Example sentences of "could [be] [vb pp] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , a requirement that the expert observe the rules of natural justice could be made a contractual obligation . |
| 2 | He could be granted a free transfer by FIFA when they adjudicate within a fortnight . |
| 3 | The fact that such a proposition could be presented a industrial democracy exposes the reality : that the exercise was about the extension of the powers of unreformed trade unionism . |
| 4 | ‘ He could be gone a long time , you know . ’ |
| 5 | Many of our decisions will have enduring practical implications of what could be called a moral sort . |
| 6 | For example , the Laki eruption taken as a whole constitutes a splendid example of a fissure eruption , but along its twenty-five kilometre length dozens of small volcanic cones were built up , none of them very big , although each one , if considered separately , could be called a central vent volcano . |
| 7 | Ivan Klima could be called a lyric author , and the notion of what it is to be such an author is examined in My First Loves , whose gentle and deliberate stories read as if they have been grown and stored before being made public . |
| 8 | In general , the baby 's wishes had tended in the past to be suspect , and the mother had been expected to look for some non-permissible motive behind them , in the form either of dangerous ( probably erotic ) impulses or of a rebellious determination to dominate the mother-in either case , constant control of the child was called for , and only the baby who had submitted himself completely to the mother 's control could be called a good baby . |
| 9 | It would be totally random , so it could be called a random walk . |
| 10 | Just as ‘ balloon ’ rhymes with ‘ moon ’ , so we might say that ‘ some chairs ’ has what could be called a tonal rhyme with ‘ some ’ . |
| 11 | Robbins ’ Dances at a Gathering could be called a romantic ballet because it uses classical technique coloured by natural emotional expression . |
| 12 | An alternative science — what could be called a psychodynamic science — has been described as the study of live objects which are seen , experienced and recognised subjectively in contrast to traditional sciences which study ‘ objects only ’ : |
| 13 | Alternatively , a chair could be elected from within the family ; if the person acting as chair varied , a teenager could be given a valuable chance to assume and exercise responsibility . |
| 14 | The designer could be assigned a geometric domain in which to work — this would be described by default values within an assembly model . |
| 15 | It was held that they could be convicted a second time and made to pay compensation to a second victim who had read a copy of the same brochure . |
| 16 | Alongside the EC Green Paper there could be listed a substantial number of ‘ European ’ initiatives . |
| 17 | If you are owed or could be owed a considerable amount , or any amount , it is important for you to know that : |
| 18 | But former Elland Road favourite Eddie Gray could be forgiven a wry smile at today 's free-spending ways . |
| 19 | The Prospect Inn , which could be restored a major tourist attraction , is also threatened by a road widening proposal by Kent County Council , although the local authority , Thanet , understand its importance and value the building . |
| 20 | In all the cases examined with full verbs , the bare infinitive has evoked what could be termed a coincident actualization , and its event is not represented as beginning to exist in time before that of the main verb , as depicted by this diagram of I watched him cross the street : This does not exhaust the expressive capacity of the bare infinitive , however , as we are going to see that it can also express what we will call coincident potentiality . |
| 21 | It could be termed a quiet beginning , with scores of 38 and 35 along with a wicket with his offbreaks as the two sides drew . |
| 22 | We may call this a disparity of structure , as opposed to Bach 's , which could be termed a referential disparity . |
| 23 | In Whitham 's case it was different and he certainly was what could be termed an inspired choice by the Lightweight club . |
| 24 | Liability policy wordings , however , they are relevant when talking about Crane/Contractors Plant and therefore , whilst they could be deleted an additional premium must be charged . |
| 25 | Our earlier quoted settings , which perhaps could be nudged a little sacrificing fuel burn and noise comfort , produced around 145 knots true air speed at low level , and at height around 155 . |
| 26 | There is no distinct technology of advertising , but this could be thought an arbitrary objection , especially when the boundaries between media technologies that were quite sharp in the 1940s — between print and photography , or film and TV , for example — were dissolving in the 1980s . |
| 27 | I am hoping , with all my artistic heart , that this report turns out to be a myth , as I have tested a whole range of media including oils , only to discover what could be considered a negative quality in me : I am too damned impatient to allow the oils to dry before continuing with the painting ! |
| 28 | It was true : I was spending every evening and night with my owl , so I was n't leading what could be considered a normal teenager 's life . |
| 29 | Indeed , not even Eratosthenes presented what could be considered a decent amount of information according to the standards of later times . |
| 30 | Livestock was also carried , but especially from Ireland , so that it could be considered a true food import rather than a coastal one . |