Example sentences of "of [noun sg] could [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And for women in other circumstances , there was evidence that other types of support could be protective too . |
| 2 | What was needed was that intention to make a legal act should be expressed ; this then had to be taken to be charged on the heir as trustee , since in that way the principle of benefit could be satisfied . |
| 3 | But further tinkering with the substantive law of rape could be counter-productive . |
| 4 | In the wilder parts of Scotland , even the tracing of ownership could be difficult ; the owner of the Burgh of Clickamin , a Pictish broch in Shetland , was found to be an aged lady in Cheltenham who must , Pitt-Rivers insisted , be encouraged to sign over guardianship straight away , before she forgot all about it . |
| 5 | With a Church and an officer corps also little weakened and increasingly hostile towards the Republic , the enemies of reform could be sure of powerful allies . |
| 6 | It is understood that the target groups for an extension of compulsion could be 18-24- year-olds and single people who would have benefits withdrawn if they refused a range of options of schemes offered to those out of work . |
| 7 | For instance , landfill sites engineered into raised marine deposits could become waterlogged if groundwater levels rose with the rise in sea level : the resulting pollution of groundwater could be severe . |
| 8 | For instance , landfill sites engineered into raised marine deposits could become waterlogged as groundwater levels rose with the rise in sea level : the resulting pollution of groundwater could be severe . |
| 9 | Lacking an oven , I discovered that a joint of beef could be deep-fried with excellent results . |
| 10 | Of course , her sense of wit could be alarming . |
| 11 | Though an increased incidence of cancer could be due to ascertainment bias because hypertensive patients are under closer medical surveillance than normotensive patients , this would not account for the association between mortality from cancer and blood pressure . |
| 12 | The moderate Anglicanism for which Wilkins stood is sometimes described as ‘ latitudinarian , ’ to indicate a breadth of mind and an attitude of religious toleration , at variance with the demands of puritan enthusiasts , whose overbearing self-assurance on the finer points of doctrine could be distasteful . |
| 13 | If the body lay there for long enough , even the means of death could be hard to ascertain . |
| 14 | But only a self-conscious user of language could be capable of this . |
| 15 | As a result the climate of collaboration could be full of unresolved questions and tensions , children could be confused about what was going on and the potential of the collaboration could be subverted . |