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

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1 ( Most of the examples come from England , although they could be generalized to other common-law systems . )
2 It seemed reasonable to suppose that such benefits could be applied to other districts of the city without necessarily designating housing improvement schemes .
3 Perhaps that principle could be applied to other opportunity areas .
4 My account of deixis is such that the methodology could be applied to other kinds of discourse , both literary and non-literary .
5 What they pleaded for was further experimentation and what they hoped was that the new techniques and acting styles could be extended to other types of films .
6 He claims that the process could be extended to other waste disposal tasks : " Anything which can devour a Trabi probably has an appetite for a lot more besides . "
7 He has selected Darlington and Durham city for the pilot programme which , if successful , could be extended to other towns in the region .
8 European business development director Peter Scott denied rumours that Pyramid — like its OEM customer Olivetti — had been looking at DEC 's Alpha chip for future developments , but pointed out that much of Pyramid 's SMP technology could be ported to other platforms : it has already licenced its bus and systems software to ICL and Siemens-Nixdorf , and says that further deals will follow .
9 One area for concern during the trials was the chance that if the potatoes were to become weeds , the new genes could be transmitted to other similar plants in the area .
10 SDRs could now be used more freely among participating countries : it became possible to use them to settle obligations without changing them first into currencies ; they could be loaned to other countries ; and they could be used as a security for a loan by another central bank or government .
11 Although capsule distribution could be linked to other programmes such as immunisation , it must be given two to three times a year to achieve continuous coverage , and the risk of toxicity also needs consideration .
12 Any oranges left after the five days could be sold to other customers .
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