Example sentences of "[noun] could be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Board secretary John Morris said : ‘ The Board 's main consideration was whether the title should remain on ice or whether this contest could be accepted for that championship . |
| 2 | While words could be flashed around the world a century ago , the quantity of data traffic has increased on a scale comparable to the motor traffic increase in the same period . |
| 3 | And if any words could be found in the Statute which provided that besides paying Income Tax on income people should pay for advantages or emoluments in its wider sense ( such as I think the word " emoluments " here , has not , for reasons to be presently given ) , there is no doubt of Mr Tennant 's possession of a material advantage , which made his salary of higher value to him than if he did not possess it , and upon the hypothesis which I have just indicated , would be taxable accordingly . |
| 4 | But he was concerned the guidelines could be seen as an encouragement to use physical restraint inappropriately . |
| 5 | These guidelines could be influenced by certain religious ideas towards abortion . |
| 6 | Conduct at the round of balls and concerts was highly regulated by a master of ceremonies , the fashionable chapels were packed by elegant preachers , quieter walks could be had amongst the groves of Queens Park , opened in 1829 . |
| 7 | A cream blouse and skirt could be seen through the window . |
| 8 | Today she happened to be wearing the dress of violet-coloured wool which was the last thing Miss Statham had made for her — drifts of its full skirt could be seen at the front of her grey squirrel coat . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The horse could be left at the local inn and its owner would soon come looking for it . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It was the way in which repentance and forgiveness of sins could be offered to all people ( Luke 24:47 ) . |
| 14 | Aggrieved names landed with huge losses could be forgiven for asking why , in that case , they were not brought in earlier . |
| 15 | Even higher losses could be expected among men who responded to the lure of privateering , or whose ship took out a letter of marque . |
| 16 | In addition the losses could be screened as blue plaques on the X-Gal containing LB petri dishes . |
| 17 | Once established , structured talk could be mastered with less thought . |
| 18 | Hence an important tool of management whose common usefulness could be judged by the essential partners to collaboration failed to provide what had appeared to be promised — and one says " appeared " because it may have been the wish of some college managers not to allow information by which their efficiency might be judged to become available to other parties . |
| 19 | Essential field trips could be charged for if more than half the time spent on the visit was outside school hours , and ‘ optional extras ’ such as individual music lessons might also incur a charge . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Timbmet 's solicitors will try to argue that because the wood was dead no harm could be caused by it 's sale . |
| 22 | A resulting stream of electric pulses could be sent by wire to the receiving device where a second synchronised pendulum swept across chemically-treated paper , leaving a dark mark wherever a pulse occurred . |
| 23 | Furthermore , when conditions in the housing market pick up , some series arrears could be prevented from becoming repossessions , through households trading down on remortgaging . |
| 24 | As the day grew ever nearer the excitement mounted and if November 5th fell at a weekend , we had an added bonus because the whole of Saturday could be spent in topping up . |
| 25 | As he points out , a large part of the former Soviet Union 's food shortages could be eased by better packaging of agricultural products . |
| 26 | The wall was built by the water authorities to secure the catchment area of the splendid Silent Valley and Ben Crom reservoirs , and for many years marked the route of the annual Mourne Wall Walk , which followed the wall for much of its 22 mile circuit and was the only occasion when walkers could be seen on the hills en masse . |
| 27 | Normally , little jumble could be expected from the few cottages on the headland , but Alex Mair , anxious to associate the power station with the community , had put up a notice on the staff board and the two tea chests were usually fairly full by the time the October sale came round . |
| 28 | From their historical perspective Marx and Engels could be forgiven for arguing that late-nineteenth-century Britain had a repressive capitalist state . |
| 29 | Yes , she agreed with Louise , quarrels could be mended by talking . |
| 30 | This analogy could be extended to the source and application of funds statement . |