Example sentences of "could [adv] [be] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such statistics could eventually be converted into real terms to show changes in the levels of Soviet aid , and into current prices for comparison with Western aid . |
| 2 | These contradictory data could perhaps be explained by different viruses having a role in different geographical areas . |
| 3 | Partnerships could henceforth be established between consenting adults so that ‘ two men could live permanently together without fearing prattling informers bringing down the criminal law upon them ’ . |
| 4 | l he general conclusion reached here was that any attempt to get behind the early church 's proclamation of Jesus to what Jesus himself had actually believed about himself could only be built on psychological conjecture and historical guesswork . |
| 5 | If tutors were not doing their job as required they would be reported to National Council and their accredition would be withdrawn , and Institute students could only be taught by accredited tutors . |
| 6 | Lucerne , on which Young set such high hopes , could only be grown on deep soils or on irrigated land , and there it was to produce a minor revolution . ’ |
| 7 | It was against self-will and worldly desires that he set his face ; and these could only be overcome by personal conversion . |
| 8 | The secular arm could only be enlisted in specific cases against named and duly warned individuals ; it could offer no aid against those categories of offenders pronounced , in various general and local sentences , as excommunicate ipso facto . |
| 9 | The exhaust emissions standards could only be met with current technology by installing three-way catalytic converters in petrol-driven vehicles . |
| 10 | They were enemies of the sovereign , public thieves , full of vice , and atheists whose pernicious doctrine could only be met by illuminating men 's minds with geometry , physics , and astronomy . |
| 11 | The Centre for Research on User Studies asked its respondents to indicate ‘ topics for which you think there is most need for external provision of training ’ , and while there was little evidence of lack of interest in external training or lack of perceived need , there was also little evidence of discrimination between needs that could be met by a range of methods and needs that could only be met by external provision . |
| 12 | The wall opposite the door , constructed of rows of teak slats , contained two seamless sliding doors , invisible to the naked eye , which could only be activated by miniature sonic transmitters . |
| 13 | Adenauer and the Western allies insisted that Germany could only be reunited through free , national elections , and with the freedom to pursue a pro-Western policy , and Adenauer utterly rejected the idea that East Germany could be a sovereign state , such as the Soviets declared it to be in September 1955 . |
| 14 | It would , however , be incorrect to assume that syntactic aspects of language production could only be influenced by automatic accessing of particular lexical items . |
| 15 | He believed that good architecture could only be created by good people and that you could only be good by being an unreformed Christian . |
| 16 | The first , Phan Boi Chau , believed that the French had to be removed — and that this could only be achieved through armed struggle . |
| 17 | Lady Hoby was also a martinet and believed that learning could only be achieved through hard work and discipline . |
| 18 | Whether annexation was a long-term aim in Japan is debatable ; what is clear is that Japanese believed that their nation 's security necessitated a hold on power in Korea of a kind which could only be achieved by colonial status . |
| 19 | In the sphere of business entities , public companies limited by shares could only be formed with foreign capital participation under an Act of 1875 and under a 1972 Decree of the Minister of Trade , and limited liability companies could only be incorporated under a 1930 Act . |
| 20 | Since negotiations failed and the rebellion , once supported by England , could only be defeated by increasing injections of Napoleon 's soldiers and money , the ideal of an independent civil government appealing to hearts , in Joseph 's phrase , was rejected by the emperor and his generals who knew no law but military necessity . |
| 21 | Its cohesion was shattered by the rift between those who accepted the Communist line that the war was " imperialist " and should be ended and those who retained their previous belief that fascism could only be defeated by armed opposition . |
| 22 | Other rooms , especially the kitchen , could only be entered by special permission from his rather fat , one legged sister , who acted as his perpetua or housekeeper . |
| 23 | It could only be identified by dental records and fingerprints . |
| 24 | The North Korean side presented information on 12 Japanese wives , but said that home visits could only be considered before full normalization of relations if the talks progressed smoothly . |
| 25 | As with many of the city 's churches , San Nazaro was gutted by fire in the early Middle Ages , when light could only be provided by open flames and work on roofs meant using braziers to melt lead . |
| 26 | Through the eyes of bishops we can catch an occasional glimpse of little groups of them ; but with the conversion of the Franks from c .500 and of the English from c .600 onwards , they could only be found in large numbers on the fringes of Western Christendom and in the outer darkness beyond . |
| 27 | The debate on the Bill to bring back whipping was a thoroughly undignified affair in which the principles of the matter seemed to count less than considerations such as the size and weight of the flogging instrument to be used : calculations made necessary no less by the desire to limit the discretion of ‘ judges infected by maudlin sentimentality ’ , than by the requirement that it should measure up to the brutes who were ‘ so degraded , that they could only be deterred by forcible appeals to their fear of physical pain ’ . |
| 28 | In fact he used to be seen lunching austerely in his favourite vegetarian restaurant on the corner of Leicester Square , where the permitted maximum of five shillings for the price of a meal could only be spent by earnest application . |
| 29 | These sacrifices could only be bought with special Temple money because foreign currency such as Roman coins , showing the heads of pagan rulers , could not be used inside the perimeter of the Temple . |
| 30 | This could only be averted by unrestricted use of submarine warfare , which in turn would bring an enraged United States into the conflict . |