Example sentences of "could [be] [vb pp] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Specialist local authority homes for dementia , to which new residents could be admitted , or to which residents of " ordinary " homes could be transferred at later stages , are a possibility , but are against strongly held principles of integration and continuity of care . |
| 2 | By having the firms with low marginal reduction costs contract further and firms with high marginal reduction costs contract less , the same total reduction in pollution could be achieved at less cost . |
| 3 | Often better listening-conditions could be achieved at little cost . |
| 4 | A similar result was reached by Lord Somervell who was of the opinion that fraud did not go to jurisdiction and could be challenged at any time . |
| 5 | Extremely powerful local area networks will be needed to handle the kinds of data volumes that could be involved at any given moment . |
| 6 | A recent international meeting of computer-literate historians addressed these very questions and resolved to prepare a curriculum of instruction in computational methods and techniques which could be adopted at any number of institutions ( Davis , et.al. 1993 ) . |
| 7 | This style also reflects the attempt by the political élite in Moscow to hand down to the provinces general directives which were as sophisticated as possible and based on Marxist tenets in so far as they could be understood at lower levels . |
| 8 | As no progress could be made at that meeting , it was agreed that the matter should be brought to the next stage of procedures which is Joint Industrial Council . |
| 9 | When the best signal is obtained , the optical fibre could be secured at each end using PVC tape . |
| 10 | Table 3.3 identifies a number of typical systems which could be evaluated at different stages during a construction project . |
| 11 | However , he refused to attach too much importance to these since they could be withdrawn at any time unless they were passed into law . |
| 12 | The Pathfinder Force should be on a different basis and these should consist of 45 sorties , but crews could be withdrawn at any time after the completion of 30 sorties . |
| 13 | The car-hire company , and one of the anonymous respondents , did not consider such methods and questioned how poaching could be prevented at all . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ This club has a wealth of world-class former playing expertise and if that could be reinforced at some future date by David Bishop , I think Pontypool would only be the richer for it . |
| 15 | If sufficient forces could be raised at short notice , the robbed would pursue the robbers on ‘ hot trod ’ , with the right to reclaim their goods by force and deal with the wrongdoers out of hand . |
| 16 | The P. pictus were very active and could be seen at all times of the day , the Bumble Bees were a lot more secretive and only ventured out to grab some quick grub and late at night . |
| 17 | The shape of this 30ft by 45ft design seemed to make it appear wider and not all features could be seen at first glance . |
| 18 | There is legitimate concern that the meeting decided that little could be done at this time we might be able to contribute to the campaign at a later stage . |
| 19 | Her voice could be heard at three in the morning at the Gargoyle solemnly announcing to Minton , ‘ We Capricorns must stick together . ’ |
| 20 | The custody hearing could be called at any time . |
| 21 | She knew she could be killed at any moment . |
| 22 | ‘ He could be killed at any time . |
| 23 | And some could be given at either level ? |
| 24 | Shortly afterwards , the Ministry of Health suggested that birth control information could be given at maternal and child welfare centres on medical grounds . |
| 25 | After all , he knew Mr Parnham better than she did and he did n't look as if he could be fooled at all . |
| 26 | The whole room breathed an air of hygienic efficiency : the walls were emulsioned so that they could be repainted at little cost , and the tables stood on plastic tiles which could be quickly wiped and disinfected . |
| 27 | In 1778 England had 50,000 men in America and not 10,000 regulars at home that could be collected at any one given spot . |
| 28 | ft and an FSI at 2 , either the site could be covered at two storeys to yield the permitted 20,000 sq . |
| 29 | When I began these big fish articles for PFK , I wanted to demonstrate that something a little different could be kept at little or no extra cost to setting up a comparatively-sized community tank . |
| 30 | As long as she was alive and working my reputation could be destroyed at any time . |