Example sentences of "could be [verb] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , that agenda did have the advantage that it could be developed on an evolutionary basis , and that further innovations could be incorporated without major upheaval . |
| 2 | There are areas , however , where forestry could be developed on an integrated basis with agriculture . |
| 3 | Despite the storm clouds gathering over Europe in Nazi Germany and fascist Italy , Nizan remained confident that the international political situation could be regulated on a peaceful basis by marshalling Republican , democratic forces in a united front determined to halt the fascist advance . |
| 4 | To study how bilateral trade could be placed on a new footing , a task force , headed by the Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade , Ricardo Cabrisas , and the Soviet Minister for External Economic Relations , Konstantin Katushev , was created . |
| 5 | It was because the economy was as yet exhibiting a modest rate of overall growth ( by modern standards ) that investment could be undertaken on a private and regional basis with the state 's role confined to that of legal enablement . |
| 6 | Trevor Isles who 's Deputy Clerk to the Justices in north Oxfordshire is also confident the unit fine system will be fairer , he says ‘ if successful , it could be adopted on a national scale ’ . |
| 7 | They are often most convenient at right angles in plan , but could be devised on a semi-radial principle . |
| 8 | The police required a portable system that could be implemented on an IBM-compatible microcomputer . |
| 9 | I often hear and read stories of anglers spending weeks on end in search of Fenland zander with very little to show for it and yet with a little thought they could be catching on a regular basis . |
| 10 | Legislation allowed for the establishment of political parties , but prohibited from political activity members of the armed forces and state security services , judges and magistrates , religious figures and foreigners , and stated that no party could be formed on a tribal , regional or provincial basis . |
| 11 | The fonts are claimed to exactly match the standard Adobe ones which means that proofing could be done on a low-cost PCL printer with typeset output produced on a Linotronic . |
| 12 | Such a help system could be based on a pre-stored video segment selected under a system control sensitive to your problem or the nature of the help you request . |
| 13 | There are several reasons for this ‘ regression towards the mean ’ ; it could be based on a genetic process , or it could be because a father ( mother ) who is above the mean in ability marries on average someone who is less able than he ( she ) , and so the child , reflecting the ability of both parents , is less able than the father ( mother ) . |
| 14 | Mr Burrow said society was becoming more demanding in its expectation of the police , and the entire attitude of individuals could be based on a single experience of meeting an officer . |
| 15 | The long-term plans could be revised on an informal basis by the chief executive of the organisation , using intuition and experience to know when the outlook for the organisation has changed sufficiently to require him or her to update the plans . |
| 16 | Section 20 penalizes possession of a firearm when trespassing : again , there might be a defence to a section 16 charge if D was merely intending to shoot animals or fowl , but the gun could be turned on a human being and therefore represents a source of danger . |
| 17 | Erm and I think the tenants ' group came to us and , and asked us if we would set up an advice session for tenants moving out , which could be situated in the flats , and could be run on a regular basis . |
| 18 | Such people would always have been willing to subordinate their political action to unionist unity , if it could be recreated on a sound basis . |
| 19 | Enriched uranium would be produced commercially at the Navy-run Aramar research centre at Ipero in Sao Paulo state from January 1990 , and Pinheiro da Silva considered it feasible that it could be produced on an industrial scale by 1997 to supply Brazil 's nuclear reactors . |
| 20 | All these men , excepting Fawzi , were Zuwaya , and all were therefore related — — they could be shown on a single genealogy . |
| 21 | The consultation paper outlines how objectives for water quality could be set on a statutory basis and determined by actual use , for example fisheries , sport or water supply . |
| 22 | It would be heavy , of course , but the carrying strap could be reinforced and the object could be transported on an ordinary golf trolley . |
| 23 | A protest march planned in Warsaw attracted only around 4,000 workers , although some observers suggested that in part the low turnout could be blamed on a separate strike being staged since the previous day by Warsaw 's public transport workers . |
| 24 | He said the savage and barbaric acts could be blamed on a hard core of trouble makers . |
| 25 | It was argued that in the verbal rehearsal condition subjects had to name the picture probe before a match could be performed on a verbal basis , while in the imagery condition a match could be made directly . |
| 26 | Plainly , a court which was considering whether to impose a community service order while an earlier order was still current should bear in mind that Parliament had prescribed 240 hours as the maximum that could be ordered on a single occasion . |
| 27 | Rather , it constituted an almost limitless pool of cheap labour which could be hired on a casual basis in response to the expansion or concentration of the economy . |
| 28 | If all the gunpowder which has ever been used in war throughout the world could be contained on a single train with 50 tons of gunpowder in each freight car , the train would be 50 miles long . |
| 29 | These excellent distance learner texts could be used on a modular basis , allowing candidates to study for the purpose of expanding their knowledge to obtain a qualification , or to meet the needs of their work . |
| 30 | The report starts with the premise that wild red deer are ‘ a valuable national asset that could be managed on a sustainable basis to produce greater net economic , environmental and social benefits than at present . ’ |