Example sentences of "[noun sg] could [be] [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nos. 36 and 51 , retained at Sutton for short workings , were transferred to Penge , as any car from that batch could be sent to Sutton at short notice when required . |
| 2 | By and large , the occasions when the nobility might exploit a situation as cavalry and those when artillery could be used to best effect were not the same . |
| 3 | This analogy could be extended to the source and application of funds statement . |
| 4 | If the meaning of ‘ god ’ can be developed to be as flexible and free from the restrictions and constraints of earlier teachings and convictions as has been the development of medical science , then the future could be looked to with confidence and hope . |
| 5 | The association could be related to the question of landownership and the availability of labour , and may have nothing whatever to do with markets . |
| 6 | For it had occurred to me that the proposed trip in the car could be put to good professional use ; that is to say , I could drive to the West Country and call on Miss Kenton in passing , thus exploring at first hand the substance of her wish to return to employment here at Darlington Hall . |
| 7 | Thus a car which is so seriously damaged that its chassis is distorted could no longer be accurately described as new , even after being repaired , whereas if only the engine were damaged the car could be restored to newness by a new engine being installed . |
| 8 | Similarly , a garment originally designed with one type of sleeve could be loaded from disk and altered to have a different sleeve type , or a sweater could be converted to a cardigan . |
| 9 | This reasoning could be applied to claims by or against the United States with respect to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea . |
| 10 | If this does not happen , current from the switch could be passed to ‘ earth ’ for part of the cycle , resulting in possibly a damaging loading on the switching device and overheating with loss of efficiency . |
| 11 | Purely so that the area of land , or the area of search could be expanded to possibly avoid areas of high quality agricultural land . |
| 12 | Regulations governing trade and industry could be turned to the profit of courtiers and officials . |
| 13 | For John , on his endless round of visits to cuttings and embankments , tunnels and bridges , it was sometimes hard to believe that all this buzz of well-organized industry could be brought to a halt by the movement of bits of paper in the far-off City . |
| 14 | Before any sale , the Department of Energy would want to remove any loss-making capacity , but all parties were shocked by a government-commissioned report from merchant bank NM Rothschild , which was widely leaked , forecasting that the industry could be reduced to 12 deep pits over the next three years . |
| 15 | For example , the recent articles on minor surgery in general practice could be circulated to those on or applying to go on the minor surgery list . |
| 16 | It would be appreciated if a reply could be forwarded to this department by Friday 18 December 1992 . |
| 17 | It would be appreciated if a reply could be forwarded to this department by Friday 18 December 1992 . |
| 18 | It would be appreciated if a reply could be forwarded to this department by Friday 18 December 1992 . |
| 19 | Harmonisation could be limited to essential requirements in order for health and public safety considerations to be accounted for , and to ensure technical compatibility of products . |
| 20 | Of course , this wo n't work for all cases if any of the last three fields are sometimes blank , although the WHILE condition could be amended to ‘ NOT ( ISBLANK ( [ Field13 ] ) AND ISBLANK ( [ Field14 ] ) AND ISBLANK ( [ Field15 ] ) to trap some of these . |
| 21 | My account of deixis is such that the methodology could be applied to other kinds of discourse , both literary and non-literary . |
| 22 | Competitive tendering could be extended to certain medical services as well . |
| 23 | The problem of conserving the noble land fund was the central preoccupation of a high-powered ministerial conference which Nicholas set up in 1897 to consider what further aid could be given to the nobility . |
| 24 | Full entitlement to fees and maintenance could be offered to those on a basic income level ; 25 per cent to those earning , say , £12-£15,000 a year , and nothing to those with higher incomes . |
| 25 | But his stable revealed that the 10-year-old could be diverted to the Hackett Chase at Cheltenham tomorrow over a distance just over half a mile shorter than the Mackeson . |
| 26 | With my electoral role number marked on the counterfoil , through a sorting process my vote and anyone else 's vote could be traced to who voted for who . |
| 27 | Alternatively as the accounts are being done at the end of the month at that point in time the benefit is used up so the rent could be charged to the profit and loss account directly . |
| 28 | A false report of theft could be made to a next-door neighbour , perhaps to cover up for dealing with property wrongfully , and then the neighbour could make a genuine report to the police about the false theft , thereby causing police time to be wasted . |
| 29 | Consideration should be given to whether the requirement to be mobile could be restricted to particular regions while indicating that faster progression might be achieved by staff who were prepared to be widely mobile . |
| 30 | However , the report stated that no firm contracts had yet been signed and that " part of the deal could be lost to German or Italian suppliers " . |