Example sentences of "[vb mod] [prep] theory [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To these self-appointed custodians of public morals it was even more appalling that those very classes who should in theory be the hope and backbone of republicanism were equally infected by the general tone of light-mindedness : |
| 2 | And because the upper limit of a microscope 's resolving power depends on the wavelength of the waves illuminating the object under study , Sokolov suggested that an acoustic microscope should in theory be able to resolve images just as well as the standard optical system . |
| 3 | The advantages put forward for the traditional system are that the project is fully designed before the tender and , therefore , the cost should in theory be known at the commencement of the contract . |
| 4 | Taking the major subject-areas of sociology , such as those listed above , it should in theory be possible to chart the areas in which women are most invisible . |
| 5 | Reduced need for official reserves With floating , there should in theory be no need for official intervention in foreign exchange markets , and therefore no need to accumulate large stocks of official reserves . |
| 6 | These should in theory be included in the measure of current income . |
| 7 | The specific exclusions of liability referred to above should in theory be sufficient for nearly all purposes , since it is unrealistic of the seller to suppose ( and indeed contrary to s 3 of the UCTA ) that he can exclude all liability for his failure to perform in all circumstances . |
| 8 | ( 5 ) Because of the exemption for anything done in pursuance of a scheme of arrangement under s153(3) ( e ) , it should in theory be possible for financial assistance proposed to be provided as part of the Court Scheme to be implemented immediately ( because the target is bound by the scheme when it becomes effective ) without the need to wait for the target to be re-registered as a private company and the private company exemption procedure followed . |
| 9 | The example always given was that the fluttering of a butterly 's wing in the forests of Amazonia could change the climate of the north Atlantic , which might in theory be true because things very often changed just at the margin , and no one could trace quite how . |
| 10 | While peasants might in theory be tied to the land , many engaged in non-agricultural by-employment . |
| 11 | Partly because of the lack of predators , many island birds have lost the ability to fly ; after all , flying requires enormous energy , and on islands , those that do take to the air could in theory be blown out to sea . |
| 12 | This could in theory be rounded up to one in four or down to one in three . |
| 13 | As the paper was to be printed on contract presses with pages faxed across electronically , its editorial offices could in theory be based anywhere . |
| 14 | Moreover , under the optimality theory the outcome does not depend on patterns of pleiotropy , and could in theory be reached by fixation of alleles each with an effect on fitness at only one age . |
| 15 | Both theories are consistent with the absence of any genetic variance because deleterious mutations could become fixed by drift , and the optimal life history could in theory be achieved by fixation of a single optimal genotype by selection . |
| 16 | It does seem an anachronism that the Australian government could in theory be sacked by the Queen in London , particularly as both countries are devoting much greater attention to their regional interests . |
| 17 | So its teaching may in theory be ranged along a spectrum from the ‘ dogmatic ’ to the ‘ pastoral ’ . |
| 18 | In other words Gibbs and di Marzio 's temperature T2 should be considered as a theoretically derived equilibrium glass transition temperature which would in theory be attained by an infinitely slow cooling from the melt . |
| 19 | Just before the regulation entered into force the UK on Sept. 20 referred three mergers to its own Monopolies and Mergers Commission , two of which ( a bid by Tate and Lyle for British Sugar , and a proposed joint venture between British Aerospace and Thomson-CSF of France ) would in theory be liable to scrutiny by the European Commission . |
| 20 | It has to do with short-term planning and public accounting systems , which mean that , although money can in theory be voted for projects over a number of years , in practice , it usually arrives in annual dribs and drabs . |
| 21 | A management buy-out can in theory be effected by way of a de-merger , for example where the managers are already shareholders in the holding company of Target . |