Example sentences of "could be [verb] [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any new definition that could be devised would be new in substance as well as form ; and if the case law is to be presumed , with it must be preserved , implicitly or explicitly , the preamble of the statute of Elizabeth I on which it is based . |
| 2 | The details of how such intentions could be realized would be left to local joint planning and financing at the district level : ‘ any proposal to move the balance of care from hospital to community should come from the local level ’ . |
| 3 | The only way that the gold backing of the dollar could be increased would be by an increase in the price of gold . |
| 4 | The sensitivity of these results to the way in which expectations could be formed will be investigated . |
| 5 | At no time is restraint to be used as a punitive measure , or in situations where the crimes that could be committed would be minor , such as shoplifting . |
| 6 | Yes , I think also how you feel it could be improved would be very relevant and how you would feel in the context of a pensioners meeting , an annual meeting like shareholders have in companies and how you if you have any views on how such a meeting might be managed in relation to the deferred pensioners interests , the existing pensioners interests , the employees interest and obviously the company 's interest being adequately reflected at such a meeting but I think we would welcome that aspect . |
| 7 | All that could be agreed would be to loan trained men for a specific operation . |
| 8 | ( It has been suggested that one method by which a written constitution could be entrenched could be by " manufacturing " such a change in the norm of validity by altering the terms of the judicial oath so that judges would swear to uphold only laws which were in conformity with the constitutional provisions — per H. W. R. Wade , 1989 Hamlyn Lecture : Constitutional Fundamentals ) . |
| 9 | The only way in which such communication could be measured would be by questionnaire . |
| 10 | The most that could be offered would be autonomous areas within regional self-government ‘ towards which members of the respective nationalities , scattered all over the country or even all over the world , would gravitate and with which they could enter into relations and free associations ’ — some measure of accommodation to Bauerism . |