Example sentences of "[noun] could [be] [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nos. 36 and 51 , retained at Sutton for short workings , were transferred to Penge , as any car from that batch could be sent to Sutton at short notice when required . |
| 2 | It was the way in which repentance and forgiveness of sins could be offered to all people ( Luke 24:47 ) . |
| 3 | By and large , the occasions when the nobility might exploit a situation as cavalry and those when artillery could be used to best effect were not the same . |
| 4 | This analogy could be extended to the source and application of funds statement . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In this way popular schools could be allowed to ‘ expand ’ by increasing their pupil numbers , whilst unpopular schools would be allowed to contract — and in some cases would cease to be viable . |
| 7 | The Tribunal 's ruling stipulated , however , that the funds could be returned to the Philippines only after a Philippines court had issued a " legally binding verdict " on whether the assets were to be confiscated or given back to their claimants . |
| 8 | If the meaning of ‘ god ’ can be developed to be as flexible and free from the restrictions and constraints of earlier teachings and convictions as has been the development of medical science , then the future could be looked to with confidence and hope . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It pointed to a future in which the hitherto limiting relationship of water transport to the economy could be inverted : now waterways could be brought to favourable sites : " The controlled application of water to industrial and commercial purposes was indeed the basic and most potent technology in Britain 's early economic advancement . " |
| 11 | The association could be related to the question of landownership and the availability of labour , and may have nothing whatever to do with markets . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Thus a car which is so seriously damaged that its chassis is distorted could no longer be accurately described as new , even after being repaired , whereas if only the engine were damaged the car could be restored to newness by a new engine being installed . |
| 14 | Similarly , a garment originally designed with one type of sleeve could be loaded from disk and altered to have a different sleeve type , or a sweater could be converted to a cardigan . |
| 15 | This reasoning could be applied to claims by or against the United States with respect to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea . |
| 16 | If this does not happen , current from the switch could be passed to ‘ earth ’ for part of the cycle , resulting in possibly a damaging loading on the switching device and overheating with loss of efficiency . |
| 17 | Purely so that the area of land , or the area of search could be expanded to possibly avoid areas of high quality agricultural land . |
| 18 | Eleanor could be presented to his mother , even if Karen and Caroline and all the others could n't . |
| 19 | Suddenly I realized that many of the techniques that Penrose and I had developed to prove singularities could be applied to black holes . |
| 20 | Regulations governing trade and industry could be turned to the profit of courtiers and officials . |
| 21 | For John , on his endless round of visits to cuttings and embankments , tunnels and bridges , it was sometimes hard to believe that all this buzz of well-organized industry could be brought to a halt by the movement of bits of paper in the far-off City . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | For example , the recent articles on minor surgery in general practice could be circulated to those on or applying to go on the minor surgery list . |
| 24 | In many parts of the Kandyan Kingdom both civil and criminal disputes could be taken to a gamsabhava , or village council which attempted to bring about an amicable settlement . |
| 25 | It would be appreciated if a reply could be forwarded to this department by Friday 18 December 1992 . |
| 26 | It would be appreciated if a reply could be forwarded to this department by Friday 18 December 1992 . |
| 27 | It would be appreciated if a reply could be forwarded to this department by Friday 18 December 1992 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | ( If more volume really were needed then the direct outputs could be fed to a stereo power amp and then to additional speakers , but I 'm sure Marshall have aimed the S80 at a specific player who would find its volume adequate and who , if he or she needed more , would probably upgrade to a more powerful Marshall product . ) |
| 30 | Of course , this wo n't work for all cases if any of the last three fields are sometimes blank , although the WHILE condition could be amended to ‘ NOT ( ISBLANK ( [ Field13 ] ) AND ISBLANK ( [ Field14 ] ) AND ISBLANK ( [ Field15 ] ) to trap some of these . |