Example sentences of "[noun] could [be] [vb pp] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What they pleaded for was further experimentation and what they hoped was that the new techniques and acting styles could be extended to other types of films . |
| 2 | It pointed to a future in which the hitherto limiting relationship of water transport to the economy could be inverted : now waterways could be brought to favourable sites : " The controlled application of water to industrial and commercial purposes was indeed the basic and most potent technology in Britain 's early economic advancement . " |
| 3 | For it had occurred to me that the proposed trip in the car could be put to good professional use ; that is to say , I could drive to the West Country and call on Miss Kenton in passing , thus exploring at first hand the substance of her wish to return to employment here at Darlington Hall . |
| 4 | Suddenly I realized that many of the techniques that Penrose and I had developed to prove singularities could be applied to black holes . |
| 5 | Harmonisation could be limited to essential requirements in order for health and public safety considerations to be accounted for , and to ensure technical compatibility of products . |
| 6 | My account of deixis is such that the methodology could be applied to other kinds of discourse , both literary and non-literary . |
| 7 | Already , the swift-moving German vanguard was groping its way into the Bois des Corbeaux ; the only wood near the Mort Homme , where those well-tried infiltration tactics could be used to excellent advantage . |
| 8 | Competitive tendering could be extended to certain medical services as well . |
| 9 | Consideration should be given to whether the requirement to be mobile could be restricted to particular regions while indicating that faster progression might be achieved by staff who were prepared to be widely mobile . |
| 10 | That way , protection could be extended to small airlines , such as Virgin , in the winter months , enabling them to lower fares in the summer months . |
| 11 | R. W. Gibson and J. A. Pickett of Rothamsted Experimental Station in Harpenden believe their discovery to be the first example of a food crop plant using insect pheromones in this way , and suggest that this mode of protection could be introduced to cultivated species ( Nature . |
| 12 | The relationship between the popes and the religious houses could be used to papal advantage . |
| 13 | Those resources in property and money could be put to good use to top up the £23 million housing improvement programme allocation this year , the £12.5 million of estate action money , the £71 million of Housing Corporation money and the £15 million for the vacant dwellings initiative . |
| 14 | Local authorities , housing associations , community groups , government agencies , private developers and building societies were all represented at the launch , where they were told how Middlesbroughwrought experience and expertise could be applied to similar schemes nationwide , with the SkillBuilding social enterprise company offering guidance on planning , funding , construction and long-term management and also able to act as developer or sub-contractor . |
| 15 | One study carried out in Canada showed that 20 per cent of cases could be attributed to true IgE-mediated allergy to food . |
| 16 | Although capsule distribution could be linked to other programmes such as immunisation , it must be given two to three times a year to achieve continuous coverage , and the risk of toxicity also needs consideration . |
| 17 | There was no consensus about whether or not this high rate reflected a higher amount of crime , or if the difference could be attributed to false cases in Sri Lanka or the failure to report crime in India . |
| 18 | Thus the eye could be subjected to precise ‘ reality ’ , or it could be repositioned , led , titillated or deceived . |
| 19 | Any oranges left after the five days could be sold to other customers . |
| 20 | He claims that the process could be extended to other waste disposal tasks : " Anything which can devour a Trabi probably has an appetite for a lot more besides . " |
| 21 | No surprises there , but unconfirmed reports tonight suggest the match could be switched to Old Trafford due to the obvious security risk . |
| 22 | Possibly such ideas could be applied to fine tune aloof measurements by distinguishing between different regions of the image and applying weights . |
| 23 | The British argued that the Soviets should be given no reason to think that an East–West war could be confined to Central and Western Europe . |
| 24 | The auditor must examine whether resources could be put to alternative uses , whether objectives could be achieved by an alternative strategy and ( if practicable ) compare the operations of one particular department with another . |
| 25 | I have been sufficiently foolhardy to raise the issue from time to time with small groups of individuals who put their point of view to me when it is easy to be civilised and who propose arrangements whereby Sunday trading could be limited to certain times , to shops of a particular size , to the selling of particular goods or to certain types of shop . |
| 26 | Another significant finding was that there was no difference in basal UOS pressure in children whose problems could be ascribed to oesophagopharyngeal reflux when compared with children in other groups . |
| 27 | The old man 's offer to buy the cottage was tempting , a few thousand pounds could be put to immediate use , but it was an offer he could n't accept . |
| 28 | And although it was always the hope that the county would continue to fund the project , and that every secondary school would eventually receive a grant of one sort or another , uncertainty meant that no guarantee could be given to disappointed schools as to their inclusion in a subsequent wave . |
| 29 | Kissinger even hoped to make 1973 the ‘ Year of Europe ’ in which the Atlantic alliance could be restored to full health , ending the distrust between America and Europe which had developed in the 1960s . |
| 30 | This branch of medicine owes much to the pioneering efforts of Marjorie Warren who demonstrated that , with proper assessment and rehabilitation , many of the elderly in these chronic sick establishments could be returned to independent living . |