Example sentences of "case could [be] make [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a background in ICI 's pharmaceutical and paints operations , he told The Economist a year ago that a case could be made for hanging onto the jewels and getting rid of the tarnished tinsel . |
| 2 | He says a case could be made for Manchester 's fullback , but in no sport are players picked from outside the national leagues — and anyway we can all spend hours picking players unlucky not to tour . |
| 3 | A strong case could be made for the boundary of the new province to have been based on a line from the Humber to the Bristol Channel , probably following the lower Severn , the Warwickshire Avon and the Trent . |
| 4 | A case could be made for such a ritual being enshrined in the legend of Lady Godiva of Coventry , riding through the city on a white horse ( fig. 13.1 ) , though this idea has been dismissed by Hilda Ellis Davison in her otherwise full and admirable account of the legend . |
| 5 | A case could be made for a deep psychic need in people the world over for the manifestations of monsters in varying horrific forms . |
| 6 | ‘ He thought that as good a case could be made for our efforts in Korea — and probably a better one — as almost anything we had done in the foreign field . ’ |
| 7 | Certainly , a case could be made for granting entry to all full-time teachers in further education , who if they do not possess formal qualifications at least almost invariably have considerable industrial or business experience . |
| 8 | Two is the obvious number , but in certain circumstances a case could be made for one prisoner or three prisoners . |
| 9 | Perhaps , for instance , a case could be made for discouraging risks that might lead to a person 's loss of employment , if their chances of gaining another job were remote . |
| 10 | On this evidence , however , almost as strong a case could be made for Johns , Kingston and O'Hara — although the last two named have said they are unavailable to tour . |