Example sentences of "this could [adv] [be] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A parallel for this could well be found in the work of Sidonius 's friend Syagrius , a " Solon " active among the Burgundians by 470 . |
| 2 | Although rural diets could be supplemented by home-grown food this could rarely be produced in quantity and included little protein , since animals were more costly to rear than vegetables to grow . |
| 3 | He felt that this could best be done by resorting to myths . |
| 4 | As the late Sir John Biggs-Davison pointed out , this could best be achieved by raising a regiment of West Indian Guards , to serve alongside — and compete with — the Scots , Irish and Welsh Guards . |
| 5 | This could best be achieved by including Language as one of the D.E.S . |
| 6 | It was argued that this could best be achieved by preventing the need for candidates from the same party to compete with each other in multimember seats , thereby reducing their need spend huge sums of money during the campaign . |
| 7 | This could best be achieved by the threat of nuclear strikes against the USSR . |
| 8 | ‘ The overwhelming priority is to catch those responsible , and it was agreed with the Surrey constabulary that this could best be achieved by quiet investigation . |
| 9 | If we were to accept that societies need to include a diversity of behaviour and belief in order to adapt to new conditions , this could surely be achieved by simply allowing such diversity . |
| 10 | Thus , if a merger was to lead to the creation of a dominant position and a consequent restriction of competition , this could arguably be classed as an abuse . |
| 11 | This could easily be used by other members of a herd as a way of naming an individual zebra . |
| 12 | This could easily be produced by orogenies occurring simultaneously in two or more continents . |
| 13 | Again , this could easily be resolved by using more nurse speakers . |
| 14 | And if it were unpredictable , then while it would have an immediate effect on output , this could not be prevented by government policy since the government would not be able to foresee the fall in aggregate demand . |
| 15 | But this could not be done without noise , especially the last , and hearing it the defenders lit first torches and then large beacons along the walls and opened up with their guns . |
| 16 | Turkey argued that this could not be done without a decision of the Mixed Commission . |
| 17 | It was matched , operationally , by General Erskine 's conviction that the Chinese border could be made impregnable and the coastline sealed off to prevent external aid reaching the Vietminh ; although it was admitted this could not be done with existing forces on the border . |
| 18 | When a young worker offered one group the fact that in Germany workers had been given training to help people see themselves as not being ‘ simply cogs in a wheel ’ , it was suggested that this could not be done in Britain . |
| 19 | This could not be handled via temporary exception from part of the National Curriculum , referred to earlier ( see p. 118 ) , because a ‘ general direction ’ can only be issued if the head teacher considers that it is inappropriate for the child to follow the National Curriculum and in his opinion that situation is likely to change within six months . |
| 20 | Age specific mortality was used throughout the study taking into account increasing age , but in Asians unlike Europeans this could not be adjusted for changing mortality rates from year to year as these data were unavailable . |
| 21 | On the one hand , a half-promise to save a new-born country , and to show that one lot of people may not dispossess another lot merely by virtue of being better armed ; on the other hand , a growing realisation that this could not be achieved without a fight in which an unknown number of young Europeans and Americans would be asked to die in the name of misty-sounding things like compassion and principle . |
| 22 | They were still interested in affiliating to the Labour Party , though under the Labour Party rules this could not be recognised until 1940 . |
| 23 | This Service would provide legal help to CABx and other social agencies , similar to that hitherto provided by solicitors to CABx on an honorary basis ; would establish close liaison between the local profession and CABx and other social services ; would provide oral advice for the public in cases that could be readily disposed of ; would maintain permanent advisory centres where necessary , offering advice and assistance short of proceedings or representation in court ; and would set up permanent local centres offering representation in magistrates ' courts and county courts and the conduct of litigation so far as this could not be absorbed by solicitors ' firms . |
| 24 | It was plain that this could not be regarded as a trust of the estate in favour of her sister , who was coheir , since the testator wanted not to dispose of his own money but on the pretext of advice to derogate from her rights by prohibiting her from making a will . |
| 25 | This could not be confirmed by this study . |
| 26 | This could not be used as a base for blocks |
| 27 | This could not be described as a substantial source of income . |
| 28 | In respect of the branch problem , this could probably be solved by building on the fact that a directive adopted in 1983 required that the supervision of credit institutions should be conducted on a consolidated basis . |
| 29 | This could either be taken from an effects record , or you could transfer some real location sound from off the original video recording . |
| 30 | Lord Osborne told the accused that it was a very serious offence and the happy feature of the case was that the baby had apparently not suffered very much at all in the long term — and this could only be seen as a miracle . |