Example sentences of "could [be] [vb pp] to [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local authorities , housing associations , community groups , government agencies , private developers and building societies were all represented at the launch , where they were told how Middlesbroughwrought experience and expertise could be applied to similar schemes nationwide , with the SkillBuilding social enterprise company offering guidance on planning , funding , construction and long-term management and also able to act as developer or sub-contractor . |
| 2 | The same kind of basic research continued after the war and provided the groundwork for endless discoveries which could be applied to peaceful ends . |
| 3 | Suddenly I realized that many of the techniques that Penrose and I had developed to prove singularities could be applied to black holes . |
| 4 | The same policy could be applied to all areas of communication , such as between the CBI and the Government , which Mr Davies described as ‘ quite a tricky business ’ . |
| 5 | My account of deixis is such that the methodology could be applied to other kinds of discourse , both literary and non-literary . |
| 6 | It seemed reasonable to suppose that such benefits could be applied to other districts of the city without necessarily designating housing improvement schemes . |
| 7 | The principles of historical criticism could be applied to religious disciplines other than biblical ones , most notably to the development of doctrine . |
| 8 | It seems American officials fear that the technology could be diverted to military purposes . |
| 9 | That way , protection could be extended to small airlines , such as Virgin , in the winter months , enabling them to lower fares in the summer months . |
| 10 | He has selected Darlington and Durham city for the pilot programme which , if successful , could be extended to other towns in the region . |
| 11 | What they pleaded for was further experimentation and what they hoped was that the new techniques and acting styles could be extended to other types of films . |
| 12 | The model most frequently projected by medics was of a militarized conception of health , which could be extended to key groups within civil society . |
| 13 | The new processor is expected to operate in 8-bit mode rather than the 4-bit approach used in the MP-1 ( processors sourced from Sierra Semiconductor Corp ) ; theoretically , the MasPar architecture could be expanded to 64 bits . |
| 14 | Rice , coal and rubber were sold abroad for the exclusive benefit of French shareholders in Europe , and Annamese coolies were driven hard in the mines and on the rubber plantations for paltry pay ; peasant rice growers , too , were frequently robbed of their lands on flimsy pretexts so that bigger holdings could be granted to French colons and the few rich Annamese who collaborated with France . |
| 15 | I have been sufficiently foolhardy to raise the issue from time to time with small groups of individuals who put their point of view to me when it is easy to be civilised and who propose arrangements whereby Sunday trading could be limited to certain times , to shops of a particular size , to the selling of particular goods or to certain types of shop . |
| 16 | Harmonisation could be limited to essential requirements in order for health and public safety considerations to be accounted for , and to ensure technical compatibility of products . |
| 17 | This suggests that the rise could be limited to 63 centimetres by 2100 — compared to earlier predictions of as much as 5 metres . |
| 18 | The study states that temperature increase could be limited to 0.2 degrees per decade , due to the oceans ' ability to absorb additional heat . |
| 19 | The total time in work could be raised to four days for someone aged between fifteen and sixteen . |
| 20 | And although it was always the hope that the county would continue to fund the project , and that every secondary school would eventually receive a grant of one sort or another , uncertainty meant that no guarantee could be given to disappointed schools as to their inclusion in a subsequent wave . |
| 21 | European business development director Peter Scott denied rumours that Pyramid — like its OEM customer Olivetti — had been looking at DEC 's Alpha chip for future developments , but pointed out that much of Pyramid 's SMP technology could be ported to other platforms : it has already licenced its bus and systems software to ICL and Siemens-Nixdorf , and says that further deals will follow . |
| 22 | Working conditions of the taxi driver are extremely poor and could be likened to Victorian times , hours worked are ra rarely less than sixty per week , there is no holiday pay , no pension rights , no sick pay , and no say in which way the trade is administered by local authorities . |
| 23 | The distinction between operative know followed by the bare or to infinitive could be imputed to dialectal differences if , as Quirk et al. |
| 24 | Under this proposal , the resulting revenue would be earmarked ( no doubt against strong Treasury opposition ) for a fund , from which capital sums could be paid to selected groups in the population . |
| 25 | He was somewhat taken aback by this honour and we were quick to explain that this was the finest tribute that could be paid to both Normans . |
| 26 | SDRs could now be used more freely among participating countries : it became possible to use them to settle obligations without changing them first into currencies ; they could be loaned to other countries ; and they could be used as a security for a loan by another central bank or government . |
| 27 | The auditor must examine whether resources could be put to alternative uses , whether objectives could be achieved by an alternative strategy and ( if practicable ) compare the operations of one particular department with another . |
| 28 | Imported products which failed to meet these standards could be subjected to extra duties providing that : the environmental standards had a scientific base ; the same standards must be applied to all competitive domestic production ; and imported products could be proved to be causing economic damage to competitive domestic industries . |
| 29 | While stamp duties of various kinds played a useful role in wartime , especially when they could be attached to particular loans , their total importance was slight . |
| 30 | Children under supervision could be directed to such projects as appeared appropriate to their needs although the projects would not be exclusively for young offenders . |