Example sentences of "could [adv] be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is evident from the nineteenth century cases on the right to a hearing that the principle was invoked in a number of areas which could properly be called administrative . |
| 2 | Three of de Forbin 's remaining ships made a brief appearance in the Moray Firth , about 45 miles [ 72 km ] east of Inverness , where they landed a foraging party , but with these exceptions not a Frenchman set foot on what , since 1707 , could properly be called British soil . |
| 3 | The demonstrators were therefore in the wrong and the union could properly be held responsible for their actions . |
| 4 | It dissolved barriers , broke down prejudices and significantly increased the experience that could properly be thought appropriate in a musico-theatrical work . |
| 5 | If the process could eventually be made catalytic , though , they would have lost a money-spinner. h |
| 6 | Their contribution is perceived as threefold : they were long-standing rivals of Gloucester , which virtually guaranteed a power struggle in 1483 ; the favour shown them by the king had made them unpopular with the rest of the Yorkist establishment ; and they were so closely identified with the young king , Edward V , that any limitation of their power could only be made permanent by his deposition . |
| 7 | Their contribution is perceived as threefold : they were long-standing rivals of Gloucester , which virtually guaranteed a power struggle in 1483 ; the favour shown them by the king had made them unpopular with the rest of the Yorkist establishment ; and they were so closely identified with the young king , Edward V , that any limitation of their power could only be made permanent by his deposition . |
| 8 | Now both had been swept away and under the new Act a debtor could only be adjudicated bankrupt on his creditor 's petition . |
| 9 | Change could only be considered viable in the massage routines and the in-house APF macros which determine the appearance of the dictionary material on the page . |
| 10 | However , where , as was the case with Akzo 's pricing policy , the prices charged were below average total cost ( that is , including fixed costs ) but above average variable cost , they could only be considered predatory if they were established as part of a plan to eliminate competitors . |
| 11 | For a considerable amount of inconsequential information owned by the institution is classed as confidential , even though its release could only be considered prejudicial to the safety and interests of the state by the most bigoted autocrat . |
| 12 | The bill entered into force on March 13 , and under a transitional regulation in force until the end of 1990 citizens were allowed to resume using their former names simply by registering them with local authorities ; after 1990 a name could only be changed subject to approval and registration by a court of law . |
| 13 | Savory argued that a stranger to whom money had been paid in breach of trust could only be held liable as a constructive trustee to account for the money after he had parted with it , if it could be shown that he knew the money misapplied was trust money . |
| 14 | This , however , could soon be put right as investors begin to focus on changes which have taken place in the past few years . |
| 15 | It 's hoped a British engineer and his Australian cousin , kidnapped by the Kurdish rebels in Turkey , could soon be set free . |
| 16 | This again , though enjoying some success , could not be rated foolproof . |
| 17 | In the judgement ( Jerusalem Chamber I February 1954 ) the Chancellor mostly backed bishop and vicar ; but ordered out the statue and the sanctuary bells and the tabernacle on the altar , saying that what was illegal could not be made legal by the bishop 's permission . |
| 18 | The remaining fighters , which were down for maintenance and could not be made airworthy in time , were wrecked when a hangar door blew down on top of them . |
| 19 | Many a temporary gain has been lost because the significance of the development was recognised too late in the day and additional resources could not be made available . |
| 20 | Of course , this theme could not be made explicit , for the time of Jacobinism had not arrived . |
| 21 | Haymo found on a tour of the diocese that the Palace at Halling with its farming implements and utensils was in a much dilapidated state and he is quoted as saying the state of the property of the diocese was so bad that in seven years the damage could not be made good . |
| 22 | It turns out that we went far enough with [ an experimental project ] to determine that , unfortunately , it was going to be too expensive and could not be made large enough to approach the market as a whole . |
| 23 | The contravener could not be made liable under section 6(2) except to the extent of the money or property he had himself received from the investor . |
| 24 | Nor was it properly explained to the modern British public , any more than it was in 1925 , why the ‘ discipline ’ could not be imposed direct on the economy without it being necessary to cling to another country 's shirt tails to do so . |
| 25 | It also insisted that the FMLN could not be granted political status until it had disarmed . |
| 26 | Equally , there are , at any given time , laws which , if passed , could not be rendered effective , e.g. because they affected matters outside the jurisdiction of United Kingdom administrative or enforcement agencies . |
| 27 | In the kingdoms of western Europe there was a traditional obligation on all free men to answer the king 's call to arms , the arrière-ban , when the kingdom was attacked : a right which was rarely invoked in our period , since it produced a cumbersome and inefficient force , which could not be kept long in the field . |
| 28 | He said : ‘ It seems to me that business could not function properly if such information could not be kept confidential . ’ |
| 29 | Her arms were finding their way about him , hands lifting , and the pleasure her mouth took from his could not be kept localised , a rapid tide of rich sensation spreading and sweeping through her whole being . |
| 30 | Subsidies might be paid in cases of emergency but could not be accounted normal income . |