Example sentences of "could [be] [verb] [adv prt] in the " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 One acoustic theory is immediately exploded : that a whisper on stage could be heard up in the back row ( Greek guides conveniently fail to take the wooden superstructure into account ) .
2 ( The printed sheets were ‘ signed ’ with a letter of the alphabet , so they could be gathered up in the right order — one of each , B , C , D , etc .
3 Extra guests could be put up in the boat itself , which had a permanent skipper and crew , enabling Bernard and Laura to escape at short notice to idyllic , inaccessible Mediterranean islands , Laura still could not swim and often groaned with seasickness .
4 However , the Associated Press news agency reported on Feb. 8 that the package could be held up in the European Parliament , due to opposition from the socialist group because of concerns about Syria 's human rights record .
5 In a period of cultural stability , the infantile , irrational demands of the superego which conflicted with the mature superego could be worked out in the analytic process .
6 Exactly what extent they could be taken up in the period to ninety six , is not necessarily erm clear because we we do n't know exactly when those are going to be taken up .
7 The method , however , lacks flexibility , and for an apparatus this size it was essential to have an independent power source so that adjustments could be carried out in the event of failure .
8 This could be carried out in the school , the clinic or the child 's home .
9 Perhaps random spot checks could be carried out in the same way as breathalyser tests .
10 The magistrates said the issue of compensation could be sorted out in the civil courts .
11 However , Keegan 's No 2 , Terry McDermott , hinted that the move could be sorted out in the next few days .
12 But the COS had refused to acknowledge the role of economic forces with respect to character , justifying J. A. Hobson 's jibe that their philosophy could be summed up in the phrase ‘ character is the condition of conditions ’ .
13 By half-term , a local parent with a child at Cedars had offered to put Balbinder on the coach in the morning and let him stay at her house until he could be picked up in the evening .
14 Such a thing not having happened for many centuries , the idea , even though the smell of cordite had spread across the Channel and could be picked up in the Charing Cross Road , seemed difficult to envisage .
  Next page