Example sentences of "could be [vb pp] [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tap could be regulated so that the water flowing from it filled another tank in exactly twenty-four hours , while raising a float inside the tank a fixed distance . |
| 2 | It could be argued also that the nuclear family has facilitated the improvement of women 's status within the home . |
| 3 | It could be argued however that according to the theory of bureaucracy the Central Bank would operate monetary policy to suit its own needs , and also that monetary policy ought to be operated by a body that is accountable to the electorate ( a central bank is not , although the Bundesbank does not appear to suffer from the above problems ) . |
| 4 | It could be argued then that the basic problem is one of poverty . |
| 5 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that , if there had been a contravention of section 3 of the Act of 1986 , an order could be made under section 6(2) against both the contravener and persons knowingly concerned in that contravention provided that such order was intended to restore all the parties to specific transactions to their respective former positions and that the steps ordered to be taken were reasonably capable of achieving that object ; that , on a contravention of one of the provisions of section 6(1) ( a ) , an order could be made under the subsection against persons knowingly concerned in the contravention provided that the steps ordered to be taken were reasonably capable of remedying the contravention ; that such restitutionary orders could be made notwithstanding that the persons knowingly concerned had received nothing under the impugned transactions , there being no distinction between the type of order that could be made under the subsections against a contravener and a person knowingly concerned ; and that , accordingly , the judge had been right to dismiss the solicitors ' summons to strike out the S.I.B . 's claims against them ( post , pp. 907C–D , F–G , G–H , 909D–G , G–H , 910D , 913D–G , H — 914A , 915C–D ) . |
| 6 | This meant that for six weeks he was on a special bed that could be turned so that he spent some hours on his back and some on his front , never getting off the bed at all . |
| 7 | A massive 1000 t steel rotor with 10 m long arms could be spun so that the tips moved at 1000 m s -1 , equalling the speed of sound in steel . |
| 8 | On the one hand , there are many topics that could be experimented on that are barred by ethical considerations . |
| 9 | Equally , if the board of directors could be restructured so that it effectively monitored the executive managers of the company , who would monitor the board itself ? |
| 10 | The slogan at the back of the stage could be changed so that the appropriate place name could be inserted according to where we were . |
| 11 | These could be designed so that A2 versions could be sold through our retail outlets to visitors ( in a similar way to exhibition posters ) thus recovering a major part of the production and printing costs . |
| 12 | For one , the sampling procedure could be designed so that individuals are selected according to their position within the social structure or social group . |
| 13 | He also showed his inexperience by asking Gerry Gomez , his captain , if he could be substituted so that he could go to the airport to meet his sister . |
| 14 | The working party will also look at ways in which advertising could be coordinated so that different church groups would complement and not contradict one another . |
| 15 | However , a further test for ERR=17 could be included so that the program will halt on ESCAPE without an error being reported . |
| 16 | If they are to remain empty at any particular time short-held leases could be used so that the barracks could be used for local housing rather than stay vacant . |