Example sentences of "that could [be] found " in BNC.
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| 1 | It gave the best possible example that could be found for a rhetorical approach to the question of property . |
| 2 | It goes without saying that the Labour front bench supported all of the most reactionary arguments that could be found to oppose the management reforms . |
| 3 | His room had a smell that could be found nowhere else in the house . |
| 4 | Generosity , however , was not an emotion that could be found in many Palestinian hearts in Lebanon , and the hatred that burned in 1948 was eagerly taken up by a new generation . |
| 5 | When the facts became known through contact established with the Curator of the New Mills Heritage Centre , some action was taken and all Mackie Memorial Library books that could be found in local bookshops were bought back by the Derbyshire authorities . |
| 6 | Pennethorne immediately complained to Hall , asking why he had lost the work ; Austin , the Secretary , wrote back on 28th May , saying that the Office had been reorganized with Pennethorne retaining the architectural work , subject to certain buildings being open to competition , and Hunt , ‘ the most fit and experienced person that could be found ’ , taking over the surveying work . |
| 7 | It testified to moral and financial respectability ; it secured the legitimacy of the children ; it offered cheaper and safer pleasures than the outside world and , as an additional boon , it was a source of virtues and emotions that could be found nowhere else , least of all in business or society . |
| 8 | And a proclamation went out to everyone who lived far and near to say that he was looking not only for a beautiful wife , but also the most worthy wife that could be found . |
| 9 | " When they were out of a ship they were more or less in a state of intoxication , during which time they were in the society of the very lowest description that could be found . |
| 10 | Clare baked nothing that could be found at the local baker and charged what she considered exorbitant prices , which people seemed happy to pay in cash . |
| 11 | Passing Scalpay , Johnson suggested to Boswell that they buy the island , ‘ found a good school ’ on it , and an episcopal church , ‘ and have a printing-press where he would print all the Erse that could be found ’ . |
| 12 | Bets would be made out on odd scraps of paper with all the formula of doubles , ups and downs , trebles , box ups , each way bets , in fact any means of winning a few shillings and saving their stake money that could be found . |
| 13 | What the bland uniformity of the final bestseller lists ( see opposite ) fails to reveal are the intriguing regional variations that could be found in most respondents ' submissions . |
| 14 | The ‘ magazine ’ was a collection of photocopies of drawings and slogans that could be found on any underpass on the estate . |
| 15 | To most people it was only the text that could be found lacking . |