Example sentences of "that [adj] could [be] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Fussell tells us that the war was ‘ so devoid of ideological content that little could be said about its positive purposes that made political or intellectual sense ’ , he shows that he has become the prisoner of his own limited sources , and also of an imagination limited by distaste for his subject . |
| 2 | Until suitable workshop facilities could be made , it was clear that little could be done on the Oxford 's airframe . |
| 3 | Such generalized and unsystematic anti-semitic obsessions as were displayed by individuals in these groups would suggest that little could be learned from an attempt to study the belief systems of such movements . |
| 4 | Mr Mullan said he would discourage people from travelling to Dublin without tickets , but said there was a slight chance that some could be bought for the proper price outside Croke Park . |
| 5 | However , he insisted that this could be distinguished from the cognitive validity of knowledge . |
| 6 | A member of a local branch of the union claimed that this could be viewed as a ‘ rolled up ’ ballot question , and applied for the Commissioner 's assistance . |
| 7 | As a supporter of balanced budgets , however , he insisted that this could be funded from defence cuts made possible by the " peace dividend " , rather than through deficits or higher taxes . |
| 8 | If the house was formerly in the sole name of the husband it would be quite appropriate for the wife 's solicitors to insist on a full abstract of title commencing with a good root of title ( although in practice it seems to be accepted that the title was properly investigated at the time of the husband 's purchase ) ; but in the case of a house already in joint names it is thought that this could be dispensed with , the wife 's solicitor assuming that a proper investigation of title to the property was made at the time when the house was purchased by the husband and the wife . |
| 9 | It was clear that things had improved considerably in recent weeks and that this could be seen as a consequence of her having taken the tablets . |
| 10 | ( It is suggested that this could be developed in association with COSLA ) . |
| 11 | The National Coal Board wanted to close some uneconomic pits and their advice was that this could be achieved by local talks . |
| 12 | A fresh look at the whole process was needed , and it was felt that this could be achieved by taking a systems view , unbiased by what was then happening in practice , ie before the Act took effect . |
| 13 | The British public , after years of sacrifice , were less and less inclined to tolerate prolonged austerity ; and , though in other fields the Labour Government was extremely successful in diverting resources away from consumption and towards investment and exports ( at considerable cost to its own political popularity ) , there were limits to the extent that this could be achieved in electricity . |
| 14 | National Power Plc initially tried to suggest that this could be done under its existing licence to burn oil . |
| 15 | There is no doubt that this could be done by a nod . |
| 16 | Some months ago I suggested that this could be done in a new version of Question Time . |
| 17 | Our attention has been drawn to the fact that this could be read as a suggestion that illegal or improper activities were taking place within the club . |
| 18 | It was not that this could be attributed to a weakening of moral fibre on their part , but rather that they had grown up in a society in which there were few straightforward moral guidelines , and into ‘ a community which is thoroughly confused about morals , and … their behaviour reflects that confusion ’ . |
| 19 | The constant writing against stereotype , afraid to say a truth , or create real characters , for fear that this could be used as a justification for institutionalised racism , was also a constant source of constraint for these writers . |
| 20 | The court made no recommendation that this could be used as a basis for impeachment , however , and Interfax news agency said a reference on these lines had been deleted . |
| 21 | Importing jute from India , its merchants found that this could be mixed with whale oil to provide hard-wearing coarse fabric . |
| 22 | The documents were handed over on the grounds that this could be compelled under section 2(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 . |
| 23 | She was aware that these could be developed by investigative work , but once she became immersed in the new curriculum , struggling on occasions to keep her head above water , she began to lose sight of these objectives , focusing instead on the more familiar content objectives . |
| 24 | It was concluded that these could be addressed by two overlapping systems , described as : |
| 25 | Later , the company submitted provisional accounts showing forecast losses so that these could be included in the state budget . |
| 26 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that more could be done in the first instance to prevent offences ? |