Example sentences of "[noun sg] could be [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these conditions , too , the mount required either to give a force mobility or to approach a battlefield could be of inferior breed , and consequently cheaper , than a cavalry horse capable of carrying a fully armoured knight , in addition to its own armour . |
| 2 | ‘ Laser welding could be of major benefit , ’ said Dr Watson . |
| 3 | This test could be of clinical value in deciding which patients require urgent referral for further management and treatment in hospitals without specialist nephrological care . |
| 4 | At one fête alone last year they raised £179 but this year all her work could be in vain . |
| 5 | That third-world economy with a super-power arsenal could be in terminal decline . |
| 6 | ‘ George Foreman is the big fight for Lennox right now and the second defence could be against American Tommy Morrison — and perhaps the third against Frank Bruno in 1994 . ’ |
| 7 | The robe could be in various colours — blue , orange , white — and might be held at the waist by a belt or cord . |
| 8 | Alone of the Pacific species , N. emarginata shows something like a comparable variation in shell shape with exposure ( Crothers , 1984 ) , but the shell is so thin as to afford little protection from crabs regardless of its shape ( Kitching , 1976 ) and an ability to resist desiccation could be of great value to this highQQintertidal species in sites protected from continuous spray . |
| 9 | Mr Justice Latham , adjourning the trial last Wednesday until yesterday , told the jury the new evidence could be of great significance . |
| 10 | Mr Justice Latham , adjourning the trial last Wednesday until yesterday , told the jury the fresh evidence could be of great significance . |
| 11 | Does my right hon. Friend accept that the sort of project to which he just referred is another example of where a national lottery could be of great assistance ? |
| 12 | This made Bekenstein 's suggestion that a black hole had a finite entropy fully consistent , since it implied that a black hole could be in thermal equilibrium at some finite temperature other than zero . |
| 13 | A further trend could be for increasing numbers of small transactions with individual investors becoming involved , providing both management expertise and money , as some of those who benefited from the earlier buyout boom recycle their profits . |
| 14 | Carl Llewellyn had looked as secure as any pilot could be on National Hunt 's casualty-strewn road to success . |
| 15 | He felt that Congress could be of significant help in the area of branch representative and activist training within the Association . |
| 16 | An important application could be in low-speed urban rail systems , which often have tight corners . |
| 17 | However , the information could be of immediate interest and if so either.telex , Intelpost or hand delivery will need to be considered . |
| 18 | The electronically captured information could be of remarkable historical value . |
| 19 | As TODAY suggests , one answer could be for newly-licensed young drivers to carry restriction plates for a specified period . |
| 20 | Peace of mind when the husband was working some distance from the farm could be of great importance . |
| 21 | If DHAs ignore their wishes and preferences when placing contracts , and GPs send their patients elsewhere , the DHA could be in financial difficulties , since it must still pay for " extracontractual referrals " . |
| 22 | It was the view of the assessment panel that a few months of reasonably stable attendance could be of great help to Jim when he left school and they decided that a flexible arrangement might encourage attendance where previous efforts had failed . |
| 23 | WORKERS at the giant Vauxhall plant in Ellesmere Port could be on short-time working early next year , a motor industry watchdog has warned . |
| 24 | One solution could be to double notes at the octave , but this leads to poor results , as doubled notes become too powerful and upset the chordal equilibrium . |
| 25 | For living-in apprentices food and comfort could be in scant supply . |
| 26 | This measurement could be of clinical importance in assessment of a patient referred with impaired renal function , by helping to determine whether the deterioration in renal function was acute ( ARF ) , acute on chronic ( AonCRF ) , or part of stable-chronic renal failure ( CRF ) . |