Example sentences of "could [adv] be [verb] with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The exhaust emissions standards could only be met with current technology by installing three-way catalytic converters in petrol-driven vehicles . |
| 2 | In the sphere of business entities , public companies limited by shares could only be formed with foreign capital participation under an Act of 1875 and under a 1972 Decree of the Minister of Trade , and limited liability companies could only be incorporated under a 1930 Act . |
| 3 | These sacrifices could only be bought with special Temple money because foreign currency such as Roman coins , showing the heads of pagan rulers , could not be used inside the perimeter of the Temple . |
| 4 | There were three filling stations side by side which could only be used with French credit cards , ’ said Mr Brown , a 48-year-old college lecturer , of Craven Vale . |
| 5 | Moreover , the problems affecting Spain 's Armed Forces , industries , agriculture , services and people could only be remedied with outside help . |
| 6 | 2 In an effort to achieve this , she began a series of charcoal drawings on inexpensive white paper , which make it clear that what she was feeling could not be expressed with traditional , representational imagery . |
| 7 | Mr Sheffield said as Mr Elderfield was not complying with his medication it may well be that he had some form of epileptic fit but it could not be said with complete confidence . |
| 8 | Sequential data were not available for the patients in the control group who were intubated and ventilated , nor for the NIPPV patients who could not be treated with nasal ventilation . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | At common law the employer did not guarantee the safety of the equipment and could not be held liable for latent defects in the equipment which could not be discovered with reasonable care . |
| 11 | Firemen had to break down some doors secured by ancient locks that could not be opened with modern keys . |
| 12 | The resupply effort was probably kept secret from Congress and the public precisely because it was just ; the general run of men could not be trusted with fine things . |
| 13 | There are two other villas with unusual features which could possibly be associated with pagan cults . |
| 14 | Do n't worry if you find that the fondant does not line the holes for the paint blocks neatly — the blocks could always be made with piped squares of coloured royal icing . |
| 15 | Clerical ambassadors , said More , were much more comfortably off than laymen who were sent on embassies , since they had no families to support and could always be rewarded with clerical livings . |
| 16 | However , it gave her no carnal pleasure , and she wondered how it could ever be associated with erotic games . |
| 17 | The unproductive channels could also be planted with aquatic vegetation and the crop fed to the pigs . |
| 18 | However this resource can not last for ever , and when the oil runs out the UK could well be faced with similar problems again . |
| 19 | The US Navy 's Polaris missiles could either be bought with American submarines , or fitted into British-built hulls . |