Example sentences of "could be [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A proposal to abolish capital punishment was defeated ; the death penalty could be imposed for treason , aggravated murder , rape of a minor , and " crimes against peace and the safety of mankind " . |
| 2 | Any problems could be recorded for discussion . |
| 3 | When it was finished , in 1984 , it had to be screened , in a private showing , to a number of Members of Parliament before it could be cleared for transmission . |
| 4 | Kenneth Clarke , when Home Secretary , announced the establishment of secure training centres where young people aged up to fifteen years could be sentenced for a period of up to two years . |
| 5 | With the latest single , ‘ Until You Find Out ’ ( which is typically raucous and sweetly nasty affair and their last release for Chapter 22 before signing a distribution deal with CBS ) , the Neds could be posed for some real chart action . |
| 6 | With the latest single , ‘ Until You Find Out ’ ( which is typically raucous and sweetly nasty affair and their last release for Chapter 22 before signing a distribution deal with CBS ) , the Neds could be posed for some real chart action . |
| 7 | Beech 's idea of consistent rules could be developed for even easier reading and learning . |
| 8 | Research in health outcomes is in its infancy in primary care , but there is an emerging consensus that measures could be developed for the common chronic diseases of asthma , diabetes , and hypertension . |
| 9 | These could form a top tier of targets which could be developed for application to individual businesses . |
| 10 | One might have anticipated an exposition on how this new syntax differed from that of the preceding age and how it could be developed for stylistic purposes . |
| 11 | Apart from remorseless administrative efforts by the successive Permanent Under-Secretaries of the Ministry of Defence to reduce overheads so that more resources could be freed for re-equipment programmes , two well-trodden paths off the ‘ Military Road to Absurdity ’ have been thoroughly explored : partnership with the US , Canada , Australia and New Zealand ( the ABCA countries ) ; and collaboration with our Western European allies . |
| 12 | In 1918 she wrote on ways of improving housing and housekeeping so that women could be freed for employment . |
| 13 | Routes could be planned for a variety of jumps etc . |
| 14 | This includes setting up a select committee to which ministers and civil servants could be summoned for questioning , and phasing out the present system by which legislation on Ulster is passed by unamendable Orders of Council . |
| 15 | A four-year training period was proposed , the first two years of which were to be spent at Bedford , where probationers could be prepared for the preliminary examination . |
| 16 | Danse Royale , a half-sister to the brilliant Salsabil , could be prepared for the Irish Oaks , Piggott reporting the filly will be more effective over middle distances . |
| 17 | According to Nikolay Gubyenko , former USSR Minister of Culture , claims have already been lodged or could be lodged for 3,017,128 works of art . |
| 18 | Thereafter , warrants were issued for only two months , though they could be renewed for one month at a time in the case of those issued to the police , and six months at a time in the case of those issued to the security services . |
| 19 | On Timor by late May , however , there was the comforting knowledge that the most seriously wounded could be evacuated by sea-plane through Suai and that others could be cared for in the Ainaro hospital — a different picture from the days of doubt and dismay some eight weeks earlier . |
| 20 | ‘ Somewhere that Jennifer could be cared for to give you both a break . ’ |
| 21 | The youngster played a major role in looking after him and ensuring he could be cared for at home . |
| 22 | If at the beginning of NEP local party attitudes appeared to contain an element of laissez-faire , this was only because very little in fact could be achieved for lack of human and other resources . |
| 23 | Now in a language of potentially unlimited generative capacity , I fail to see how this could be achieved for all expressions across all patterns of combination in the first way described above . |
| 24 | What kind of private life could be imagined for this dried-up bundle of chilblains and nasal catarrh ? |
| 25 | In addition , parents could be asked for voluntary contributions towards non-chargeable activities and the proceeds could be used to subsidise activities for children from poor families . |
| 26 | And with experts predicting that four million people will be ‘ teleworking ’ from home by 1995 , properties with rooms which could be converted for office use are likely to be at a premium . |
| 27 | There was no archetypal couch in Dr Kingdom 's consulting room , although a chair by the window looked as if it could be converted for the purpose . |
| 28 | But North-East Transport 2000 spokesman Brian Milnes said : ‘ We think the railway could be reinstated for around £1m and take both passengers and freight off the roads reducing the need for a bypass . |
| 29 | This could be demonstrated for Lukács or indeed for Marx himself . |
| 30 | Too grim a policy of refusal of poor relief was , however , restrained by the fact that Poor Law authorities had a fundamental obligation not to allow the destitute to die from starvation — in such cases the Relieving Officer could be indicted for murder . |