Example sentences of "it could be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's odd by current supercar standards because as BMW 's 300bhp V12 engine was never meant to be a stressed item — it is carried in a subframe sling — but otherwise it looks like it could be built tomorrow . |
| 2 | Meantime , it would greatly help if United Motors could see its way clear to build another factory in Ireland , particularly if it could be built in the South West , where the Prime Minister was having to face re-election in a year 's time . |
| 3 | It could be built , operated for 40 years , fully decommissioned — and still produce at well under 3 pence per unit at an 8 per cent rate of return , competitive with new coal , new gas and French nuclear stations . |
| 4 | There are lots of other places where it could be built . |
| 5 | Churchill , as Secretary of State for War , saw no need to veto a tunnel on military grounds and the Home Ports Defence Committee concluded that it could be defended from attack , albeit at high cost . |
| 6 | BP , ICL , IBM , Volvo , British Gas in Wales , British Telecom in the South-west , and a clutch of local authorities , many of which had led the way , had all shown it could be done , with Ford announcing its partial ban recently . |
| 7 | Perhaps it could be done as an oratorio . |
| 8 | Mann said it could be done and Denega drove him to the chapel to see ‘ if the small cracks in the facade could be enlarged ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ Practicable ’ , however , did n't just mean that it could be done . |
| 10 | Or it could be done through fragmentation . |
| 11 | I was wondering how everything happened in the pop world and they demystified it and showed me it could be done , ’ he said . |
| 12 | He taught us that it could be done without in normal circumstances . |
| 13 | It could be done by combining a video shot of the user 's hands with the screen picture . |
| 14 | It could be done late at night with no dishonour for the men 's relations or lack of respect . ’ |
| 15 | Maybe it could be done monthly rather than the punishingly weekly ? |
| 16 | It could be done : gradually , in the second half of the six months , he grew in confidence . |
| 17 | Obviously it could be done ; I 'm just saying you 'd need a pretty controlled and sophisticated setup to achieve consistency and accuracy . |
| 18 | It was pleasant to know that that fact had been noted among the critical young gentlemen who comprised , as far as it could be done , Edwin 's set . |
| 19 | But it was Hayling and John Hoyland , Chris Walsh 's new assistant , who knew exactly how it could be done . |
| 20 | It could be done in half a day ; I mean , the cartage . ’ |
| 21 | In principle , I suppose that it could be done , but it is hard all the same to see how . |
| 22 | This ensured that aircraft out on the routes at outstations lacking facilities for making the checks could fly to a place where it could be done . |
| 23 | The magistrate refused to allow the UK accredited representative to take the recording to London for read-out and insisted that it could be done in Italy . |
| 24 | But officers were then immediately faced with the problem of how to implement the decision through DHAs not convinced that it could be done . |
| 25 | John Beaumont , Receiver-General at the Court of Wards under Edward VI , showed two ways in which it could be done . |
| 26 | It could be done on the job using a National Council assessor . |
| 27 | if it could be done , the unity of our Party . |
| 28 | Er and it could be done . |
| 29 | Yes , it could be done . |
| 30 | Whether it could be done with the thought-bubble … |