Example sentences of "could be [vb pp] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Allowing for the time he 's already spent in cutody , that means Rachael could be freed this autumn . |
| 2 | Before such an objective could be achieved much work was required . |
| 3 | WW has had a difficult time , suffering heavy losses on its glass side , but profits could be achieved this year . |
| 4 | It could be argued that failure to attend for , for example , part of one school day during any particular week , would not be truancy under the law . |
| 5 | It would not be easy to see how a case could be made that factory employment was an especially health-destroying occupation for adult males . |
| 6 | In this way perhaps examination assessment could be made more objective . |
| 7 | There are many traces of ritual in ordinary household life , and perhaps these could be made more use of , and new ones established . |
| 8 | If you live in London , all your hairdressing problems could be answered this summer . |
| 9 | Well , you know , Donald came up here year after year and took a real tongue lashing and you did n't really put anything down there that could be criticized this year but you said we 're gon na fight . |
| 10 | He also said the US administration would seek an additional agreement that would give US airlines new access to British airports and confirmed that he hoped a new aviation agreement could be reached this year between the US and the UK . |
| 11 | Mr Pena hoped that a new aviation agreement could be reached this year between the US and the UK and added that the US would vigorously defend the right of its carriers abroad . |
| 12 | My father thus replied to the effect that while he was most grateful that his feelings had been taken into account , Mr Silvers could be assured that service would be provided to the usual standards . |
| 13 | The decision to enter could be announced any time after completed negotiations and entry could take effect the next weekend , when markets are closed . |
| 14 | It could be seen any day in the car parks attached to various chemical plants in the Runcorn area . |
| 15 | He could be seen most mornings at the door of his shop in Wimbledon Village , arms crossed , mouth twisted in a superior sneer , just waiting for the chance to decode the small print on the front of buses . |
| 16 | All that could be done that day had been done . |
| 17 | It could be said that scripture 's view of the Devil and the evil spirits is mythological . |
| 18 | Its primary spokesman suggested that guarantees could be given that Afghanistan would not become a base for foreign powers . |
| 19 | The question of the uniqueness of the initial conditions is closely related to that of the arbitrariness of the local physical laws : One would not regard a theory as complete if it contained a number of adjustable parameters such as masses or coupling constants that could be given any values one liked . |
| 20 | They also express the hope that the citizenship record of school pupils could be given more weight by universities and other institutions of higher education when admitting students , and this could be facilitated by the inclusion in UCCA and PCAS forms of a standard section in which a reference to community involvement could be included . |
| 21 | As an example pupils at the beginning of Key Stage 3 studying the Norman Conquest could be given this exercise on " Who should inherit the throne ? " . |
| 22 | Senior East German Social Democrats believe that even the slower process under Article 146 could be completed this year . |
| 23 | By taking the voltage to +0.5 V they returned to the original low resistance , and this cycle could be repeated many times . |
| 24 | The bizarre story of British academic institutions ' flattery of the Ceauşescus could be repeated many times over in other impeccably democratic countries . |
| 25 | Mary has produced a stunning English Electric Lightning service ‘ pedigree ’ and the number of types that could be treated that way is unlimited . |
| 26 | Or the situation could be read another way . |
| 27 | Around 40,000 people could be housed this way by next April , more than double the number last spring . |
| 28 | ‘ The association will continue to press the arguments because if the terms for maintenance funds could be improved more people would take advantage of them . |
| 29 | Studio head Richard Zanuck paid him between one and two million dollars so that the film could be released that year , with a guarantee to compensate him if the show 's gross takings fell below $60,000 a week for an agreed period . |
| 30 | Of the three German principals , the Crown Prince was now all for ending the whole Verdun offensive ; Falkenhayn had lost interest and could be wafted either way by the prevailing wind ; there remained only Knobelsdorf , the most subordinate of the three , who in his conversion to Falkenhayn 's ‘ bleeding white ’ dogma had become more Catholic than the Pope , and who supported continuation at all costs . |