Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] could be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the two ‘ Bishops ' Wars ’ which followed , Charles was humiliated and in 1640 was obliged to summon the English parliament in order to have funds voted which could be used to pay the invading Scottish army to return home . |
| 2 | Moving from gardening to a musical metaphor , the poetic , sensuous qualities of her paintings suggest they could be experienced , like percussion instruments , through vibrations on the skin or in the bones . |
| 3 | Squatters say they could be forced to sleep on the streets by new Government measures aimed at speeding up their eviction . |
| 4 | The Government would not stand in the way of a united Ireland provided it could be negotiated by democratic and peaceful means . |
| 5 | Britain 's role as Kingston described it could be called that of a peace-keeping force , and his stones of intrigue and skirmish are punctuated by anti-war sentiments . |
| 6 | For as the war spread , so the fiscal demands of the French crown to meet it could be extended with justification . |
| 7 | Aristotle added that the manticore 's voice was ‘ like a small trumpet ’ and that it was very wild , although if its tail was bruised it could be tamed without any trouble . |
| 8 | When such practice first occurred it could be justified . |
| 9 | In the first place it could be argued that the power of the professional association to act is severely limited , because much of the censorship that takes place in libraries is ultimately applied by Library Committees and local authorities whose members are beyond the control of the librarians ' professional body . |
| 10 | In the first place it could be argued that a democratic government would not impose unreasonably on minorities ; this exposed the party to Liberal charges that they were indifferent to the Irish Nationalists , but it also exposed the weakness of the government 's position , as Law explained to the Commons in January 1913 : |
| 11 | Just as ‘ balloon ’ rhymes with ‘ moon ’ , so we might say that ‘ some chairs ’ has what could be called a tonal rhyme with ‘ some ’ . |
| 12 | In its verdict , the court found that ‘ the content of Suh Kyung-won 's conversation with the North Korean leader Kim Il-sung does not appear to have contained what could be called top secrets vital to national security . ’ |
| 13 | More positive thinking survived in one or two parts of the monolithic building in Queen Anne 's Gate , but the overall impression gained by outside observers was of a dispirited department in which no-one really seemed to know what could be done about crime in general and the prisons in particular . |
| 14 | In 1834 Little went to study with Johannes Müller at the University of Berlin in order to discover what could be done to correct his deformity , which English surgeons refused to treat , leaving it to the bone-setters . |
| 15 | I am hoping , with all my artistic heart , that this report turns out to be a myth , as I have tested a whole range of media including oils , only to discover what could be considered a negative quality in me : I am too damned impatient to allow the oils to dry before continuing with the painting ! |
| 16 | And so they had sent him North , not to win , of course , perhaps not even to poll a single vote , but to lay the Charter once again before the people , to let them know what could be done in a land where every man had his vote and the freedom to use it without intimidation , as he and he alone thought best . |
| 17 | Articles were written which could be construed as orthodox , but still interpreted by sympathisers in their intended subversive sense . |
| 18 | And if the base of the wall could not be penetrated , movable towers were built which could be wheeled up to attack the wall from without ; in the longer sieges , such as that of Antioch during the First Crusade , fixed towers were erected over against the walls to harry the defenders and enable a watch to be kept on them . |
| 19 | Copies of the initial draft of the report should be made available and time allowed for observations and objections to be made which could be incorporated in the final report . |
| 20 | In fact there appears to be no doubt that Stalin simply resented the independence that the Yugoslav leaders were displaying and believed they could be brought to heel as easily as communist leaders in other parts of Eastern Europe . |
| 21 | She says they could be bullied and teased . |
| 22 | and in the head I says they could be washed , and dried and put away . |
| 23 | Hodge and those around him believed Syngman Rhee should be encouraged and believed he could be controlled ; they were later to regret having aided Rhee 's ambitions to the extent that they had done when they found themselves exposed to Rhee 's mordant censure . |
| 24 | And to aid his cause Ferguson is close to boosting his already substantial cash kitty by £800,000 with the sale of Neil Webb back to Nottingham Forest poised He could be followed out of Old Trafford by other top internationals , because Ferguson is also ready to offer Wednesday players plus cash for 24-year-old Hirst . |
| 25 | At that time , he was still a Party member , believing it could be reformed from within . |
| 26 | Until your work is saved it could be lost by accident . |
| 27 | Significantly ( in view of the stronger actions of the subsequent Conservative government ) public authorities were asked ‘ to furnish schedules of void sites within the partnership authorities with a view to establishing what could be done to accelerate the development or redevelopment of non-operational sites ’ . |
| 28 | Perhaps the only creature to rouse what could be construed as a maternal sense in my heart had been the Egyptian cat , and Nour had killed it . |
| 29 | Designed in close co-operation with engineers , ergonomic experts and orthopaedic specialists , it achieves what could be deemed the impossible ; you 'll be relaxed yet alert . |
| 30 | She did n't think she could be turned out , but she was n't going to stay , not with that bitch . |