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 | Physical controls on capital spending remained , but , as under Labour , with the gradual restoration of the weakened economic base more resources could progressively be made available . |
| 17 | Such toil could easily be made unnecessary if a little social effort and investment could be applied . |
| 18 | They asked if funds could possibly be made available for refurbishment or replacement of the battered furniture . |
| 19 | The main weakness of the programme was that schooling could hardly be called accessible when those who were supposed to benefit from it had to pay for tuition . |
| 20 | From remarkably early in his life , Nietzsche had a strong awareness , visionary rather than analytical , of the problematic nature of modern culture , although initially his perspective could hardly be called original . |
| 21 | Drawing on a Stoic concept of seeds , which he applied even to the origin of Adam and Eve , he had a sense of natural order that could hardly be considered hostile to further inquiry . |
| 22 | Even the profit based on the Coniston ore could hardly be considered handsome . |
| 23 | Even when you realise they are dummies , they could still be considered offensive . ’ |
| 24 | At times I felt I was just a kind of palimpsest , or a blackboard that could always be wiped clean to make room for his own work . |
| 25 | She found herself praying , the only thing she did consistently as a physician that could ever be called unprofessional . |
| 26 | Carl , by no stretch of the imagination , could ever be called good-looking . |
| 27 | He therefore directed that if J. were to suffer a life-threatening event while in the health authority 's care and the required drugs and equipment were or could reasonably be made available , the health authority should cause such measures ( including artificial ventilation ) to be applied so long as they were capable of prolonging his life . |
| 28 | By his order dated 12 May 1992 Waite J. directed that in the interim pending a further hearing in the events that ( 1 ) J. 's medical condition changed so that his life was threatened but was capable of being prolonged by intensive therapeutic measures including artificial ventilation , and ( 2 ) he was at that time in the health authority 's care and ( 3 ) the required drugs and equipment were or could reasonably be made available , the health authority were to cause such measures , including artificial ventilation , to be applied to J. for so long as they were capable of prolonging his life . |
| 29 | Area Health Authority , ( iii ) that the required drugs and equipment are or could reasonably be made available , the … |
| 30 | Although the order is subject to the condition precedent that ‘ the required drugs and equipment are or could reasonably be made available , ’ it makes no reference to the availability of staff and it has to be borne in mind that artificial ventilation of a young child in an intensive care unit is highly intensive of highly skilled staff . |