Example sentences of "the [noun sg] could [be] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Attempts to cheat the system , however , by discharging a patient briefly every three months could be thwarted by insisting that the period of discharge must last at least two weeks before the admission could be considered separate . |
| 2 | The Conservatives ' strategy of holding back the state pension on the ground that the deficit could be made good by additional private sector pensions has been blown out of the water , not least by the vulnerability of occupational pensions which we have witnessed recently and by the under-performance and the milking of private pension schemes themselves . |
| 3 | According to a report to today 's meeting the course could be made available to nine secondary schools in Darlington . |
| 4 | The rule could be made simple or complex and even a simple rule could be adjusted to deal with real shocks to the economy , such as from OPEC hikes in the price of oil . |
| 5 | Theoretical considerations indicated that if the electric field applied to the surface could be made strong enough to confine the mobile electrons to a very thin layer near the semiconductor 's surface , with thickness comparable to the wavelength associated with the electrons there , then the electrons ' motion perpendicular to the surface would be ‘ quantised ’ . |
| 6 | Equipped with a refrigerated camper , so that specimens found in the glacier could be preserved intact until studied , Hansom and Luckey were astounded and thrilled to discover a perfectly preserved specimen of a new hominid species two metres inside the glacier . |
| 7 | The Consumer Association says that such a clause in the warranty could be considered unreasonable , and does n't invalidate your statutory rights , as long as you 're an individual buyer . |
| 8 | Thus commercial considerations in running the railway could be kept distinct from the value judgements the government wished to adopt . |
| 9 | What is clear is that the court rejected Rees 's argument that the annotation could be kept secret , on the basis of a somewhat heavy-handed assumption of what this would entail . |
| 10 | The judge at first instance invoked the wardship powers of the court to protect the girl : he weighed her interests against that of the publishers , and concluded that the balance came down in favour of restraining publication , since the book could be rendered harmless by excising a few paragraphs . |
| 11 | I took him off so the house could be got ready and everyone arrive . |
| 12 | In agriculture , biotechnology may have a major impact on crop yields — the yield from cassava in Africa could be quadrupled if the plant could be made resistant to African cassava mosaic virus . |