Example sentences of "could [be] [vb pp] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | preferred to play safe and order bodies which could be transferred to a narrow gauge system if the standard gauge system for which they were ordered proved a failure . |
| 2 | From this it was concluded that , although the principles of identifying systemic information links by this method appeared sound and it could be achieved to a limited extent by using the facilities of a flat-file database , it would not be cost-effective to pursue without access to more sophisticated technology . |
| 3 | The existing international airport , at Subang outside Kuala Lumpur , could be converted to a domestic , cargo or military airport . |
| 4 | Some of it could be ascribed to a basic weakness in the Council of Ministers ' decision-making machinery . |
| 5 | For the authors of this study there was a clear expectation that individuals would commonly produce patterned responses which could be ascribed to a particular personality type . |
| 6 | He emphasized that peace had to be preserved for the entire human race and not for particular sections of it , pointing out that the word ‘ civilization ’ could be applied to a wide diversity of values . |
| 7 | A false report of theft could be made to a next-door neighbour , perhaps to cover up for dealing with property wrongfully , and then the neighbour could make a genuine report to the police about the false theft , thereby causing police time to be wasted . |
| 8 | He 'd worked for firearms makers Springfield and Samuel Colt before beginning his own company in 1890 , and knew that identical parts could be made to a standard that meant they were interchangeable . |
| 9 | Vagrants were always discouraged , and those who were able to work , but were not willing to do so , could be sent to a local House of Correction . |
| 10 | Payments could be limited to a maximum number of patients per general practitioner which would stop the protests that a single handed general practitioner with a list of 3000 in an area of high deprivation receives an extra £28 800 a year without any obligation to provide extra services . |
| 11 | Many fear that France could be relegated to a secondary role . |
| 12 | When it was first recognised that the atom could be likened to a small solar system in which the electron planets orbited a nuclear sun , theorists were Puzzled as to why the electrons in their tightly curved orbits did not radiate their energy away and spiral into the nucleus as predicted by classical , that is pre-quantum , theory . |
| 13 | With her sensuous smile and her bare shoulders , she could be likened to a contented cat who knows she has found a good home . |
| 14 | Thank you Michael for that introduction which er could be likened to a poisoned chalice I suppose . |
| 15 | In time , with large scale mounding and excess extensive planting , routes could be integrated to a certain extent , but where valleys are crossed at right angles by bridges or embankments , the visual result will always be alien to the landscape . |
| 16 | Any job that could be fully prepared for in advance is , by definition , a job that could be exported to a low-wage country or programmed into robots and computers ; a routine job is a job destined to disappear . |
| 17 | He contends that in the absence of sufficient fact to establish , on the balance of probability , that the Policyholder could be subjected to a criminal prosecution in respect of the goods , then indemnity should be granted . |
| 18 | He contends that in the absence of sufficient fact to establish , on the balance of probability , that the Policyholder could be subjected to a criminal prosecution in respect of the goods , then indemnity should be granted . |
| 19 | Long & agrell ( 1965 ) and Sippel & glover ( 1965 ) both published descriptions of such a device , which could be attached to a petrographic microscope for examination of thin sections . |
| 20 | The party endorsed the change at a congress on Jan. 20-23 , 1990 [ for which see pp. 37172-73 ] , but the congress subsequently collapsed amid arguments about the LCY 's federal structure ( the Slovene League of Communists ( LC ) shortly afterwards split from the LCY ) , and before scheduled elections could be held to a new party central committee and presidium . |
| 21 | I believe the issues about the western road are different but but I can say that as far as the northern route is concerned , Scotton Parish Council would be more than happy if i the notation on the key diagram could be changed to a single star . |
| 22 | Mr Osenat received a fax from the Ministry of Culture quoting a law of 1913 and informing him that no classified object belonging to a public establishment — the hospital — could be sold to a private buyer . |
| 23 | NME news editor Chris Hutchin interviewed Elvis ' manager and found that Colonel Tom Parker had yet to see any of his charge 's films : ‘ I went to see Kid Galahad but the theatre was full an ’ I did n't see the point of taking a seat that could be sold to a paying customer . ’ |
| 24 | He believed that if the distribution of an artefact type could be attributed to a particular race it could indicate the course of the invasion and settlement of England and the origins of the settlers on the Continent . |
| 25 | Daniel , though his ferocious passion for his wife 's body included its swollen state , was not a man who could be brought to a close interest in this unseen life . |