Example sentences of "which could have be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only corroborative evidence , he suggested , was the bruising to her arm and legs , which could have been caused by the exertion of force . |
| 2 | Post-mortem examinations on each of the deceased showed no signs of injuries which could have been caused by contact with the car , he said . |
| 3 | It was indulging in a relatively straightforward exercise in civil engineering which could have been undertaken at any time during the last 100 years or more . |
| 4 | This nightmare of processing phantoms reminds us of the procession of daemons from Phaistos , which could have been seen in the sort of opium trance de Quincey described . |
| 5 | Georgi Markov , the Bulgarian dissident writer , recalled the first speech given by a new factory director which could have been given by any Romanian middle-ranking cynical conformist when put in charge of an operation by an arbitrary decision from the top . |
| 6 | It would be unfortunate if you generalized a great deal and delivered a speech which could have been given at anybody 's wedding , when the bride and groom have fascinating family histories . |
| 7 | Looking at the terms of the agreement as contained in the letter from Hunter 's attorney , and the receipt , it is manifest that the payment was not made in discharge of the plaintiff 's rights against all other parties ; and the result of the whole is , that it does not operate as a release , or matter which could have been pleaded as an accord and satisfaction , but amounts merely to an engagement not to sue Hunter , which can only be pleaded by himself ; if the action , therefore , had been brought against two parties , it would not have been a discharge to both . |
| 8 | Instead he had called in the deputy inspector and regional engineers for provisional evaluations of a number of schemes which could have been affected . |
| 9 | The applicant sought relief on the grounds that ( 1 ) at the time the coroner took his original decision there was considerable evidence before him that the death would not have occurred but for delays experienced by the deceased 's family in contacting the ambulance service and later delays by the ambulance service in responding to repeated calls by the police for an ambulance to come to take the deceased to hospital as a matter of urgency ; ( 2 ) in reaching the conclusion that an inquest was unnecessary the coroner had misdirected himself in law for the reasons , inter alia , that ( i ) section 8(1) ( a ) of the Coroners Act 1988 required a coroner to hold an inquest where there was ‘ reasonable cause to suspect ’ that the deceased had died a ‘ violent or unnatural death ; ’ ( ii ) there had been clear and uncontradicted evidence before the coroner that avoidable and culpable delays by the ambulance service might have been the reason why the deceased 's asthma attack , which could have been treated in hospital , proved fatal , giving rise to a ‘ reasonable cause to suspect ’ that the cause of the deceased 's death was ‘ unnatural ; ’ and ( iii ) against that background , the coroner had erred in law in treating the pathologist 's conclusion as conclusive and had either misdirected himself as to the meaning of ‘ unnatural death ’ in section 8 of the Coroners Act 1988 or failed to apply the law properly to the facts of the case . |
| 10 | It is a rare but recognised phenomenon that headaches as a result of sexual intercourse might indicate his condition which could have been treated by an operation regularly performed by neurosurgeons . ’ |
| 11 | Stukeley also began enthusiastically landscaping the garden of his house in Barn Hill and devised a formal garden on a concentric circular layout which could have been based on his Stonehenge plan ( see drawing ) . |
| 12 | Even jackets , which could have been done with the weaving technique , give more of a fabric which can then be lined . |
| 13 | Once on the Council , I set out to persuade them to apply for a compulsory purchase order on the site , which could have been done before , of course , if anyone had been single-minded enough about it . |
| 14 | On 15 December 1982 the health dispute collapsed and the unions eventually consented to a two-year agreement which could have been accepted months earlier . |
| 15 | In either event , the business may make material gains from an invention which could have been patented . |
| 16 | These are words which could have been written of the Punjab in its heyday . |
| 17 | The implicit monarchical themes may also have their own republican counterparts , which could have been made explicit in further contexts . |
| 18 | It was a monumental folly , which could have been made for horror films . |
| 19 | I suspect that if you asked your family and friends to list every day items which could have been made from C&P products they would find it difficult . |
| 20 | The reporter did not disclose specific details of their chat , but the disclosure prompted concern that it might have been more confidential matters which could have been overheard . |
| 21 | ‘ 37(1) Any notice , demand or order against which an appeal might be brought to a county court under this Part of this Act shall , if no such appeal is brought , become operative on the expiration of 21 days from the date of the service of the notice , demand or order , and shall be final and conclusive as to any matters which could have been raised on such an appeal , and any such notice , demand or order against which an appeal is brought shall , if and so far as it is confirmed by a county court judge , or the Court of Appeal , become operative as from the date of the final determination of the appeal . |
| 22 | In my view , a number of the points raised in his petition are matters which could have been raised at the appeal . |
| 23 | Even this reduced sentence exceeds , by a considerable margin , the maximum penalty which could have been imposed in a magistrates ' court ( which is where the majority of burglars of this type would normally be tried ) . |
| 24 | What was decided in regard to the applicant Handscomb was that where the first review date predicated an equivalent determinate sentence well in excess of that which could have been imposed under established sentencing practice , there was impugnable unreasonableness . |
| 25 | The maximum sentence which could have been imposed was six months . |
| 26 | Correct or not , this hypothesis does at least hint at the complexities which could have been involved when Æthelred 's counsellors sat down to decide whether to pay or fight , and offers one of a range of reasons why individual self-interest may have resulted in less fighting than might have been expected . |
| 27 | In one instance , when a local authority was asked to approve a bridge , which could have been built relatively cheaply , the authority refused because , it said , the bridge must be suitable for use by the disabled . |
| 28 | The areas of traditional Stafford influence , the Welsh march and north midlands , had been otherwise provided for during the duke 's minority but there was a degree of political reorganization in both areas in 1473 , which could have been exploited to allow the duke a role there had the king wished . |
| 29 | The areas of traditional Stafford influence , the Welsh march and north midlands , had been otherwise provided for during the duke 's minority but there was a degree of political reorganization in both areas in 1473 , which could have been exploited to allow the duke a role there had the king wished . |
| 30 | Once it was clear that no demonstrations would take place , the students became nervous about the ‘ xuechao ’ and began to withdraw from any action which could have been construed as political activism . |