Example sentences of "that could be [vb pp] in " in BNC.

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1 A big pie was not something that could be made in a field and cooked on a bonfire , it would require skill and expertise in the use of large ovens and these were available as they were used by the local manufacturers of earthenware pipes :
2 Two bedrooms and the best furniture that could be made in the Factory .
3 As well as the mixed delights of the Glasgow Fair and a wee burst of the cholera mixed in with bread riots , the 1850s saw giant strides in the techniques of battleship-building , and the amount of noise that could be generated in the interests of progress .
4 When the company indicated that it considered it was the fairest situation that could be achieved in the circumstances , the union representatives said that they noted the company 's position .
5 I should like to speak longer , because the hon. Member for Islington , South and Finsbury ( Mr. Smith ) spoke about the losses that he envisages would be incurred by the development of the station at King 's Cross , and if I had the time I should love to expand on the economic benefits that could be achieved in employment terms , the environmental benefits that would accrue to the area and the safety benefits that would be brought about by the Fennell provisions in the Bill .
6 High purpose was something that could be recognized in someone , like a gleam in the eye or a tone of voice ; it meant that even when that person dabbled in something doubtful , they undoubtedly had good reason for doing so .
7 The presumption was that there were certain universals of social organization , functions that could be recognized in a variety of cultural forms ; myths , kinship orders , etc .
8 The highest award that could be given in peacetime at that time , the Albert Medal , was confined largely to members of the armed forces .
9 The social services would have had powers to protect not only the injured party ( even without evidence that could be proven in court ) , but also all the other children , probably by their removal from the home .
10 In medieval times the acre or strip , which was the average day 's ploughing for an ox-team , was sometimes called a jurnalis ( or diurnalis ) in monks ' Latin and journel in French — that is , the amount of ploughing that could be done in one day .
11 It 's , it 's , it 's a thing that could be done in this country
12 And if you do pages that could be done in metal , they are more convincing than pages that can not be done in metal .
13 Lastly , Ingolstadt is used to exemplify the approach that could be adopted in an historically important and attractive city centre .
14 Amendment of the Irish constitution is , of course , a matter for the Republic , but I am glad that it continues to be an issue that could be tackled in fresh political talks .
15 Charles Booth described how each district had its own peculiar flavour because of its distinctive occupational structure , a flavour that could be detected in the streets from observing the faces of the people who lived there and noticing what they carried :
16 In view of this it seems appropriate to study mucosal metabolism in ileal as well as colonic mucosa in UC patients and controls in the expectation that any abnormalities that could be detected in the histologically normal ileum of ulcerative colitis patients would be unlikely to be secondary phenomena .
17 But it argues ministers should hesitate before going further with the publication of information that could be misused in the same way as it says occurred with published exam results .
18 I have tried once or twice to get him to the big hills , or to the Dolomites , but he sees no reason to waste time that could be spent in Norway or Greenland .
19 Hubble 's conclusion was that the universe was expanding — a conclusion that could be described in terms of Einstein 's theory of relativity , which provided the mathematics for describing the ‘ fabric ’ of space .
20 The analysis findings are summarised in Fig 12.9 , showing new functions that could be needed in the changed circumstances , but were n't formally included in existing structures , eg :
21 This placed an important limit on the amount of energy that could be emitted in the collision .
22 As a result , £6 billion worth of foodstuffs that could be produced in Britain are imported — at a time when land is still being taken out of production for ‘ set-aside ’ .
23 The key change that could be identified in all the schools visited was that of a rethink about departmental allocation , As a result of devolution , capitation seemed to be allocated to departments using criteria that were more public and in most cases fairer ; for example , a formula based on pupil and subject weightings , or a system of bidding or , inevitably , the use of last year 's figures plus an allowance for inflation .
24 Storage leaves open the option of reprocessing later , he says , if the value of the uranium and plutonium that could be reclaimed in the process , made it worthwhile .
25 Not one thing that could be proved in a court of law , of course .
26 I ask on behalf of my party , and of small business people in particular : why do the Government not take the steps that could be taken in an enterprise economy , without nationalisation and corporatism , to revive our service and manufacturing industries ?
27 Scientists now believe life is based on an infinite variety of polypeptides , with a great potential for unrealized polypeptides that could be used in living systems .
28 The following sections contain examples of criteria of the kind that could be used in a criterion-referenced assessment scheme .
29 Video material that could be used in teacher training can be grouped in a similar way to material for teaching :
30 I would therefore appreciate any information that could be used in preparing our evidence .
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