Example sentences of "[adj] could be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I began these big fish articles for PFK , I wanted to demonstrate that something a little different could be kept at little or no extra cost to setting up a comparatively-sized community tank . |
| 2 | This could be moved to Sunday if the Drama Department could come up with something more suitable . |
| 3 | By analogy , therefore , where the refusal of planning permission makes it impossible for a defendant to comply with the terms of a nuisance order , this could be regarded as a reasonable excuse . |
| 4 | This could be regarded as a superior explanation to the others . |
| 5 | This could be regarded as a pragmatic approach to the design of devices for the organization of knowledge by subject . |
| 6 | If Pool Re was the only viable cover offered on the market , this could be regarded as an anti-competitive agreement under article 85 , unless special exemption was obtained form the European Commission . |
| 7 | This could be turned into the future by add the suffix -mi . |
| 8 | But all this could be turned to good account . |
| 9 | This could be turned on its head . |
| 10 | As a supporter of balanced budgets , however , he insisted that this could be funded from defence cuts made possible by the " peace dividend " , rather than through deficits or higher taxes . |
| 11 | Secondly , consider the effect of an autonomous increase in the real money supply ( this could be caused by an increase in the nominal money stock or a fall in the general price level ) . |
| 12 | This could be viewed as another indirect criticism of the embattled leadership and their poor record on corruption . |
| 13 | A member of a local branch of the union claimed that this could be viewed as a ‘ rolled up ’ ballot question , and applied for the Commissioner 's assistance . |
| 14 | This could be compared with an estimate of the same prevalence from some previous survey to give a measure of secular change . |
| 15 | In the case of a commission , this could be sent to the client as a proof . |
| 16 | If the house was formerly in the sole name of the husband it would be quite appropriate for the wife 's solicitors to insist on a full abstract of title commencing with a good root of title ( although in practice it seems to be accepted that the title was properly investigated at the time of the husband 's purchase ) ; but in the case of a house already in joint names it is thought that this could be dispensed with , the wife 's solicitor assuming that a proper investigation of title to the property was made at the time when the house was purchased by the husband and the wife . |
| 17 | Furthermore , gradation could equally lead to heavier sentences than might otherwise have been given for conduct which comes within the higher categories , although this could be regulated by appeal courts and sentencing guidelines . |
| 18 | This could be merged with names and addresses from the database in Task 1 . |
| 19 | Lighting our houses , workplaces and public buildings may account for over 10GW of power at peak time — this could be cut by 75 per cent if new fluorescent lamps were used instead of the incandescent light bulb . |
| 20 | This could be said of IBM 's personnel in general : The fundamentals have n't changed . |
| 21 | This could be said with some emphasis of Chatterton , but not of Eliot himself , who moreover survived , who grew to be famous , who did not kill himself , though he was to wonder how one might set about dying . |
| 22 | then this could be explained as a result of the autonomy of the state from the requirements of capitalism . |
| 23 | This could be explained by saying that the lords had insisted that the children of the bond remained bondmen , thus exacting their full rights . |
| 24 | The high incidence in Seascale occurred over an extended period , and we are not sure whether this could be explained by Kinlen hypothesis . |
| 25 | ( It is suggested that this could be developed in association with COSLA ) . |
| 26 | This could be developed by reference to the following arguments : ( 1 ) History is a social necessity . |
| 27 | The final four columns of Table 11.1 give details of the financial position of the companies as far as this could be discerned from published data . |
| 28 | It is expected this will cost the council £8,500 though this could be offset by a grant from Northern Arts . |
| 29 | The Budget increases in excise duties will add just over 0.5 per cent to the cost of living in April , a touch more than last year 's effort , but this could be offset by the switch from poll tax to council tax . |
| 30 | ( At the end of the War , it was found that over 50 deaf men from Manchester Institute for the Deaf were entitled to the Defence Service Medal for their work with the Civil Defence , and this could be repeated throughout the country . |