Example sentences of "could be [verb] to [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wish it could be said to be a gain to the Faculty of Theology . ’ |
| 2 | The borderline between ritual and custom is a little blurred ; custom could be said to be a form of ritual that has lost many of its magical or religious overtones , but still retains some of the original intent to transform . |
| 3 | There are many alternative implementations of trie memory , in fact the 26-way tree just described could be said to be a type of trie . |
| 4 | One of the best known of all British sociological studies , Young and Willmott 's Family and Kinship in East London ( 1957 ) , could be said to be a community study , though it has a specific focus and is based mainly , though not entirely , on data collected through a social survey . |
| 5 | By this definition , the question of what would count as a comprehensive health service could be said to be a polycentric one . |
| 6 | A psychological rationalization could be said to be a justification for a position , which is held for reasons not related to the justification . |
| 7 | There could be said to be a ‘ Structural crisis ’ for Europe over its position in the World in the immediate post-war period because it had become as Churchill said ‘ A rubble heap , a charnel house , a breeding ground of pestilence and hate ’ . |
| 8 | In the Hassan family , carpet manufacturing could be said to be a team effort where one loads , another weaves and another would then inspect . |
| 9 | Ronnie , I think , could be held to be a precursor of P for Patrick Doyle in Kelman 's novel of 1989 , A Disaffection . |
| 10 | ‘ I did n't tell Simon he could be going to be a father . |
| 11 | Plenary sessions in the Conference had , one after the other , commented on the absence of any relevant courses at University Departments of Education , on the similar failure on the part of other institutions of higher education to develop qualifications which might secure recognition from the Council for National Academic Awards , and on the apparent unwillingness of the Department of Education and Science to recognise overseas qualifications whilst at the same time refusing to take a lead in a field which could be shown to be a priority area . |
| 12 | The relative lack of progress on START and in particular the multilateral CFE negotiations ( being conducted in Vienna within the framework of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe , CSCE — see p. 37335 ) since the Malta summit were widely attributed to Soviet concern over the pace and implications of German unification , and whether a unified Germany could be allowed to be a member of NATO . |
| 13 | Within the limits of the one party dictatorship prevailing in the Soviet Union Bukharin could be considered to be a consensus politician , seeking growth through co-operation not conflict . |
| 14 | Are you keeping that sort of thing that that in some ways could be considered to be a system . |
| 15 | But they reaped no advantage ; there was nothing moving towards them which could be deemed to be a consideration , with the result that the case is one in which the contract is made , but remains unenforceable in law … . |