Example sentences of "[noun pl] could [be] [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the way in which repentance and forgiveness of sins could be offered to all people ( Luke 24:47 ) . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . " |
| 6 | Suddenly I realized that many of the techniques that Penrose and I had developed to prove singularities could be applied to black holes . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ( 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 . ) |
| 9 | I think erm I think is quite fair maybe if concessions could be raised to one fifty or two pounds but overall I think that people who can afford it spend such a lot of money on the raffle and we therefore give raffle tickets to those who can afford it could jealousy and on the raffle generally about a hundred pounds is made and if there , if there was more charge for tickets , people might not give so much for the raffles and also if you give but if you charge them a nominal sum and then shove other things at them on their options they might be more willing to give to optional choices like a raffle . |
| 10 | A second study followed with NAA making use of a little-known Top Secret paper published in 1954 on compression lift , in which two National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) aerodynamicists — A J Eggers and C A Syverston — correctly theorized that supersonic shockwaves could be used to partially support an aircraft during supersonic flight . |
| 11 | Already , the swift-moving German vanguard was groping its way into the Bois des Corbeaux ; the only wood near the Mort Homme , where those well-tried infiltration tactics could be used to excellent advantage . |
| 12 | Such choices are made on a national basis , and bibliometric methods could be applied to either . |
| 13 | In addition , this criticism of referees could be extended to their manifest reluctance to referee the line-outs in a fair proportion of the games . |
| 14 | Indeed , contour ploughing , contour brushwood planting , and ditch-and-bund constructions could be said to be types of terrace . |
| 15 | With an emphasis on design and economy the Ministry advised on the density of residential areas , showing how schemes of varying densities could be fitted to the same unit area of land . |
| 16 | To develop their awareness and need to know their product simple questionnaires could be put to the staff along the lines of : |
| 17 | The visitors could be seen to be bewitched at the learning about the cathedral coming out of such callow lips . |
| 18 | It intervened to regulate trade ; in 1651 the republican Parliament passed a Navigation Act which set out to protect the English shipping trade by laying down that imports could be taken to the ports of England or of English colonies only by English ships or by those of the country that produced the goods . |
| 19 | One group of sites could be seen to be more or less contemporary because they produced the same types of tool , while those which produced other types could be shown to be earlier or later in date . |
| 20 | Accordingly in 1982 it announced that , while varying systems could be established to reflect differing departmental roles , all departments were to introduce ‘ management systems like MINIS ’ together with ‘ a structure of organization ’ in which identifiable functions could be assigned to ‘ responsibility centres ’ ( Efficiency and Effectiveness , 1982 , para. 29 and annex C ) . |
| 21 | The Englishman had her carried to her makeshift tent so that her wounds could be attended to , and then he heard the story from her brother . |
| 22 | He also knew that these tensions could be turned to his advantage , for their existence provided an internal " threat " which fully justified his permanence as guarantor of the nation 's stability and integrity . |
| 23 | Secondly I think annual Governor 's subscriptions could be doubled to £40 and Life Governors at least £400 , bearing in mind the influence they have in running the Institution 's activities … |
| 24 | As well as enjoying local amenities , excursions could be made to the more famous and extensive Bois with their artificially created lakes , waterfalls and grottoes . |
| 25 | The third group of witches could be likened to the Daily Telegraph end of the spectrum . |
| 26 | Somebody er to whom the erm er matters could be referred to er whom er could remove trustees er who are er not acting in er the best interests er of the fund er to whom er I understand that the erm beneficiaries could er appeal if they felt that their fund was being erm used i in the wrong way , which is something that we have n't got at the moment . |
| 27 | These matters could be left to the two parties to agree as they arise , but the standard forms assume that prior agreement will lead to a smoother running project . |
| 28 | The relationship between the popes and the religious houses could be used to papal advantage . |
| 29 | Furniture not only became cheaper and more plentiful : many more objects could be presented to the eye and dispersed about the room as the Argand lamp was succeeded by gas lighting . |
| 30 | But you may find that some of these skills could be taught to others , so that you are not always responsible for cooking meals , or washing and ironing clothes . |