Example sentences of "could [be] [vb pp] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet by the summer of 1922 , when recovery was in sight , the slightest advantage of one peasant over another could be manipulated to gain quick and large profits . |
| 2 | a ) Entry to the Profession — a number of respondents , including some local law societies , wondered if admissions policy could be tightened to screen potential entrants to the profession more effectively . |
| 3 | Japanese policy everywhere was governed by one overriding consideration , namely the degree to which a country could be made to provide political and economic support for Japan 's war effort . |
| 4 | If Saddam Hussein or Colonel Qaddaffi were bidding for control of a firm that employs 130,000 people , makes explosives and could be made to make chemical weapons , that would be reason for concern . |
| 5 | For example , the estimator and standard price books use a common labour constant for brickwork ; in practice the labour constant could be adjusted to provide different targets for , say , work at ground level and work in the gables . |
| 6 | In the early part of the twentieth century very little was known about the chronology of tribal art ( most of it was considered to be much older than it is ) , and the stylistic differences between the work of various regions had not been examined ; Guillaume himself included Oceanic work under the term tribal art , and felt that it could be extended to include Alaskan art as well . |
| 7 | This test could be extended to include statistical analysis of manufacturing accuracy to associate a weighting against the envelope of certainty thus enabling confidence limits to be established , and the correct combination of tolerances specified . |
| 8 | This argument about the policy aspects of regionalism could be extended to cover different theoretical approaches to the basket of problems to which we have been referring . |
| 9 | Such a procedure could be extended to provide full spatial and functional modelling . |
| 10 | France suggested Mr Yeltsin 's April summit with the US president , Bill Clinton , could be expanded to include other G7 leaders but other member states , particularly Germany and Japan were doubtful this would take place . |
| 11 | The words and such further ancillary rights that arise under the general law or by necessary implication should be included and could be expanded to include ancillary rights that arise by necessity |
| 12 | It could be expanded to cover other examples , both within and across jurisdictions . |
| 13 | For example , the crime of rape could be expanded to cover other acts of sexual penetration . |
| 14 | It could be expanded to cover certain forms of oral sex as well as vaginal and anal penetration by objects or parts of the body and could be rendered gender neutral . |
| 15 | Instead of developing careful analytical thinking , the staff could be instructed to introduce closed didactic procedures that are heavily information-driven . |
| 16 | The 38 countries taking part in the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) decided on Oct. 3 that fact-finding teams could be sent to investigate alleged human rights abuses in any member country , whether or not the country 's government agreed to the investigation . |
| 17 | In 1140 the monk Gratian in Bologna produced his Decretum or Concordance of Discordant Canons , in which he demonstrated that , given the proper techniques of critical examination , the authoritative statements of church fathers and ecclesiastical councils could be harmonized to yield fundamental principles of church law . |
| 18 | No easy way could be seen to re-establish British finance for production . |
| 19 | More could be done to encourage flexible or staggered working hours and spread the traffic load . |
| 20 | In his 1955–56 Annual Report , for example , Jacques wrote that if only this level of grant could be achieved , something could be done to raise part-time tutors ' fees and so reduce the glaring disparity between the minima of £1 110. 0d. for teaching a WEA Terminal class and £3 10s. 0d. for taking a University Sessional class . |
| 21 | Others , such as Rizzi ( 1939 ) and Burnham ( 1941 ) , earlier argued that the bureaucracy could be said to own public property , albeit collectively , not individually . |
| 22 | Fifty-two per cent of over-65s could be said to give regular practical help to other individuals ( Social Trends , 1984 , Tables 11.4 and 11.6 ) . |
| 23 | British policy towards the European Community could be said to involve careful application of realist principles — the pursuit of national self-interest , narrowly defined , through participation in the single market but opting out of the social chapter . |
| 24 | There is the belief that even if criteria of rationality differ across forms of thought , at least individual forms of thought could be said to contain discrete pools of rationality . |
| 25 | The last syllable is usually quite prominent so that in some cases it could be said to have secondary stress . |
| 26 | It is such contrary themes which can provide the content for the internalized dialogue , which could be said to constitute deliberative thinking ( Billig , 1987 ) . |
| 27 | While the pupils are evaluating the sources prompts could be given to encourage positive achievement . |
| 28 | At a stroke , the need for 300 staff in the health benefit unit could end and they could be redeployed to improve other parts of the service . |
| 29 | However , we would hope that some of the income could be earmarked to provide financial support for our many talented sportsmen and women to enable them to achieve their true potential . |
| 30 | We will examine ways in which the uniform scope of regulation could be eased to safeguard traditional local products or practices . |