Example sentences of "could [adv] [be] [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore both courses could have induced a response in some patients and the double transaminase peak could thus be indicative of early and late responders . |
| 2 | Alain Rossmann predicts there could soon be hundreds of small start-up companies like PenSoft Corp and the Ink Development Corp springing up . |
| 3 | It was found that the decision of the GMC to prevent advertising in the press was a lawful exercise of the statutory powers conferred on it by s35 of The Medical Act 1983 , and that if a statutory power was exercised intra vires , reasonably and in accordance with the purpose of the Act conferring the power , ( even though it restricted the plaintiff 's freedom to trade or practice his profession ) the court could not review the exercise of the power on the basis that it caused a restraint of trade , since the exercise of the power in accordance with the policy and the purpose of the Act could not be contrary to public policy and any review by the court would be unconstitutional . |
| 4 | After the decidedly international Warburg Conference of 1990 , at which even this Department was not much in evidence , we regarded the Panofsky conference as a challenge to us to act independently not least because we could not be sure of financial support until the last minute . |
| 5 | On the facts of Lamb [ 1967 ] 2 QB 981 the accused could not be guilty of reckless manslaughter when he shot his best friend not realising how the chamber of a gun revolved on pressing the trigger . |
| 6 | It described the appearances but could not be prescriptive against true astronomical knowledge . |
| 7 | Without a territorial base the papacy could not be independent of imperial and other influences . |
| 8 | Gedge 's studies came to an end and it was at this point that he realised his obsessive interest in music could not be satisfied by part-time activity while he searched for a ‘ proper ’ job . |
| 9 | Training could easily be video-based at low cost also . |
| 10 | Since rights of subject access have been given , this is obviously less important than it was , but getting the councillor to see the file could still be important for pre-1989 information and reports from third parties which the parents and pupil still have no right to see . |
| 11 | Whatever the symbolic advantages of gender neutrality in the law of rape , in practice , whilst the structure of sexual offences remains essentially the same , the effect of such an innovation could conceivably be detrimental to male victims without being of any real assistance to female complainants . |
| 12 | First , medical treatment other than symptom control or management is uncalled-for as a matter of law and , indeed , is inappropriate ; not only is it unethical conduct , but the doctor could also be subject to legal sanction . |
| 13 | Foreign investment and foreign cash deposits in Britain could also be subject to discriminatory interest rates . |
| 14 | This character , first proposed by Koehler ( 1904 ) , could also be important in separating groups within Ophiura . |
| 15 | Sponsors could now be liable to criminal charges if their sponsored relatives had ‘ recourse to public funds ’ . |
| 16 | Around this charming place lingers a vague air of ‘ the land that time forgot ’ , an atmosphere which could n't be further from nearby Birchens , with its polished horrors and hordes . |
| 17 | The major sector to be affected by the removal of NTBs could well be small to medium-sized companies . |
| 18 | It could well be useful in certain respiratory conditions he thought , but there was a danger that just as a candle burns out much quicker in oxygen , one might ‘ live out too fast ’ . |
| 19 | Thus Palmer and Jones came together and started the collaboration which attempted to replicate fusion under pressure , cold fusion in metals , to see if the Earth 's heat and the helium-3 could indeed be due to natural fusion in the rocks . |
| 20 | Article 100A has in fact been used in the context of measures relating to health , such as food additives , in the context of consumer protection , such as the indication of prices , as in the legislation on air pollution by gaseous emissions from motor vehicles , to give examples from important areas that could otherwise be subject to national legislation which would have the effect of hindering the free movement of goods . |