Example sentences of "[pron] could be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The case for Solaris on Intel , however , does not appear a strong one for Stuart at present , ‘ although I could be proven wrong ’ , he said . |
| 2 | ‘ When it came to the birth I wanted to feel I could be left alone but have supportive people around me . |
| 3 | When Charles I went north at the beginning of the rebellion that was to cost him his head , his Lord General sent to Robert Barker , the King 's Printer , to bring a press to Newcastle-upon-Tyne , from which could be disseminated royalist proclamations and pamphlets . |
| 4 | You then begin to build up a story line , a structure and something which could be called interesting and could be the start of interesting idea . |
| 5 | The European Commission is planning to cut the legal limit for blood alcohol in drink-driving offences to 50mg/100ml in proposals which could be implemented EC-wide if approved by a majority of EC states . |
| 6 | In Sweden these potential documents ‘ which could be made available by the possibilities to combine and search through information using computer techniques were official documents ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 7 | tried to inaugurate a new concept of citizenship which would link men of different social classes , The concept was based upon the notion that there was a good common to members of all classes , a goal the existence of which could be established from German Idealist metaphysics and which could be made visible in actual measures of educational reform and social welfare . |
| 8 | It is to these triumphs , some of which could be made intelligible to laymen while others remained obscure , that we shall now turn , looking first at the discoveries rather than at their reception outside the scientific community . |
| 9 | A national system of appraisal might also encourage the teacher unions to unite in a demand for the establishment of a Teachers ' Council which could be made responsible for regulating entry to teaching and for establishing a code of conduct ( particularly important when teachers are able , in appraisal schemes , to judge their colleagues ) . |
| 10 | The final task he set himself for his Presidency , which was due to end next year , was to weed out of the Regatta calendar all the rowing courses which could be made unfair by the wind . |
| 11 | This was discussed with Mr Brown and as a result he was given a variable height bed which could be kept low to enable him to get in and out easily . |
| 12 | These included soya products , dried haricot beans , baked beans , dried eggs which were very popular and tinned pressed meats of vague origins branded Spam , Prem and Tang somebody 's grinning there , do you remember those which could be eaten cold or cooked in various ways . |
| 13 | The Turbo 30 gave the best results on a well-kept , even lawn with medium to fine grass , which could be cut short . |
| 14 | It was very important to know as near as possible the number of kibbles which could be mined weekly " upon which the projects of gaine or loss are to be framed . " |
| 15 | However , if the breach concerned some trifling defect , perhaps a mere technicality , which could be put right very quickly and easily , the term would be classed as a warranty . |
| 16 | The question of the sort of relations between journalists and politicians which could be considered proper was to remain of great importance in determining the changing role of the press . |
| 17 | The most famous of all Josiah Wedgwood 's inventions , however , was his Jasper ware , an unglazed vitreous fine stoneware which could be stained blue , green , lilac , yellow , maroon or black to provide a suitable background for white classical reliefs or portraits in the same material . |
| 18 | When Samuelson and Solow wrote of trading off inflation against unemployment , what they were implicitly postulating was a policy makers ' social welfare function , , from which could be derived social indifference curves . |
| 19 | In the eyes of a deckhand in his twenties who joined the " Sunderland Union " in the days of John Beresford and who was already a member of the Australian Seamen 's Union , it seemed little more than a " miscellaneous collection of beards and whiskers " including " old greybeards of sixty , seventy and eighty years of age , with little idea of how to conduct business " , who " reflected the pessimistic outlook of their leaders , supposing that everything was wrong and that nothing could be put right " . |
| 20 | A closed hearing held in February this year concluded that no-one could be held responsible for the death . |
| 21 | Unless de Raimes ' castle was falling down by itself , he was under attack from someone , and if no one came for her she could be buried alive , forgotten , trapped in the darkness until death overcame her . |
| 22 | Individuals who could be held responsible for the negligence in question ( for example , if it were an audit , those who were in charge of it , and perhaps the head of the audit function in the firm , and even its managing director ) might still be sued individually ( managing partners may feel as a result that they personally would have little to gain from incorporation ) . |
| 23 | The British approach to social policy as developed in the nineteenth century both understood this distinction and exploited it by making the workhouse the only alternative to family care and then deliberately creating conditions in workhouses which were both undesirable in terms of physical conditions and also reinforced a sense of shame , so that any relative who could be considered available would feel obliged to offer support . |
| 24 | You could be born disabled , diseased or dead . |
| 25 | so you could be made redundant then |
| 26 | Keep your chequebook and your cheque card separate : If you make it easy for a thief to plunder your account by keeping your chequebook and card together , you could be held responsible for the whole amount . |
| 27 | Aquifers could be used as carbon stores , if they could be made gas-tight . |
| 28 | But we are aware that many ex-shipyard workers are engaged in some very routine work , and that many of them feel they could be made redundant at any moment . |
| 29 | It came as some surprise to the board when they were informed that , although it seemed unreasonable for them to have to know what was going on , they could be made liable for the damage . |
| 30 | It would be usual in this connection for partners to be expressly permitted to act as solicitors for their own families free of charge except for any disbursements or out of pocket expenses incurred by the firm ( Clause 13.05 ) ; ( 3 ) requiring each partner to be responsible for the prompt discharge of his separate obligations and to indemnify his co-partners should circumstances ever arise in which they could be made liable for the same . |