Example sentences of "they could be [vb pp] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | To use the argument brought forward against the related speculation of Block ( i.e. about the tiny homunculi ) , one might at the very least want to deny that the higher and lower consciousnesses could , in any sense , be the same consciousnesses , whether or not they could be said to be in a physical part — whole relationship . |
| 2 | According to Townsend 's estimates , over half the people in Britain at some state in their lives may well experience relative deprivation to such an extent that they could be said to be ‘ in poverty ’ for those periods . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , they could be said to be implicit justifications of an almost fully formulated nature , in that they provide reasons for the existence of the monarchy and its ceremonial occasions . |
| 4 | But they could be seen to be so " from below " as well as " from above " . |
| 5 | They could be expected to be as obedient to the workers as they had been to the capitalists . |
| 6 | Alternatively , they could be considered to be protected by the design right as a configuration when all the components are mounted onto the board . |
| 7 | Progressive emergence of partnership forces , combined with provisional intentions and priorities , will clear the ground for tasks and levels of partnership at which they could be set to be identified . |