Example sentences of "that could be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But BBC officials are waking up to the fact that , while they have been allocated both of Britain 's channels for high-power satellite broadcasts , the kind that could be received direct into people 's homes , they have no monopoly on low-power transmissions from satellites , the kind that could be picked up by central receiving stations — and transmitted via cable to homes . |
| 2 | I said I 'm quite sure there must be something that could be done computer-wise |
| 3 | Her looks too : she had hair that could be called golden . |
| 4 | Noticeable in the last decade or two in fiction , it is a reaction that could be called political . |
| 5 | Only the large , ground-living cassowaries from the Australasian rain forests possess anything that could be called avian armour , and even there it is confined solely to the head region . |
| 6 | None the less , research has shown that a surprisingly large proportion of the population has not only had an experience that could be called religious , but that , for many , this experience consequently affected their lives in some quite important way . |
| 7 | ( There are some moments in Dustin 's films that could be called Keatonesque — the blankness of his face at the beginning of The Graduate , some of the comedy in Little Big Man , and the office party scene in Kramer vs Kramer — without his face ever resembling Keaton 's handsome ‘ stone-face ’ features . ) |
| 8 | Surrey was the first landscape she had experienced that could be called feminine . |
| 9 | The analyst must aim to define an uncontentious view of the transformation the procedure aims to achieve , bearing in mind the variety of viewpoints that could be considered relevant . |
| 10 | The age of the older life , as long as they do n't exceed sixty five next birthday , and they 're not engaged in any occupation or pursuit that could be considered hazardous . |
| 11 | The old approach to the problem was to raid discarded or inexpensive pieces of surplus equipment for any components that could be removed intact . |
| 12 | Then there were occasions that could be predicted long in advance . |