Example sentences of "could be [vb pp] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't quite know why he 'd hoped that Alex could be cleared of the murder , but the confirmation of his friend 's guilt sapped him of all energy . |
| 2 | This would entail a sixty-mile round trip for us , but who cared if he could be freed of that perpetual pain he had suffered for so long ? |
| 3 | Through astrology one could be forewarned of the exact time of his coming . |
| 4 | Grace had already taken in all that could be salvaged of Willis 's clothing , for drying and mending . |
| 5 | Behind this exchange — which perhaps need not be taken too seriously — there lies the fear that a victory for the Labour party in a general election would constitute a repudiation of the King 's actions in August , To the extent that the National Government was formed through the agency of the King , a repudiation of the National Government could be conceived of as a repudiation of the King . |
| 6 | He argued that the life instincts ( the erotic impulses ) could be conceived of as being the chief influence for redirecting the destructive instincts of the individual . |
| 7 | ‘ My lads did all that could be asked of them , especially as a couple of them had to work all night in order to get time off to play . |
| 8 | Within this region , as Professor Hoskins suggested , there are various names and alignments which raise questions in the mind of any landscape historian , questions which could be asked of any part of England . |
| 9 | If E. K. Chambers could be suspected of being dull and pedantic , what were Fox 's qualities ? |
| 10 | A similar analysis could be made of MacMillan 's Requiem . |
| 11 | Aside from dealing , as I have been doing , with one of the major subjects and themes of Cuzco painting , an inventory could be made of ways in which painters departed from European models , or from academic notions of excellence . |
| 12 | The discovery of Fawn turned the story from an impenetrable imbroglio into a juicy tale , and set the appetite for whatever show , or film , could be made of it . |
| 13 | Miller was conscious of economy and recognised that from an aesthetic viewpoint the Duke must be gratified , but felt that good use could be made of cheaper material elsewhere . |
| 14 | Everything that could be made of iron was , from the churchyard fence and gates to the interior columns and arches , the window tracery and door frames , and even the pinnacles on the tower . |
| 15 | Better use could be made of radio and newspapers . |
| 16 | No estimates could be made of the number of systems or the number of applications involving personal data — guesses ranged from 50,000 to 350,000 . |
| 17 | But some feel that more use could be made of their banking connections . |
| 18 | Staying , for the moment , with coloured illustrations , an interesting collection could be made of so-called ‘ nature printing ’ , which had a short life in the nineteenth century . |
| 19 | The second raid was a diversion for now that raiding was becoming more organised , full use could be made of feints and diversions to distract defenders from intended targets , and in a wider strategy the whole policy of raiding would involve a major distraction of the enemy towards an invasion of Norway , not France . |
| 20 | Notes or memory aides could be made of tasks to be done , or tasks accomplished , and copies left with the client as a reminder . |
| 21 | For example , a study could be made of the impact of some piece of legislation , such as the Abortion Act or the Divorce Law Reform Act of 1971 . |
| 22 | While the government does not foresee the need for pre-censorship of publications , films and video cassettes , it is the intention of the government to enact appropriate legislation to provide the framework within which an assessment could be made of the suitability of any publication , film or video cassette for public and private consumption with regard to obscenity and offending of religious convictions . |
| 23 | While the government does not foresee the need for pre-censorship of publications , films and video cassettes , it is the intention of the government to enact appropriate legislation to provide the framework within which an assessment could be made of the suitability of any publication , film or video cassette for public and private consumption with regard to obscenity and offending of religious convictions . |
| 24 | More effective use could be made of the pharmacy 's patient medication records — for example , to analyse a practice 's prescribing patterns and make recommendations for change . |
| 25 | As the Minority Report put it : ‘ The national Authority dealing with the able-bodied requires … what we might almost term a Human Sorting House , where each man 's faculties would be tested to see what could be made of him ; and a series of Training Establishments , to one or other of which the heterogeneous residuum of Unemployed would be assigned . ’ |
| 26 | The principles of electromagnetism had been established by the late eighteenth century , but it was not until the mid-nineteenth century that any sort of measurements could be made of the small currents produced by living tissue . |
| 27 | It is one thing to determine that better use could be made of staff , it is another to change the existing situation . |
| 28 | The last remark could be made of financial problems also , yet , even in these hard times , it can hardly be said that insoluble money problems beset over half the population of Britain . |
| 29 | No positive identification could be made of the bodies , Mexican sources at the crash site informed ACN . |
| 30 | Much more could be made of Wittgenstein 's contribution here . |