Example sentences of "could otherwise [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The signs are that West Germany will still insist that the EMU negotiations start after its election on December 2nd , not least because the fusion of the Ostmark and the D-mark will inevitably distract minds in the Bundesbank and the finance ministry that could otherwise be thinking about EMU . |
| 2 | The balance of power is also unequal in that GPs exert pressure for compulsory admission of women who could otherwise be admitted informally . |
| 3 | ‘ the advantage of adopting this course if it is practical because children whose appeals are heard last could otherwise be prejudiced because of decisions which had been reached already by an appeal committee to send children to a particular school ’ . |
| 4 | The cure for unemployment and the nation 's economic ills lay in the exclusion of all imports which could otherwise be made in Britain . |
| 5 | Now equally of course organization can stultify progress , enmesh teachers and students alike in a nightmare of regulations and restrictions , tie up materials and equipment that could otherwise be productively used , and generally contribute more to the personal empires of individuals than to liberation of either teachers or students . |
| 6 | The service , Mr. Park argued , could either consist in the grant of a sub-licence which enabled the operator to do in Vancouver what he could not otherwise lawfully do or could consist in the refraining by the taxpayer from stopping the grantee doing what he could otherwise be stopped from doing . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Among others , these prevent double counting of non-trade exchange differences which could otherwise be included under deductions for cases III , IV or V Schedule D , of exchange differences on currency acquired under a forward contract and indefinite deferral of unrealised gains ; ensure carry-forward of losses are not prevented by a drafting technicality ; enable regulations to apply arm's-length test exclusions to debts that vary in amount ; and extend the rules on translating forward currency contracts to those not reflected in accounts prepared under normal accounting practice . |
| 9 | It may be desirable to spend what could otherwise be dole money on temporarily subsidizing lame ducks to ease the transition . |
| 10 | In a perceptive question , one of our committee members , Russell Mulford , asked whether the scheme was a bad thing for Shropshire — because it might attract the funding that could otherwise be used to electrify the Wolverhampton — Shrewsbury line — or a good thing — because of the boost it will give to rail travel generally . |
| 11 | Erm , what we have done is is because what is important is to look at that particular and try and get as good an estimate as we can because , let's face it , if we over-budget then in fact we 're wasting money which could otherwise be really targeted on community resources . |
| 12 | The suggested proviso under clause 9.21 is designed to give the tenant some comfort in respect of paragraph 3.1.1 , which could otherwise be disruptive . |
| 13 | This is further confirmed by the fact that it was the same three informants who did not mark " reaction tanks ' as SF elements ( which could otherwise be characterised as central examples of an SF world ) . |
| 14 | It reveals a possibility of human nature , a possibility of a nobler , freer , happier life than could otherwise be achieved . |