Example sentences of "[noun pl] could be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But he was concerned the guidelines could be seen as an encouragement to use physical restraint inappropriately . |
| 4 | These guidelines could be influenced by certain religious ideas towards abortion . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It was the way in which repentance and forgiveness of sins could be offered to all people ( Luke 24:47 ) . |
| 7 | Aggrieved names landed with huge losses could be forgiven for asking why , in that case , they were not brought in earlier . |
| 8 | Even higher losses could be expected among men who responded to the lure of privateering , or whose ship took out a letter of marque . |
| 9 | In addition the losses could be screened as blue plaques on the X-Gal containing LB petri dishes . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Furthermore , when conditions in the housing market pick up , some series arrears could be prevented from becoming repossessions , through households trading down on remortgaging . |
| 13 | As he points out , a large part of the former Soviet Union 's food shortages could be eased by better packaging of agricultural products . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Yes , she agreed with Louise , quarrels could be mended by talking . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The second point is that the potential of visits to project schools could be realised in a number of ways . |
| 18 | She said she would not blame teachers for concluding that their profession was being utterly deprofessionalised after Mr Lang 's suggestion that schools could be run by parents and local busy-bodies . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Lewis said that the Government thought that it was only necessary , at present , to provide suitable accommodation for the War Office and the Foreign Office , but preliminary steps could be taken towards acquiring the land , and Hall could obtain designs for laying out the whole area . |
| 22 | ‘ The risk of serious injury , particularly to the arm , while playing on bouncy castles could be reduced by providing a cushioned landing around the open side of the castle . ’ |
| 23 | It never hurt to know in advance what well-provisioned castles could be put at the King 's disposal at short notice . |
| 24 | Data about different castles could be put into the computer and the different castles compared . |
| 25 | ‘ B/2 ’ type trolley masts whose heads could be turned through a full circle . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Thus gall bladder muscle contractions could be recorded as changes in intraluminal gall bladder pressure . |
| 28 | Attempts to cheat the system , however , by discharging a patient briefly every three months could be thwarted by insisting that the period of discharge must last at least two weeks before the admission could be considered separate . |
| 29 | Sources and applications of funds could be represented by decreases and increases in reservoir volume , respectively . |
| 30 | The funds could be provided by you as a shareholder either as a loan or as further share capital . |