Example sentences of "could [coord] [modal v] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Including a review of material already published about women and philosophy , she distinguishes between female , feminine and feminist points of view , and then , focusing on the first of these , she considers how philosophy could or would be affected by the inclusion of more women in its institutional structures . |
| 2 | Nor did he know whether the fridge had been manufactured to last or to become obsolescent quickly ; nor whether it consumed more or less electricity to run than other models ; nor whether , when it was defunct , its parts could or would be recycled . |
| 3 | Team appraisal thus involves sharing with colleagues your own strengths and weaknesses and what you and they think could or should be done about them . |
| 4 | Similarly , when we turn to care at home , it is not clear that if the costs of such support were to exceed those of residential care , they could or should be met . |
| 5 | Nonetheless , the public preference approach is not without its problems , notably how to assess people 's preferences , and whether a consensus could or should be achieved . |
| 6 | The argument was partly about nationalism — there were those who resented the fact that the country 's most prestigious and successful newspaper belonged to a foreign company and was edited by a European — but , more importantly , it was also about the degree of freedom which could or should be permitted . |
| 7 | It is true to say that the ‘ reforms ’ have been taking place along several different tracks at the same time , and it would be simplistic to suppose that the single element called ‘ case management ’ could or should be expected to ‘ make the difference ’ in isolation from other aspects of the reforms . |
| 8 | Having achieved a reasonably acceptable summary of information needs , there was a great deal of head scratching and heated discussion about how this could or should be used . |
| 9 | the debate which loomed large in Victorian society as to whether strict respect for the Sabbath could or should be enforced by law . |
| 10 | Clearly , the precise types of workers who could or should be termed ‘ employees ’ for the purpose of the statute was a matter on which opinion could differ . |
| 11 | While this may provide some justification for ensuring that the decision-maker indicates what was the factual basis for his action , we should be extremely wary of developing review of facts upon the premise that all such material could or should be considered . |
| 12 | The period immediately following upon the end of the war had been characterised by the belief that expenditure on education was not just necessary or worthy' but essential : through education , society could and would be transformed . |
| 13 | National service , imposed sacrifice and sharing , points and queues , idealism in the face of a pernicious enemy , the dynamics of coalition — all contributed to the sense that , in education as elsewhere , something could and must be done . |
| 14 | From my interviews with the arts teachers during the survey it was apparent that , even though there were criticisms of certain aspects of the philosophy underlying the issue of examinations in particular , there was clearly a widespread belief that children 's work in the arts could and should be assessed and examined . |
| 15 | One of the arguments used to justify this result was that the Attorney-General 's decision could and should be questioned , if at all , only in Parliament . |
| 16 | Although it was impossible to describe such a society in a detailed way , some of its main features could and should be indicated . |
| 17 | aspirants had been , in a sense , responsible for securing , and which could and should be made much more widely available . |
| 18 | Enlightenment now revealed what could and should be done , planned town life offering ‘ Beauty , Health and Convenience ’ ( p. 104 ) . |
| 19 | When persecution died down , many wished for restoration , and there were sharp disagreements about the terms , conditions , and proper authority under which restoration could and should be granted . |
| 20 | Without in any way disavowing his previous stress on bureaucracies as essential to the administration of a modern state , Weber nonetheless concluded that the will of parliamentary elites could and should be imposed upon them . |
| 21 | Many could and should be dealt with by local authorities and councillors and by such agencies as citizens advice bureaux , welfare rights centres , the social services and voluntary aid organizations . |
| 22 | Any complaint of want of particularity could and should be dealt with by appropriate directions in the third party proceedings . |
| 23 | Many services do not need to be provided by local authorities ; they could and should be put out to competitive tender to be provided by private contractors — from refuse collection to school meals provision and old people 's homes . |
| 24 | Before the massacre , he had allowed Hong Kong 's sympathies for the Peking protests to flow freely , judging that demonstrations could and should be allowed to proceed without police interference . |
| 25 | The report demonstrated that Britain 's cities could and should be improved from the point of view of economic . |
| 26 | I am well aware that much could and should be improved and reformed . |
| 27 | That is , they believed that the civil state could and should be used to enforce religious conformity . |
| 28 | Joseph Chamberlain 's earlier recognition that working people could and should be seduced away from independent political action by state welfare measures was taken up by Lloyd George and Winston Churchill , as the need became more urgent due to the Labour success in the election of 1906 and to industrial militancy after 1909 . |
| 29 | But Macmillan ( who became prime minister in January 1957 ) firmly decided that the special relationship could and should be rebuilt . |
| 30 | But there were many , including senior ministers , who were highly critical of her decision to continue and believed that despite it she could and should be persuaded to stand down . |