Example sentences of "could be [vb pp] [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | That picture ‘ turned life a little under his very eye … all , through Frances ‘ s eyes , could be made static and beautiful and set in a pattern ’ . |
| 2 | It was matched , operationally , by General Erskine 's conviction that the Chinese border could be made impregnable and the coastline sealed off to prevent external aid reaching the Vietminh ; although it was admitted this could not be done with existing forces on the border . |
| 3 | Of even greater importance , however , the concept united and ordered so many different facets in observable behaviour of the young and claimed to provide such insight and understanding of their physiology and psychology , in particular the significance of ‘ instincts ’ , ‘ emotions ’ , and ‘ habits ’ , that everything about them , including their wage-earning capacity , could be made knowable and manageable . |
| 4 | Larch and pine logs could be split small and dried by the fire ; or kindling could be gathered " raw " . |
| 5 | Cost comparisons showed that a subsea project to handle 50,000 barrels of oil a day might cost £21 million to develop by conventional means but could be built onshore and towed to the location for £17 million . |
| 6 | The first type could be called communal and the second collective ( Lee , 1979 ) . |
| 7 | You then begin to build up a story line , a structure and something which could be called interesting and could be the start of interesting idea . |
| 8 | Within a few years that same young man had determined that things could be put right and that he was the man to do it . |
| 9 | I took him off so the house could be got ready and everyone arrive . |
| 10 | Attitudes could be elicited aplenty and could , contra the views of many of the early survey researchers who thought them unlikely material for social research in being basically subjective opinions , provide valuable data if suitably measured . |
| 11 | Through mathematics truth and reality could be laid bare and appearances transcended . |