Example sentences of "could [be] [vb pp] to [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any new vein discovered , but left unwrought for the space of six months after notice was given by the estate to the captain or purser of the mine , could be licenced to any other person to work . |
| 2 | In addition this ban could be applied to all political parties in a locality for up to three months . |
| 3 | But I would like to note in passing that Mrs. Campbell-Fisher 's observation could be applied to all second-order experiences , not just the arts . |
| 4 | For example , Prentky , in his book Creativity and Psychopathology , tabulates the probable psychiatric diagnoses that could be applied to certain eminent writers , artists , scientists and composers . |
| 5 | A higher standard of planning control could be applied to these designated areas , with special consideration given to the height and bulk of buildings , materials , colours , vertical or horizontal emphasis and the grain of design . |
| 6 | Additions could be made to existing New Towns around London , particularly Stevenage and Harlow , but also at Basildon , Crawley and Hemel Hempstead , and also to a dozen other towns in the South-east , all of which offered scope for an expansion of at least 30,000 population : Aylesbury , Banbury , Bedford , Chelmsford , Colchester , Hastings , Maidstone , Medway Towns , Norwich , Poole , Reading and Southend . |
| 7 | Competitive tendering could be extended to certain medical services as well . |
| 8 | The same argument could be extended to any other region of the electromagnetic spectrum ( although a creature able to see using , say , X-rays is vanishingly improbable in terms of basic biology ) . |
| 9 | Probably the first piece of advice that could be given to any new practitioner is that whilst a friend may be a client , a client should never become a friend , for an easy transition from a client to a friend can often lead to serious problems and difficulties . |
| 10 | The Iraqis moved armour into positions south of Basrah to block the more obvious of these steps and the Iranians evidently decided that Kuwait could be attended to some other time . |
| 11 | One area for concern during the trials was the chance that if the potatoes were to become weeds , the new genes could be transmitted to other similar plants in the area . |
| 12 | ‘ I wanted to be able to produce instruments which would look attractive , and could be tailored to any individual requirements , and still be available at reasonable cost . |
| 13 | Woodworm and beetle infestation makes much of it unsuitable for structural work but treated and cleaned up with an adze to give it the right period look , much of it could be put to good decorative effect . |
| 14 | For it had occurred to me that the proposed trip in the car could be put to good professional use ; that is to say , I could drive to the West Country and call on Miss Kenton in passing , thus exploring at first hand the substance of her wish to return to employment here at Darlington Hall . |
| 15 | Senior Tories forecast there would be radical ministerial changes , with a ‘ 50–50 ’ chance that Mr Lamont , the Chancellor , could be switched to another senior post , possibly Defence or the Home Office . |
| 16 | Before any sale , the Department of Energy would want to remove any loss-making capacity , but all parties were shocked by a government-commissioned report from merchant bank NM Rothschild , which was widely leaked , forecasting that the industry could be reduced to 12 deep pits over the next three years . |
| 17 | The interior of the carriage could be adapted to such varied uses as kitchen , bathroom , dressing room , office and dining room . |
| 18 | In the simplest case , records with keys such as 00 000 to 99 999 could be allocated to any contiguous set of 100000 storage positions . |
| 19 | Of course , many details could be added to this simple description , but the account offered does capture the general idea . |
| 20 | The effect of the drugs on their length of life was very difficult to judge , and small differences could be attributed to many incidental causes , such as differences in smoking , dietary habits , the amount of exercise they took , or to changes in all these habits over the years . |
| 21 | It may be that some couples cohabit initially because they are uncertain about the strength of their relationship so their subsequent marital breakdown could be attributed to these underlying doubts , rather than the ‘ destructive ’ experience of cohabitation . |
| 22 | One study carried out in Canada showed that 20 per cent of cases could be attributed to true IgE-mediated allergy to food . |