Example sentences of "could [verb] [be] [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether it would have been possible against this background of practically continuous fighting in the south , more than a year before the first Vietnam war between France and the Vietminh is usually reckoned to have begun , for either side to have modified its objectives to the point where compromise could have been reached is obviously a question which is relevant to the origins of the Vietnam war and one must therefore look for the characteristics which , at least after the event , suggest a remarkably high risk of collision . |
| 2 | The maximum sentence which could have been imposed was six months . |
| 3 | The only way the scale effect could have been achieved is with layers of shaped leather or metal : either would have made the garment extremely heavy and unwieldy . |
| 4 | The only possible way your ‘ burning ’ could have been used was as yet another tool of control . |
| 5 | Inspector Brian Jaggs , of Braintree police , said yesterday that according to the alarm company the only way the £8,000 car could have been taken was to be physically removed by trailer , and it was likely it was stolen to order . |
| 6 | She said she occasionally felt that a job she could have been doing was being done by someone else leaving her less than fully occupied , but as her case load increased this feeling appeared to lessen . |
| 7 | The only way in which it could have been avoided was for de Gaulle to change his style of leadership . |