Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] could [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We might , for example , find that in a particular residential area there are unexpectedly large numbers of households with ‘ lodgers ’ and so we might want to add this as a specific category in the household composition ; or we might find that on an attitude question views are rather more extreme than we had anticipated and so a new response category could be usefully put in to save us noting responses under ‘ Others , specify … ’ in many cases . |
| 2 | But budgetary relations between the White House and Democratic leaders in Congress are now so strained that some officials warn that the whole process of long-term deficit reduction could be threatened . |
| 3 | Smith and Sambur ( 1980 ) who built the NOAH system have suggested that the discrimination function could be improved by categorising words into four sets based on their acoustic discriminability and semantic content or usefulness . |
| 4 | This is about the energy that would be released if a hydrogen atom could be totally converted into energy . |
| 5 | However , at this point , the proposal that a computer index could be developed to improve the management of filing systems generally was considered worthwhile , and this became the focus of the early part of the study . |
| 6 | This shift in emphasis has taken place partly because the restrictions on the use of organo-chloride pesticides introduced in the 1960s have enabled some of the more extreme threats to wildlife preservation to recede and partly because pesticide manufacturers countered nature conservationist claims that they were responsible for the reduction in bird population by arguing that hedgerow and woodland removal could be the prime culprits . |
| 7 | The capture of two 10lb bream from Grafham reservoir on fish imitating lures was treated as though the incidents were especially significant ; that lure fishing could be regarded as a specially good method for catching exceptionally big bream . |
| 8 | As the dust began to subside , shafts of late afternoon light could be seen raking down the village streets . |
| 9 | No alternative employment within the school or other university department could be identified . |
| 10 | For instance , a particular user ID could be prohibited from getting at the disk drives or the network , or from using the PC at all during certain hours . |
| 11 | In the most powerful attack by any serving BR chairman on his political masters , Sir Bob warned the entire rail industry could be wiped out . |
| 12 | The ‘ conglomerate ’ regression equation could be assumed to apply to Panaragua . |
| 13 | Britain 's agriculture industry could be plunged into crisis early next century as fewer young people enter farming , says a survey for the Castrol company . |
| 14 | Therefore the first cell division could be the first manifestation of the motivation of all living things , which was to become the enjoyment of life . |
| 15 | A shopkeeper had a dispute with a customer , a woman who had been waiting for a bus had popped in to mention parking on the footpath at weekends , the school had organised some Maypole dancing and wondered if part of the car park could be cordoned off , somebody else wanted vehicle watch forms . |
| 16 | AN old Darlington building and car park could be transformed into a nursery or a church . |
| 17 | There , suspended just above the domes and minarets of the old city , a perfect silver crescent could be seen shining out over the rooftops . |
| 18 | The undergraduate curriculum could be otherwise . |
| 19 | If the people from the hill farms around the loch foot could be mobilized , they would add a fierce thrust to the movement . |
| 20 | So that the training is not unduly prolonged the deans suggest that the undergraduate course could be shortened to compensate for the extra time spent as a house officer . |
| 21 | On this basis , a notice issued under a procedure relating solely to general board notices but which operates de facto as a rule change could be open to challenge . |
| 22 | While a good proportion of the West Coast route could be raised from 100 to l25mph at reasonable cost , there are many locations where it is necessary to impose speed restrictions because of curvature and track geometry . |
| 23 | Abbey National already provided a receipt for mortgage monies ; and a practice rule could be introduced requiring a solicitor who expected to receive evidence of payment to report the matter if this were not forthcoming in a prescribed period . |
| 24 | The San Jose Mercury News , which reported the story , citing documents filed this month with the US Securities & Exchange Commission , noted that it was unclear whether the settlement was triggered by an existing employment agreement or was offered by Santa Cruz in an attempt to get the case out of the way so the stock offering could be pursued without controversy . |
| 25 | The San Jose Mercury News , which reported the story last week citing documents filed this month with the US Securities and Exchange Commission , noted that it was unclear whether the settlement was triggered by an existing employment agreement or was offered by SCO in an attempt to get the case out of the way so the stock offering could be pursued without controversy . |
| 26 | These were cases in which the research interview could be carried out within one week of the team assessment , to minimise disagreement due to changes in the patients ' condition . |
| 27 | Unemployment in the eastern districts was 11.1 per cent by April and looks set to go on rising until the end of the year ; by that time , a fifth or more of the labour force could be without jobs . |
| 28 | Differentials between sections of the labour force could be expected to grow , fostering the emergence of a ‘ labour aristocracy ’ with little interest in apocalyptic dreams of revolution . |
| 29 | On this basis , some 7 per cent of the labour force could be classified as " temporary " . |
| 30 | The first was to run down both hospitals in parallel until a point of non-viability at either one of them was reached and a closure plan could be executed . |