Example sentences of "could [be] [vb pp] with a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst we did consider that this site could be developed with a single storey dwelling without seriously affecting the amenities of the village , we were not aware of the strength of local feeling against any development on this site . |
| 2 | He said the copper pipe could be filled with a mixture of fireworks powder . |
| 3 | If you are not ready to deal with the problem of alcohol misuse if and when it occurs , one day you could be faced with a crisis . |
| 4 | Obviously this idea has to be thought out in advance , and if your friend or family move during the winter then you could be faced with a big problem in trying to gather enough material to make an attractive and interesting picture . |
| 5 | THE region could be faced with a large number of knock-on job losses if American Airlines pulls the plug on its loss-making Stansted to Chicago route . |
| 6 | However , individual members could be faced with a deterioration in their balance of trade if the trade creation effect were to increase imports more than exports . |
| 7 | If practices quit the health service many patients could be faced with a staggering increase in costs . |
| 8 | While the new Bermuda tanks from Tahiti Aquariums could be filtered with a small foam filter , this undergravel system will do a neater job . |
| 9 | There were also work cells in which a truculent tramp could be placed with a hundredweight slab of concrete or granite as a companion . |
| 10 | The same cut could be achieved with a 100 cc reduction in the size of engines . |
| 11 | The Tories have more or less run out of good ideas which inspired them in the early Thatcher years , and are left only with a few bad ones : the creation of new , ever more incompetent ‘ private ’ monopolies ; the vindictive pursuit of aged war criminals ; the idiotic struggle to knock a penny off income tax , which will benefit nobody , when so much more could be achieved with a little imagination — by abolishing all discriminatory rates , abolishing capital transfer tax and other taxes on savings , allowing domestic wages ( as all other forms of employment are allowed ) against personal taxation … |
| 12 | There had been pressure from the Tourist Board and Turkish TV crews to start the rafting trip from a particularly scenic and dramatic place and the guides misjudged what could be achieved with a novice crew . |
| 13 | Indigestion could be quelled with a simple magnesia tablet , thousands of which she chewed in her lifetime . |
| 14 | The court accepted that in certain circumstances information about prices could be invested with a sufficient degree of confidentiality to make that information a business secret or its equivalent but in the present case it found factors which led it to the conclusion that neither the information about the prices nor the sales information as a whole had the degree of confidentiality necessary to support the plaintiff 's claim . |
| 15 | The Welbeck reclamation and landfill project proposes to divert 2km of the River Calder from Kirkthorpe weir to Stanley Ferry to run alongside the Aire & Calder Navigation ( p 31 ) with a new weir above Stanley Ferry although hydraulic considerations could be handled with a series of riffles in the rock-lined river channel , The site will have landscaping , washlands , mineral extraction and disposal of 1,000,000t of colliery spoil , power station waste ash , sewage sludge and domestic refuse to serve a large area for many years . |
| 16 | In a previous article ( Triseliotis , 1985 ) it was pointed out that the Adoption Act 1976 and 1978 ( Scotland ) might have to be changed to provide explicitly that adoption orders could be made with a condition of access , where desirable , for members of the biological family . |
| 17 | The adviser might contact the electricity board for Sally to prevent her supply being cut off , and John could be furnished with a list of local solicitors who do legal-aid work . |
| 18 | The move has been criticized by environmental organizations , which argue that the cars could be fitted with a converter because the cost , around £300 per car , is not prohibitive and that in any case manufacturers have known for some time when the law would come into effect . |
| 19 | But others in the Surinamese capital speculated the mercenaries could be connected with a Colombian drug baron , who escaped from custody last week , Mr Haakmat said . |
| 20 | ‘ I suppose Jefferson could be connected with a magic ritual which made use of Cathedral candles , ’ Ian said speculatively . |
| 21 | Success could be rewarded with a trip back to Oldham in the play-offs . |
| 22 | Some documents could be authenticated with a wooden stamp of the royal signature , perhaps without the King even seeing them . |
| 23 | There was a nasty silence and Kate felt that the atmosphere was now so heavy with unspoken words that it could be cut with a knife . |
| 24 | This form of arranged marriage , the ‘ minor marriage ’ , could be compared with a more common form of arranged marriage , the ‘ major marriage ’ , in which the partners met each other for the first time when they were adolescents . |
| 25 | An urban area could be compared with a rural area . |
| 26 | But did you realise that you could be landed with a huge bill afterwards ? |
| 27 | But should parents do that and should the car be taken away with a child in it , those who took the car could be charged with a much more serious offence under section 2 of the Child Abduction Act 1984 , punishable by up to seven years ' imprisonment . |
| 28 | Angalo had found a pebble that was almost the right shape to attach to a twig with strips torn off his coat ; he 'd never seen a stone axe in his life , but he had a definite feeling that there were useful things that could be done with a stone tied to the end of a stick . |
| 29 | The information available through the payroll was : name man number payroll number ( hourly , weekly , monthly ) depot number birth date date of joining salary company division department marital status date left At a later date indicators were added for : membership of pension scheme savings scheme part-timers address job title It became apparent immediately that quite a lot could be done with a good program . |
| 30 | At first , each gearbox only started rattling with a warmed up engine but each got worse until the rattle could be heard with a cold engine on revving up when stationary . |