Example sentences of "could be [verb] [prep] [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The terms under which children could be received into care were considerably widened , the methods of care were made more sensitive to the needs of children and the unified administrative structure ensured more uniform standards of care over the country . |
| 2 | Everything that could be made of iron was , from the churchyard fence and gates to the interior columns and arches , the window tracery and door frames , and even the pinnacles on the tower . |
| 3 | How , theoretically , this connection could be said to work was rarely explained . |
| 4 | Evidence of this can be seen in the surprising number of items surviving from the late 19th and early 20th centuries , which one could be forgiven for thinking were only a few decades old . |
| 5 | What could be anticipated with confidence was the beneficial results of redistribution , for Unionists had expected them for some time . |
| 6 | Thus the aspects of the Fulton recommendations that could be put into practice were those compatible with ministerial responsibility . |
| 7 | In South Wales the part of the winter that could be devoted to training was confined to the pre-Christmas period because of the January start to ground preparation for the early potato crop . |
| 8 | So , Owen 's view that social character could be changed by education is a nonsense ; for the kind of education needed could not occur unless circumstances changed first : no egg because there was no chicken , no chicken because there was no egg . |
| 9 | The whales that could be brought on board were filleted and the meat frozen , but the dolphins were thrown away . |