFHQ . |
| 14 | But in Northern Nigeria the emotional satisfactions which could be experienced almost incidentally in Masailand could only be experienced at a price , that of being too careful to avoid offence . |
| 15 | A Cantonese take-away could soon be built at a £500,000 development at the Springfield Hotel , formerly the Trades Council and Springfield Social Club , Whinfield Road . |
| 16 | A COVENTRY schoolgirl who helped form a theatre company at the age of 14 and took a play to Russia on a 10-day tour two years later could soon be working at the National Theatre . |
| 17 | Councillor Sullivan said the issue could not be raised at the council last night because the council was the body of his final appeal . |
| 18 | Councillor Sullivan said the issue could not be raised at the council last night because the council was the body of his final appeal . |
| 19 | Because this had been stated in the debate , Mr Sproat explained , it had legal standing and could not be overturned at a later date . |
| 20 | In the opinion of Melanie Clore there is no reason to believe that such prices could not be repeated at the present time . |
| 21 | Unfortunately some measurements could not be made at the time of the growth room trials , owing to maintenance work . |
| 22 | But sooner or later the firm 's demand for investment capital would become so large that this demand could not be met at a fixed cost of capital and r would begin to rise . |
| 23 | To glamorise the whole thing ( the car obviously could not be kept at the camp ) , it was kept in some out-of-the-way garage , possibly in Aston Clinton , which was the nearest village to the camp at Halton . |
| 24 | In order to avoid this obviously ridiculous result , the German scientist Max Planck suggested in 1900 that light , X rays , and other waves could not be emitted at an arbitrary rate , but only in certain packets that he called quanta . |
| 25 | Rob Engels , UK managing director , referred to the loss as ‘ minor ’ and said the blame could not be laid at the UK 's door as this subsidiary has exceeded its targets ; rather it is continental Europe that is down on its figures . |
| 26 | His security could still be threatened at the one point left vulnerable . |
| 27 | There have been numerous suggestions of increased numbers of racial attacks , many supposedly attributable directly or indirectly to the BNP 's presence , although racial attacks in many parts of London are , and have long been , so numerous ( and usually unreported ) that only a tiny fraction even of the most serious could ever be laid at the BNP 's door . |
| 28 | Adjustments could also be made at the wrapping stage . |
| 29 | That apparent lack of symmetry could also be challenged at a public inquiry . |
| 30 | But the lingering memory of the ghostly horse and a nervousness which could n't be denied at the thought of meeting the Danbys made her feel more than a little awkward . |