Example sentences of "[noun] could be [vb pp] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The second point is that the potential of visits to project schools could be realised in a number of ways . |
| 4 | If the British governments of the 1980s had been elected by proportional representation , it is almost unthinkable that any party could have gained a sufficient majority to impose the sweeping reforms instituted by Mrs Thatcher — or that decisive government of any hue could be achieved in the future . |
| 5 | In the operating system area there are many tasks , such as process intercommunication and switching , or transput control , where heavily used sequences of Steps could be written in microcode . |
| 6 | For their point of view , if Gundovald could be established in the kingship , he would be a new patron . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , fair-weather supporters tend to forget that no Athletico official gives less than 110 per cent to the club week in , Sundays off , and to think their heads could be turned in the hope of making financial personal gain is an insult . |
| 8 | Carbon could be stored in empty gas fields |
| 9 | Soon a new strain of oxygen-mediating species arose , enabling evolution to proceed as fast as carbon could be buried in the sediment . |
| 10 | Held , ( 1 ) that under Community law member states could determine in accordance with the general rules of public international law the conditions under which vessels could be entered in national registers and granted the right to fly their flags , but that in laying down those conditions the member states had to comply with Community law ( post , pp. 338F–G , 343A ) . |
| 11 | These solutions could be put in place with or without the implementation of a managed competition system . |
| 12 | We estimate that approximately 30 of our units could be developed in this way . |
| 13 | The loco would be able to be driven from a cab at either end , and two or more units could be coupled in multiple and controlled from one cab , as with present-day diesels . |
| 14 | If such an association could be encouraged in crop plants like the cereals , the additional nitrogen made available by the bacteria would reduce , or possibly even eliminate , the need for artificial nitrate fertilisers and thus halt the eutrophication process in aquatic habitats and aquifers . |
| 15 | Evans ' caution , however , is understandable , and until the effectiveness or otherwise of more elaborate organizations could be tested in a variety of settings it made sense to list more modest requirements for supportive bases to innovative and resource-based work . |
| 16 | Despite the enterprise and labour put into its acquisition it has been estimated that all the gold won between the mid-fifteenth and mid-twentieth centuries could be contained in a cube of fifteen yards . |
| 17 | Problems have arisen because of the belief that none of the well-known and loved musical settings could be used in the new rites . |
| 18 | When it is remembered that at the same time the beginnings of large-scale industry could be discerned in Japan , it can be seen that a big absolute growth in this period masks a significant change in Europe 's relative position . |
| 19 | So long as you delivered enough advertising against the right consumers , the result could be measured in sales . |
| 20 | During 1740 the First Lord of the Admiralty , with Walpole 's support , tried to carry a bill to create a national register of sea-faring men from which suitable recruits could be sought in time of crisis , but it was denounced by the Opposition as being akin to slavery and thrown out . |
| 21 | But the fact is that there might be persons eager to oppose the operation of the trust , and vested interests in declaring that no legal intention could be seen in the words used by the testator . |
| 22 | Although Richard claimed that he took this initiative in the hope of bringing about peace so that the crusade could get under way , his father objected strongly , presumably on the grounds that the general position of the Angevins would be weakened if they admitted the principle that their disputes could be settled in their overlord 's court . |
| 23 | It had been noticed in the inner city that many vowel variables could be described in terms of sub-scales according to following consonantal environments ( as in table 4.5 ) ; we attempted , therefore , to operationalize this perception by distinguishing following environments roughly based on the sonority scales discussed by Taylor ( 1973 ) and others adapted to an ‘ allophonic length ’ dialect ( J. Milroy , 1976a ) . |
| 24 | If the production quantities are very high then the purchase of a simple drafting system may be justified and an investment could be made in some CAM equipment . |
| 25 | To help the latter aim further , no parties could be represented in the Bundestag unless they won five per cent of the vote in a Land or won one seat outright . |
| 26 | Legislation allowing political parties could be introduced in the first quarter of 1991 . |
| 27 | Most voters wish a fraction of the energy expended on internecine warfare between fellow opposition parties could be expended in opposing those aspects of Government policy they feel are detrimental to Scotland 's future . |
| 28 | A major objective of the seminar was ‘ to give the participants a means through which their ministries could be analysed in view of their identity and their role in the Church today ’ , according to an editorial in Catalyst . |
| 29 | Curtis said that the Wheel could be accommodated in a shed in the police station yard , so Wycliffe left him to organise transport . |
| 30 | OFFICIALS of Amerada Hess , the US oil group which has been involved in developing several North Sea projects , warned yesterday that its drilling programme could be cut in half by tax changes proposed in the Budget . |