Example sentences of "could [adv] [be] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Indeed it could justifiably be compared to the palaces of ancient Babylon . |
| 2 | Nevertheless this fear was gradually being overtaken by the feeling that the well-established working-class audiences could rather be taken for granted . |
| 3 | Full-time menial servants could presumably be drawn from anywhere . |
| 4 | Full-time menial servants could presumably be drawn from anywhere . |
| 5 | Both Mr. Workman and Miss Davies deposed to the fact that Mr. Whitehead , Mr. Bell 's solicitor , accepted that the matter could properly be adjourned until Monday , 19 February and that Mr. Whitehead did not object to his client being remanded in custody until that date . |
| 6 | ‘ where it is shown to the satisfaction of a rating authority that any amount paid in respect of rates , and not recoverable apart from this section , could properly be refunded on the ground that … ( e ) the person who made a payment in respect of rates was not liable to make that payment , the rating authority may refund that amount or a part thereof . |
| 7 | It is in this context relevant to mention briefly section 9 of the General Rate Act 1967 which provided that an amount paid in respect of rates ‘ and not recoverable apart from this section ’ could properly be refunded on five specified grounds , some of which would fall within the Woolwich principle . |
| 8 | The question which arises is whether the family proceedings court can make an order for no contact ; that is whether it could properly be said to be an order which was ‘ appropriate ’ with respect to the contact between the child and the parent . |
| 9 | We could only do so if in our view he was so clearly and outrageously wrong that his decision could properly be said to be irrational . |
| 10 | Practice Richard Ashworth and ors v Berkeley-Walbrook Ltd ; CA ( Russell , Stuart-Smith LJJ ) ; 27 Sept 1989 As a general rule , where a counterclaim could properly be relied on as a set-off and where it arose out of the same subject matter as the claim , the counterclaiming defendant ought not to be required to give security for costs of that counterclaim unless there were exceptional circumstances . |
| 11 | In 1976 , the film Ilsa , She-wolf of the SS was brought before the courts of New York State on a charge of obscenity , but the case was dismissed because the judge found nothing which could properly be covered by the Miller test , no ‘ lewd exhibition of the genitals ’ , no representations of ‘ ultimate sexual acts , normal or perverted ’ . |
| 12 | It is doubtful whether these last two charges could properly be regarded as offences , for such licences had frequently been sold in the past , and the surviving evidence does not provide conclusive proof one way or the other about the usurious nature of Latimer 's and Lyons 's financial dealings . |
| 13 | At p. 700F , the court gave its approval to a shortened version of the direction ( which , in the court 's view , could properly be given at any stage ) . |
| 14 | For instance , if the surveyor failed to carry out his inspection and to present his report within the agreed time and as a result a house at a bargain price was lost , then a claim could properly be made for compensation . |
| 15 | Between them , they boasted only one painting which could properly be described as a masterpiece , a playful double portrait by Allan Ramsay which featured at Christie 's , while both catalogues were padded with dull works , as is usual in this category of art . |
| 16 | If the operative part could properly be controlled by the recitals , I think there would be much reason to say that the only thing contemplated by the recitals was giving time for payment , without any relinquishment , on the part of the judgment creditor , of any portion of the amount recoverable ( whether for principal or for interest ) under the judgment . |
| 17 | It was recognised in these cases that an indeterminate sentence could properly be passed in a case where dangerousness arose from a non-treatable personality disorder . |
| 18 | Furthermore , there would be " domains " where Creole and English could properly be used by those who speak them : Creole in the family and in informal situations , English within the public domain outside the family and even within the family on formal occasions . |
| 19 | Thus the case could properly be classified as one in which the client determined the outcome . |
| 20 | Although rural diets could be supplemented by home-grown food this could rarely be produced in quantity and included little protein , since animals were more costly to rear than vegetables to grow . |
| 21 | John Major is a likeable man , who could rarely be accused of arrogance , but , from a position of about ten parliamentary seats in Scotland , his remarks were , if not arrogant , at least cheeky . |
| 22 | And so although they were still the opposition , they could rarely be classified as ‘ real prigs ’ . |
| 23 | Since the unit almost certainly operated some Piper Cubs , it could loosely be said to be an airfield memorial ! |
| 24 | These could loosely be described as ‘ secular ’ Protestantism . |
| 25 | Moreover , the excavations produced much evidence of the destruction of buildings and the massacre of the population , which took place after the successful Roman siege of 211BC , and among the destruction layers were found a number of the earliest issues of the Roman denarius coinage , whose introduction could thereby be dated to 211BC or shortly before . |
| 26 | Such statistics could eventually be converted into real terms to show changes in the levels of Soviet aid , and into current prices for comparison with Western aid . |
| 27 | The decision is likely to postpone a hearing on the charges for many months and it is now thought that the case could eventually be heard in Milan instead of Turin . |
| 28 | Imelda Marcos , widow of the former President Ferdinand Marcos who was overthrown in 1986 , said on Sept. 3 that she would return to face trial in the Philippines if the government agreed that her husband 's remains could eventually be reburied in his homeland . |
| 29 | He said the money being spent on repairs to the Dolphin Centre could eventually be recouped through litigation . |
| 30 | DELEGATES to the International Coffee Organisation meeting in London said they expected to begin drawing up a framework within which economic clauses could eventually be reintroduced into the agreement . |