Example sentences of "[coord] could [be] [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Child benefit could be made taxable , or could be restricted to women whose children are not yet of school age . |
| 2 | Within aristocratic and mercantile societies , conflicts about style and tendency , as well as more general social and economic tensions and conflicts in arts practice , were often resolved , or could be attempted to be resolved , by movement from one patron or kind of patron or intermediary to another . |
| 3 | The second , however , has not been seen in our study or in others and could be related to the possibility that gastric acid secretion might not necessarily be raised when NSAIDs are taken on longterm basis , three years in this study . |
| 4 | This is simply using your control of the machine and could be applied to any video material . |
| 5 | It would also appear that the rule applies to realty and could be applied to the builder of a house and possibly a local authority building inspector . |
| 6 | There are so many suffixes that it will only be possible here to examine a small proportion of them ; we will concentrate on those which are common and productive ( that is , are applied to a considerable number of stems and could be applied to more to make new English words ) . |
| 7 | They have regularly been used to put pressure on management during major negotiations , and could be said to be part of the ritual of collective bargaining . |
| 8 | By not calling it a ‘ Nuclear Obligation ’ , the government hoped to avoid a charge of totally rigging the market and could be seen to at least throw out a lifeline to the renewables . |
| 9 | Working conditions of the taxi driver are extremely poor and could be likened to Victorian times , hours worked are ra rarely less than sixty per week , there is no holiday pay , no pension rights , no sick pay , and no say in which way the trade is administered by local authorities . |
| 10 | ‘ I wanted to be able to produce instruments which would look attractive , and could be tailored to any individual requirements , and still be available at reasonable cost . |
| 11 | Exhibition mounted on a bright , well illuminated landing , and could be positioned to be clearly visible from the Centre entrance . |
| 12 | Leisure complexes , holiday homes , new towns , barn conversions , roads , open cast mining , the Channel Tunnel link and fish farms … the face of Britain 's countryside is changing , and could be trampled to unrecognition if the developers have their way . |
| 13 | Moreover , the crude preparation obtained was devoid of exonuclease activities and could be used to accurately define the nature of the cleavage products . |
| 14 | That could be done by means of a supplement to the citizens charter and could be delivered to every household in the country . |
| 15 | She had a weak chest and needed a lot of attention , whereas I was robust and could be left to my own devices . |
| 16 | Such a program could be designed not only with the aim of increasing visual acuity but could be related to the production of verbal constructs in a way that might enhance the ability to communicate about what was seen and felt . |
| 17 | This need not be confined to salaried partners as such , but could be extended to all ; for example , introducing a salary scale based on age and experience comparable with Civil Service pay at its administrative grades with an equal division of surplus profits . |
| 18 | This gave Parliament still more control in that the comptroller 's report need no longer be taken at face value , but could be subjected to detailed investigation by the PAC . |
| 19 | The low usage rates for LGS were disappointing , but could be attributed to the findings of the village case study described above . |