Example sentences of "could be [adj] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spurs are due to face Manchester United at Old Trafford on the final scheduled day of the season , May 2 , in a game which could be crucial to United 's title hopes . |
| 2 | I would like to point out an error which could be misleading to potential users of our service . |
| 3 | It could be due to defective plumbing , such as a leaking water pipe , gutters , downpipes , lead flashings , blocked wall cavities , driving rain ( where there are solid walls ) or even just condensation on cold surfaces . |
| 4 | If you do muscle toning exercises ( floorwork ) regularly but feel you are not improving in shape or strength it could be due to poor posture and technique . |
| 5 | The increase in laminin concentrations in these patients could be due to increased synthesis by Ito cells . |
| 6 | If the relationship is real the mechanisms are far from clear , except that the effect is unlikely to be due to external radiation ; the possibility that it could be due to internal contamination by radioactive substances or some other exposure at work should be pursued . |
| 7 | The possibility that the effects could be due to internal contamination by radioactive substances , a chemical , or some other exposure at work should be explored . |
| 8 | Real chemical systems do show chaotic activity [ 5 ] , but this could be due to spatial , hydrodynamic irregularities rather than true chemical chaos . |
| 9 | Unsoundness which could be due to hereditary factors would be a good reason for rejecting the mare . |
| 10 | Judging by site alone , 83 per cent could be due to venous disorders , and 10 per cent to arterial insufficiency — a disproportionate number of which affected male patients . |
| 11 | It could be due to natural selection over the generations ; or it could be learnt . |
| 12 | A FULL inquiry has begun into remarks by a senior Strathclyde Region official that the high numbers of black and Asian children in special schools could be due to genetic or nutritional factors . |
| 13 | The reason for this new wave of regulation is due to the fear that unchecked deregulation could be conducive to systemic risk and market abuse . |
| 14 | Against : Could be annoying to other people ! |
| 15 | Against : Could be annoying to other people ! |
| 16 | The reservoir backed up behind the dam could be vulnerable to nuclear attack , opponents say . |
| 17 | I believe I 've got to be very careful what I say because I could be subject to legal action , but I think this whole case is appalling . |
| 18 | He assured Lord Salisbury on his visit to England in the summer of 1929 that ( according to Salisbury 's notes of their conversation ) , though dominion status might be admitted as the ultimate goal , ‘ inasmuch as it is impossible to anticipate an India which could defend itself , and as it is unthinkable that a British army could be subject to native control — an essential condition of real Dominion status — the realisation of the aspiration is not within sight ’ . |
| 19 | An interesting example of task-centred work in an old people 's home showed ways which could be helpful to residential workers , or health care teams in hospital , to work on adjustment to residential life , or the hospital care the client might experience ( Dierking et al . , |
| 20 | But at Key Stage 2 , oral evidence could be complementary to written forms of evidence , and the two could be compared . |
| 21 | This could be alarming to oncoming drivers in narrow country lanes , not to mention whoever was on top . |
| 22 | A Jacobite solution could be attractive to different people for different reasons at different times . |
| 23 | He would watch the movements of birds for hours through his binoculars without ever assuming that this activity could be interesting to other people , without ever promoting it as a topic of conversation . |
| 24 | stated that in his opinion that if the Institute did recommend such action and an embalmer became infected as a result , the Institute could be open to legal action . |
| 25 | Offenders , he claims , could be open to massive fines . |