Example sentences of "[noun pl] could be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interest was aroused when the University of Cambridge declared that it was prepared , if the necessary funds could be made available , to consider the establishment of an Institute of Criminology . |
| 2 | If the tagger indicated that a word was a noun then the non-noun lexical entries could be given reduced priority by the ANLT . |
| 3 | Given the vast symbolic and metaphorical potential of the natural world , it is obvious , says Lévi-Strauss , that the same characteristics could be given different meaning and that different characteristics could be selected to make up a set . |
| 4 | The VT2X polypeptide was expressed at slightly higher levels and had an increased DNA binding affinity as compared to the VT2 version ( data not shown ) ; otherwise these two proteins could be considered identical . |
| 5 | We will examine whether certain regulations affecting individual citizens within their own homes could be made advisory , rather than mandatory . |
| 6 | She had turned her big dining room into a study ; there each boy had his own place at the big felt-covered table , — books could be left undisturbed . |
| 7 | In the Navigation 's case the ground floor food preparation area was obtained by converting an old-fashioned and unwanted small private bar : similar areas suitable for conversion can not be guaranteed in more than 50 per cent of the units , though equivalent areas could be made available in the remainder through ‘ building out ’ . |
| 8 | Attitudes could be elicited aplenty and could , contra the views of many of the early survey researchers who thought them unlikely material for social research in being basically subjective opinions , provide valuable data if suitably measured . |
| 9 | Many of these interactions could be made automatic were it not for the basic need for a human presence for the social/ economic reasons mentioned above and because the human operator has to act as the ultimate back-stop when things go badly wrong . |
| 10 | If the population of burrowing earthworms could be increased five-fold ( and there is no reason why it should not ) , the natural improvement in soil structure and fertility could transform the productivity of our land and save us enormous expense . |
| 11 | When I first started to explore Scotland by train , there were long spacious carriages , first and second class , with a restaurant and buffet , a guard 's van where bikes could be carried free of charge , and a service that transported you to the Highlands through snow drifts that would bury a car . |
| 12 | Mercifully , there was no proposal to attempt landing an aircraft by the same means , but rather it was envisaged that rough landing strips could be constructed adjacent to the launcher . |
| 13 | The team had already identified the capability of the switchboard equipment itself as a major cause of delays and one recommendation was that Direct Dial In [ DDI ] facilities should be installed so that calls could be dialled direct to specific people , by-passing the switchboard . |
| 14 | The Court of Appeal doubted the validity of trespass ab initio , as it meant that lawful acts could be made unlawful by subsequent events and the lawfulness of an act should be judged at the time it took place . |
| 15 | In this book , we assume that the similarity between the transformational process and our diagnostic test arises because the former was formulated in response to intuitions about the fact that the properties of many ( but not all ! ) adjectives could be considered valid for the E qualified in both the P positions in : ( 7 ) P E E P In any case , the test gives us two different ways in which the adjective French may be used with its noun , and the examples show that it does not always designate a property of the entity to which it appears to be attached syntactically . |
| 16 | Sera were separated by centrifugation within 8 h of collection , transferred to another container , and labelled with a unique identification number so that antibody assays could be done blind . |
| 17 | People came in the summer to walk and to sail and , if development plans succeeded and the roads could be kept clear , they 'd soon be coming in the winter to ski . |
| 18 | In addition , certain other validation checks could be made on-line , namely the validation of a week ending date and staff number ( check -digit verification ) . |
| 19 | The case was concerned with whether a child under the age of 16 years could be given contraceptive advice without the consent of her parents . |
| 20 | He suggested using watertight ox bladders as containers ; in them , tied to the saddle , plants could be kept fresh for a long time . |
| 21 | For a match described by the Berwick Advertiser as Rangers ' last , the number of mourners could be considered low , perhaps even pitiful . |
| 22 | Those changes created a comparatively small number of hours in the year when planning and the exchange of ideas could be conducted other than in the helter-skelter of a school day . |
| 23 | Its essence was the system of alternate or multiple parties whereby governments could be held responsible to different sections of the class or classes that had a political voice . |
| 24 | More families could be made homeless in one of the region 's housing blackspots , because of delays in the payment of housing benefits . |
| 25 | The machine 's four wheels could be clamped immobile by a brake lock , and its legs supported a platform some four feet from the ground . |
| 26 | On the positive side , non-executives could be given specific , watching briefs on public health trends , consumer surveys , contract performance and links with community groups . |
| 27 | At one extreme , the editors could be given total licence to film anything they liked and to show the House in their own way ( as when covering a football match , or as in some American state legislatures where camera and microphone men are even allowed to wander around on the floor of the House ) . |
| 28 | Bombers could be made invisible to radar , maintained an American author in New Scientist , the issue also carrying a discussion of what scientists could do to halt development of more appalling weapons even than those in existence . |
| 29 | If they make a loss , management committees could be held liable personally under insolvency regulations for any such losses . |
| 30 | Within a few years that same young man had determined that things could be put right and that he was the man to do it . |