Example sentences of "[noun pl] could [be] [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aggrieved names landed with huge losses could be forgiven for asking why , in that case , they were not brought in earlier . |
| 2 | Essential field trips could be charged for if more than half the time spent on the visit was outside school hours , and ‘ optional extras ’ such as individual music lessons might also incur a charge . |
| 3 | A purported intermediary of the President seemed to think that the Jews could be landed for $1,000,000 . |
| 4 | Worth 10 ordinary roubles , the units could be exchanged for seven grams of gold . |
| 5 | Alternatively , one of the thematic optional units could be selected for the same purpose . |
| 6 | I knew that such contradictions could be resolved for Jean-Claude in his work , and I felt that he , like me , should not allow them to dominate life . |
| 7 | Even ‘ good ’ emperors could be reused for portraits of their successors by provincial craftsmen short of material . |
| 8 | Several other individual and household characteristics could be examined for their influence upon probabilities of early childhood survival . |
| 9 | Glaring at Matt , she snapped , ‘ How dare you say my ears could be used for horse blinkers ? |
| 10 | Early agriculturalists may have preferred to farm the steeper slopes for two reasons : the drainage channels could be dammed for irrigation , and the risk of frost damage to crops would be minimized . |
| 11 | The first cultivators in Africa , as in all parts of the world , would farm a field for a few years and then , when its fertility began to drop , move on to an adjacent , or occasionally distant , area where high yields could be maintained for a similar period . |
| 12 | The autobiographies show that homes could be shared for two reasons , with differing implications . |
| 13 | Anatoly Chubais , the Committee 's chairman , explained the ways in which the privatization vouchers might be used : ( i ) workers could acquire shares in their own enterprise ; ( ii ) vouchers could be used at auction to buy shares in enterprises which were to become joint stock companies ; ( iii ) vouchers could be spent via private investment funds which would be intermediaries in share purchasing ; or ( iv ) vouchers could be sold for cash . |
| 14 | The responses could be analysed for differences in opinion depending on the time since the respondent had suffered from the illness or between those who had ever and those who had never suffered from the illness in question . |
| 15 | The lecture periods could be used for outside visitors , or for specific and relevant accounts by teachers who did not normally participate in the work ; examples were the playing of records of part of Haydn 's Creation with explanation and commentary , by a teacher made specially available , and a talk on Red Indian tribes by a visitor from a local museum , together with overhead transparencies , slides and objects from the museum collection . |
| 16 | On four , there was a proposal to establish a two hundred and fifty thousand pound contingency capital sum , against which bids could be made for schemes that would bring down action grant , and I would 've su thought that scheme number four would be a bid against that two hundred and fifty thousand erm , contingency . |
| 17 | Add to that the attempts by the Crown Estates to increase the river rent for the Lymington river and South Coast boat-owners could be forgiven for feeling a little shell-shocked . |
| 18 | A four-year training period was proposed , the first two years of which were to be spent at Bedford , where probationers could be prepared for the preliminary examination . |
| 19 | An escape clause was , however , built in whereby in emergencies short-term capital movements could be controlled for periods of up to six months . |
| 20 | At its most absurd it might mean that companies could be sued for sending letters to the wrong address . |
| 21 | Parents could be forgiven for thinking it 's another foreign language , the current wave of political bickering about education . |
| 22 | In addition , parents could be asked for voluntary contributions towards non-chargeable activities and the proceeds could be used to subsidise activities for children from poor families . |
| 23 | The permits could be traded for what the seller wanted — technology , energy-efficiency equipment , development programmes , and so on . |
| 24 | Does my hon. Friend agree that when such councils involve constitutional amendments to the treaty as well as , as always , substantial business for the Heads of Government to transact , some new formula should be produced whereby meetings could be scheduled for a longer period ? |
| 25 | Even in FAP cases normal crypts could be selected for study under a dissecting microscope . |
| 26 | We may have to bring in assistance from outside to deal with specific problems , and Mr Whittaker 's network of contacts could be used for this purpose . |
| 27 | Beech 's idea of consistent rules could be developed for even easier reading and learning . |
| 28 | In an experimental situation some of these variables could be controlled , and average search times could be computed for different systems . |
| 29 | An early decree ordered the destruction of heathen temples ; and the pressure of Westernisation was so relentless and meticulous that at one stage male Christians could be fined for urinating in the oriental , crouched position . |
| 30 | One example of this is the discounts offered to tenants purchasing local authority houses : these were altered in 1984 when sales showed signs of flagging and they were increased on flats in 1986 because few buyers could be found for flats . |