Example sentences of "could be give " in BNC.
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| 1 | More information is required before gastric lavage can be abandoned completely in favour of giving activated charcoal , but a reasonable alternative to lavage could be to give 50–100 g of activated charcoal to adults who have taken a substantial overdose of a toxic substance no more than two hours previously . |
| 2 | The remark could only be made because Ashton had given so much thought to how the music could be given shape in dance . |
| 3 | If the presidency was given only a nominal role , for example , the Maronites would still hold the most honoured post in the country while more executive power could be given to the Sunni Muslim premier . |
| 4 | It works better in another piece , beginning : ‘ If every event which occurred could be given a name , there would be no need for stories . ’ |
| 5 | Alternatively , rival parties could be given control of different public television stations : so BBC 1 and Channel 4 might become ‘ conservative-right wing ’ channels while BBC 2 and ITV become ‘ socialist-left wing ’ channels , which could then compete for an audience . |
| 6 | In other ways positive help could be given by more fortunate regions . |
| 7 | Since the railways and the cables alongside them carried most of the nation 's newspapers , letters , and long-distance oral messages , little stimulus could be given towards the social and ethnic unification of a country that was notorious for the gap between town and country living conditions . |
| 8 | After several days of dividing their possessions into things they wished to keep and things which could be given away or sold , they were ready to leave the house for the last time . |
| 9 | The society says that , before planning permission could be given , the development proposal should include an environmental assessment report under the 1988 town and country planning ( assessment of environmental effects ) regulations . |
| 10 | But the long-term unemployed could be given travel assistance , particularly as 40 per cent live in heavily populated areas . |
| 11 | All avenues were explored to see whether such a guarantee could be given by the Americans , but no way of doing so could be found without breaching the US Constitution . |
| 12 | Shortly afterwards , the Ministry of Health suggested that birth control information could be given at maternal and child welfare centres on medical grounds . |
| 13 | She had been ill for some time , and gradually realized that she needed more care than could be given by the community services . |
| 14 | The deal also meant that Kylie could be given a better than average contract , he revealed in Business Review Weekly . |
| 15 | A spokesman said yesterday this was the earliest that details could be given to its workforce . |
| 16 | For similar reasons , the committee rejected an application that barristers employed by the Crown Prosecution Service and the Government Legal Service could be given extended rights of audience . |
| 17 | The greatest advantage , however , was that 8–10 weeks ' notice could be given of precise dates , venues and course programme . |
| 18 | They still hoped in 1980 that the Palestinian issue — the demands of Palestinians who lost their homes in what is now Israel — could be dealt with as part of a general Arab–Israeli peace settlement , that the whole two and a half million Palestinian diaspora could be given a lump-sum , once-and-for-all payment of compensation . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | At one extreme , the editors could be given total licence to film anything they liked and to show the House in their own way ( as when covering a football match , or as in some American state legislatures where camera and microphone men are even allowed to wander around on the floor of the House ) . |
| 21 | The personality of the present commander , L Detachment S.A.S. Brigade , is such that he could be given command of the whole force with appropriate rank . |
| 22 | The compound did not make animals sleep and very large doses could be given without causing death . |
| 23 | John was relieved when the executors of Ravel 's estate announced their objection to the use of that concert music for a ballet , so that no further performances could be given and , in consequence , the ballet was never shown in New York . |
| 24 | It was marketed under the name Distaval and the advertisements in 1961 indicated that it could be given with complete safety to pregnant women . |
| 25 | I spoke to a number of women who started their working lives in the grant-aided film and video sector , to find out whether the personal choices they had made could be given any wider significance . |
| 26 | An Arkleton Trust report concluded that the interplay between these elements of the CAP was complex and that , although studies had been made , ‘ no clear answer to the overall impact of CAP policies on the position of LFA farmers in general could be given . ’ |
| 27 | The House of Lords Select Committee recommended that the Article should be reinforced to ensure a more liberal interpretation so that financial support could be given to areas of particular conservation interest within the LFA . |
| 28 | Coleridge and Southey optimistically calculated that two or three hours daily labour would be all that was required , and that the remaining time could be given up to ‘ study , liberal discussions , and the education of their children ’ . |
| 29 | Alternatively , a chair could be elected from within the family ; if the person acting as chair varied , a teenager could be given a valuable chance to assume and exercise responsibility . |
| 30 | The desire to isolate the factors associated with child abuse is understandable ; social workers and other professionals could be given a list of tell-tale signs , and they could then keep a particularly close eye on families at risk . |