Example sentences of "could be [verb] from [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a belated attempt at conciliation , the Japanese Government announced in mid September that the drift-net fleet in the Tasman Sea for the 1989–90 season would be reduced to 20 vessels , in the hope that the South Pacific nations could be diverted from their diplomatic assault . |
| 2 | VAT could be cut from its current level of 17½ per cent to give a boost to the shops but that would leave the Government short of cash . |
| 3 | They were ( like Tawney and Webb before them ) clear about the injustices and the distortions in the contemporary system , but what kind of programme could be derived from their aching nostalgia for a working-class world that was slipping away ? |
| 4 | Such control was obviously necessary if he were to develop within himself the capacity to enjoy the vastly increased range of pleasures that could be derived from his expanding emotions . |
| 5 | Given that the planning margin ( spare generating capacity above maximum demand ) could be trimmed from its present high value of 28 per cent , there is then no case , as the CEGB itself admits , for immediately building Sizewell on the grounds that the board will be short of capacity without it . |