Example sentences of "could be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , radar reflection spectra did indicate that the surface of Mercury consists largely of dust to a depth of at least a few metres , and that the dust could be composed largely of silicates . |
| 2 | For example , one study showed that if all the bauxite and alumina currently exported were converted into aluminium , Australia 's export value could be tripled ( Australian Manufacturing Council , 1989 ) . |
| 3 | Alternatively the whole could be whitened by flooding it with alkali and the design etched on , probably with a solution of copper nitrate . |
| 4 | There was hardly an important consultant who did not retain a consulting room in Harley Street or its environs , where private fees could be garnered . |
| 5 | Treasury policy , especially from late 1947 , was to badger the colonies to provide data on which a rigorous system of dollar exchange control could be imposed , a system which was imposed from December 1947 . |
| 6 | A cooling-off period of , say , six weeks could be imposed by application to the courts and this would allow negotiations and talks to continue . |
| 7 | If anyone failed to attend the muster , heavy fines and punishments could be imposed . |
| 8 | Petty Sessions or Quarter Sessions : a criminal court , as opposed to a magistrate 's court where only short sentences could be imposed . |
| 9 | ( According to a circular of March 20th , 1931 , stone-breaking , stone-pounding and corn-grinding were no longer among the tasks prescribed for casuals ; none could be imposed without the approval of the Minister . |
| 10 | The hoarding at the entrance to the sliproad leading off the A643 five miles out of Mainz warned of the penalties which could be imposed on any unauthorized personnel attempting to gain illegal entry into the Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Plant a mile further down the road . |
| 11 | The weight could be imposed exogenously , but here it is determined endogenously . |
| 12 | In the case of the discretionary sentence there is always a notional equivalent determinate sentence which could be imposed in accord with established sentencing practice but for the current mental state of the defendant which makes him a danger to the public . |
| 13 | This elaborate state structure , providing in principle for the greatest possible degree of local self-government , was none the less based upon the principle of democratic centralism which meant that , in the last resort , central decisions could be imposed upon levels of government below them . |
| 14 | In the real world it is difficult to see how such a tax could be imposed or calculated , and it would make much more practical sense to tackle the offending firm under monopolies legislation . |
| 15 | Thus , for example , rather than barring production above current levels of , say , asbestos at each plant throughout the nation , a ceiling on national production could be imposed with the rights to manufacture within the total being auctioned off to the highest bidders . |
| 16 | If the route chosen by the marchers is such that there are places where the policing could not be adequate to prevent serious disorder , then conditions could be imposed . |
| 17 | Sometimes the purpose is simply intimidatory , as with the racist march , rather than an attempt to coerce persons into taking or not pursuing any particular course of action , and it is difficult to see that conditions could be imposed on a ‘ racist ’ march on this ground alone . |
| 18 | Where private costs of production are below social costs , an indirect tax could be imposed , or increased , so that price is raised to reflect the true social costs of production . |
| 19 | A proposal to abolish capital punishment was defeated ; the death penalty could be imposed for treason , aggravated murder , rape of a minor , and " crimes against peace and the safety of mankind " . |
| 20 | If this course were not done , the licence was cancelled and a fine could be imposed . |
| 21 | John Lade , later to be MP for Southwark , shortly after the passage of the Abjuration Act of 1702 , said " that his friends , meaning the Jacks , were milksops for kicking at oaths , asserting they should never be able to do anything if they , his friends , did not take all the oaths that could be imposed " . |
| 22 | Conditions could be imposed on the planning permission which would overrule the general permission given for such a change in use by the Use Classes Order ( Class 11 is ‘ use as an office for any purpose ’ ) . |
| 23 | Where a party can only be liable if negligent , a clause such as that in White v Warwick ought to be enough to protect against liability , even if parallel liability for failure to take reasonable care could be imposed in tort and contract ( Alderslade v Hendon Laundry Ltd [ 1945 ] KB 189 ) . |
| 24 | In actual fact it was mentioned earlier that V A T er could be imposed on fossil fuel but I think any administration . |
| 25 | But it does have the advantage of operating on a level where guilt or innocence might be easier to establish and where punishment could be imposed on a state basis . |
| 26 | Lord Sutherland told Maddison that life imprisonment was the only sentence that could be imposed on a murder charge . |
| 27 | A shopkeeper had a dispute with a customer , a woman who had been waiting for a bus had popped in to mention parking on the footpath at weekends , the school had organised some Maypole dancing and wondered if part of the car park could be cordoned off , somebody else wanted vehicle watch forms . |
| 28 | It did not come to much : but it was perhaps essential before Britain obtained major allies to believe that somehow a revolutionary movement could be incited to grow in occupied Europe . |
| 29 | Others commented that the subjective experience of patients was outside the range of what could be recorded and judged objectively . |
| 30 | There was little improvement in the diaphragm 's sensitivity after about 1906 , but better manufacturing techniques ( resulting in less surface noise ) and better gramophones ( with greater efficiency ) meant that by 1920 classical pianists could be recorded playing relatively unmodified grand pianos . |