Example sentences of "could [be] [verb] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the basis of a report delivered by Gorbachev on Feb. 7 a resolution was adopted which ruled that the independence declaration should be " regarded as having no standing " , and urged the Lithuanian communists to suspend their decision to break with the CPSU until the matter could be debated at the 28th party congress . |
| 2 | If the FMLN demonstrated a " serious and constructive approach " to the UN-supervised peace talks , Bush said , and if a ceasefire and a political settlement could be reached within the next 60 days , the military aid to the government might continue to be withheld . |
| 3 | The deadline for bids ended yesterday , and a decision could be reached in the next few weeks . |
| 4 | Then in the distance , the 6ft wave could be seen for the first time roaring up river at 10 mph . |
| 5 | Relatively little could be done for the first year or two ; Pitt had a view of the war that stretched over the whole world , but it took some time to prepare the resources to give effect to this vision . |
| 6 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that more could be done in the first instance to prevent offences ? |
| 7 | There were also jointed clay pipes , each one a tapering tube with lugs on its sides so that it could be tied to the next . |
| 8 | The researcher could be heard in the next room , stalling on the telephone while he looked through the file for the references . |
| 9 | In retrospect it seems extraordinary that some of these could be prescribed in the first place . |
| 10 | Maternal phenylketonuria is an important problem since the advantages of screening in one generation could be lost in the next unless preventive treatment can be implemented in a high proportion of affected women . |
| 11 | The report , compiled by the Washington-based International Institute for Energy Conservation , says that a total of £1.2 trillion could be saved over the next 40 years if the Bank provided adequate support for energy efficiency in transport , industry , power stations and the domestic market . |
| 12 | Bearing in mind that the new Speaker served as a deputy before being elected to her new post we could be looking at the next Speaker of the House of Commons . |
| 13 | Bearing in mind that the new Speaker served as a deputy before being elected to her new post we could be looking at the next Speaker of the House of Commons . |
| 14 | Remember , at the current rate of devastation , much of the remaining rainforest could be destroyed within the next 10 years . |
| 15 | Only speculation is possible in offering a reason for the initial action , which could be described as the first rite . |
| 16 | By the time the 1958 World Cup was held in Sweden , the international game had reached what could be described as the first flowering of maturity . |
| 17 | The priority for developing these subsystems will depend on potential benefit , urgency of need , probability of success or natural precedence , which could be described as the next ‘ piece of the jigsaw , . |
| 18 | However , in the case of a more substantial discovery requiring greater appraisal and investment in development , no output could be anticipated before the 21st century . |
| 19 | But before the firing from the bren , the tommy-gun , and two rifles could be switched to the second troop transport , its men were in action . |
| 20 | The other approach was to switch the emphasis away from the development of new sources of electricity supply to the issue of how the demand for power could be controlled in the first place . |
| 21 | In 1990–91 the figure was 2,853 , which is the third highest of that period ( 2,928 in 1985–86 , 2,952 in 1982–83 ) ; it might have been greater , for no manuscripts could be issued during the last five weeks of the year because of the installation of the new fire alarm system in the strong-rooms . |
| 22 | After 13 weeks of inpatient care the health authority would charge a fixed fee , which could be set at the eightieth percentile of the fees charged by the private sector within a set area , or £500 per week . |
| 23 | By the end of the nineties , we could be set for the first Oscars awarded to synthetic actors . |
| 24 | The complete task involved lifting a number of panels from their storage racks , loading them on to a jig , clamping them into position , arc welding a seam to join them , and then transferring the welded sub-assembly from the jig to another storage rack so that it could be transported to the next production stage . |
| 25 | No comments whatsoever could be found in the first soundings of reactions ‘ which even provided so much as a hint that some or other people 's comrade was in agreement with the attempted assassination ’ . |
| 26 | The whole child , within the context of family and school could be considered for the first time , not just the offence . |
| 27 | The temperature could be gauged in the second half at Wembley on Saturday . |
| 28 | Quite often operations could be cancelled at the last moment owing to worsening weather conditions , and this must have been a terrible let-down for them , after getting themselves keyed-up for yet another hectic night . |
| 29 | Legislation allowing political parties could be introduced in the first quarter of 1991 . |
| 30 | New tales from Toad Hall could be appearing into the next century |