Example sentences of "and [adj] could [be] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But if you do find an area where you could save a key person several hours a day , then that is real money saved where he could be using his special expertise in his business to get more business , and then one would have to look more closely at erm the particular application , particular jobs that he 's doing and that could be put on the computer .
2 Either each bell sounds different , and each could be heard in every apartment , or each sounds the same but is wired up to sound only in a single specific apartment when pressed .
3 And some could be given at either level ?
4 Since then about ten new sites have been scheduled each week , and this could be seen as a deliberate blocking measure as it only takes place where the owner wants to do something with the site .
5 Such a test has not been routinely available in our Department and this could be seen as a shortcoming in the service that has been offered , as well as a limitation to the scope of this study .
6 English , on the other hand , has to be able to distinguish dental from labiodental and alveolar places of articulation for to be distinct from and and for to be distinct from and ; this requires an additional feature that most languages do not need , and this could be seen as specific task for the learner of English .
7 It can be seen that a long list of students ( or any other units ) could be used for a random sample by this means simply by numbering from beginning to end , and this could be done with an automatic increasing numbering stamp .
8 Thus one benefit of the D-He 3 fuel cycle would be lost unless D-D reactions are suppressed — and this could be done by polarising the neutrons .
9 ( At the end of the War , it was found that over 50 deaf men from Manchester Institute for the Deaf were entitled to the Defence Service Medal for their work with the Civil Defence , and this could be repeated throughout the country .
10 A list of controlled technologies is being drawn up by the Australia Group and this could be added to UK export regulations this year .
11 They also express the hope that the citizenship record of school pupils could be given more weight by universities and other institutions of higher education when admitting students , and this could be facilitated by the inclusion in UCCA and PCAS forms of a standard section in which a reference to community involvement could be included .
12 Pupils using early photographs as one of their sources for instance , may want to put the invention of photography onto their time-line , and this could be linked with experiments and science work on the behaviour of light .
13 The rebleeding rate was high , however , and this could be decreased with pure alcohol injection after the epinephrine injection .
14 The sentencing decision in Billam ( 1986 ) marks out some of the more serious varieties of sexual assault , and this could be used as a basis for introducing a new scheme of three or four graded offences : there are precedents for this in other countries .
15 Commenting on this , Sebba and Wootton ( 1984 : 8 ) write : The switch to Creole occurs before the first instance of " build " is " and this could be taken as a direct quotation of the man 's words , rendered in Creole because he is apparently a Jamaican : cf.
16 The collected information could then be examined to identify any actual problems being experienced with the AL and these could be arranged in some order of priority .
17 There still remain three sites , all north-west of the Fosse Way — Alcester , Droitwich and Worcester , and these could be seen as part of the fortified road network round the rich agricultural lands of the Lower Avon .
18 A complete new industry in straw baling would spring up , because there would be about 3,000,000 acres to be baled ; transport would be required to carry the straw bales to other sites , and these could be situated in high-unemployment areas ; the livestock industry would be required to expand to produce the extra million calves required .
19 Creation stories from eight cultures had been distinguished — Egyptian , Norse , African , Oceanic , Greek , Mexican , Indian and the Genesis account — and these could be divided amongst the eight groups very happily , with the addition of timetabled periods of art and music-drama for double groups , in which basic techniques were linked to suitable themes ( for instance , shrine-building , rain-making ceremonies ) .
20 On this view , criminals are still ‘ differentiated ’ — but only in terms of values , motives and skills favourable to the commission of crime , and these could be acquired by anyone given the right circumstances .
21 The user would breathe out in big bubbles and these could be caught in a ‘ bubble tray ’ , preventing suffering for non-smokers nearby .
22 The outcomes 1 , 2 , 3 and 4 could be interpreted as north , south , east and west with outcomes 5 and 6 being ignored .
23 The effects of both antisera 3 and 4 could be competed by peptide A but not the unrelated peptide 1 ( Fig. 2 b ; compare tracks 3 , 4 and 7 , 8 ) .
24 Similarly , the good and great could be seen as noble types appearing before their time .
25 Any call coming in , call for Sci and Med could be answered by Arts and Reference , I mean it 's 56767 numbers , that 's all the criteria is .
26 In August Kalchu began to fill the lukals , stuffing them with maize and barley , then sliding a knife between the grain and the cloth so the contents would settle and more could be crammed on top .
27 United stuck on three … but Bury went for more … and got them … numbers four and five could be classed as freaks or flukes Daws and Rigby were given the the goals … but forget football this was more like pinball …
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