Example sentences of "this [noun sg] could [adv] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secret negotiations of this kind could occasionally be at a very high level . |
| 2 | Examples of this kind could readily be multiplied , but it does not follow that the different methods espoused are really all that different in their fundamental orientations . |
| 3 | Further investigations about somatostatin in this field could also be of interest . |
| 4 | The bad news is that this direction could easily be reversed . |
| 5 | This chart could then be used as the basis for an essay or a piece of revision and — although the words used might be different — you would , in fact , end up by saying just what I said in that portion of text above . |
| 6 | Now , contrary to what he had said in The Economics , he acknowledged that this exchange could only be effected via market relations , i.e. ‘ petty-bourgeois economy ’ . |
| 7 | The achievement of such a skill by a pupil in response to this question could only be recorded if the method was known . |
| 8 | At this time ( the late 1970s ) , I was teaching courses in the sociology of deviance to degree and social work students , and it seemed to me that certain key ideas and insights from this work could usefully be applied to the study of child abuse . |
| 9 | The Revenue stated that a decision on this issue could only be made in the light of all the facts of a particular case . |
| 10 | This test was considered in Schroeder ( A ) Music Publishing Co Ltd v Macaulay [ 1974 ] 1 WLR 1308 where Lord Reid , by way of answer to the argument that a standard form of publishing agreement which had stood the test of time was the very same agreement about which the defendant was then complaining , said that this test could only be satisfied when the contracts were " made freely by parties bargaining on equal terms " or " moulded under the pressures of negotiation , competition and public opinion " . |
| 11 | Oil revenues were state revenues , and in Libya — depending on the price of oil — the petroleum industry created between 50 per cent and 80 per cent of gross domestic product : budgets for the distribution of this wealth could scarcely be other than central budgets . |
| 12 | Telling though they are , the contrasts on this record could hardly be more extreme . |
| 13 | The western half of this wing could then be dedicated to a ‘ double-height ’ living-room with French windows opening out , through a deepened former window opening , on to the garden . |
| 14 | This picture could either be made for yourself or as a gift for someone else , and I think it is a lovely way of celebrating such a special occasion as a silver wedding anniversary . |
| 15 | Prior to the legislation this right could only be a moral one ; once enacted it would have legal standing as well . |
| 16 | She had once shown me , at some distance from the train in which we were travelling , a high brick wall enclosing the park of a great house : in this wall could clearly be seen a door , and through that door , Grandma told me , she had always passed when going off duty . |
| 17 | This platform could therefore be used as the basis for a core curriculum from which various material is developed and structures created . |
| 18 | This module could usefully be combined with 92350 Young People and the Law to provide an elementary integrated teaching and learning package in practical aspects of legal rights and obligations . |
| 19 | What is at stake in this novelty could scarcely be greater . |
| 20 | The result of this hunger could simply be that opera houses survive the dog days of Thatcherism with full houses for Carmen etc. , or it could be the creation of new works that express and mirror the social and political needs of our culture in opera 's emotive language . |
| 21 | It was realised , of course , that this ideal could never be achieved or sustained in practice , as precise information on resource needs is not easy to obtain , therefore accurate costs can not be calculated . |
| 22 | In China perfect virtue , or benevolence , was of overriding importance ; a ruler or master lacking this quality could legitimately be overturned . |
| 23 | This method could probably be applied widely , as it is not limited to strong photodissociating systems and does not , like absorption , require a third state to which excitation is caused in the probe step . |
| 24 | In addition , it is envisaged that this method could also be extended to allow the amplification and direct sequencing of DNA from positive clones following immunological screening of gene libraries . |
| 25 | Kendall never claimed , of course , that this method could ever be accurate enough to pinpoint where the archaeologist should sink his spade , but rather that it could help in choosing between a number of possible locations to which the search had been restricted on other grounds . |
| 26 | I 'm going on the assumption that this mine could well be dropped by a surface vessel as well as a plane . |
| 27 | Arms cuts , improved verification and clever scaling techniques ( for guessing what a bigger bang would do ) mean that this limit could easily be dropped to 20 kilotons . |
| 28 | It was not difficult to detect that his government was anxious and , if this word could ever be used about the placid Sir Alec Douglas-Home , was passionately anxious to obtain an agreement , just as Harold Wilson previously had had the same anxiety . |
| 29 | Though the time she was spending with this man could hardly be described as comfortable , she did n't want it to end . |
| 30 | ‘ C ’ talks of seeing what can be salvaged , seeing if this man could still be turned , to follow the original score . |