Example sentences of "could be [vb pp] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hoarding at the entrance to the sliproad leading off the A643 five miles out of Mainz warned of the penalties which could be imposed on any unauthorized personnel attempting to gain illegal entry into the Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Plant a mile further down the road . |
| 2 | Sometimes the purpose is simply intimidatory , as with the racist march , rather than an attempt to coerce persons into taking or not pursuing any particular course of action , and it is difficult to see that conditions could be imposed on a ‘ racist ’ march on this ground alone . |
| 3 | Conditions could be imposed on the planning permission which would overrule the general permission given for such a change in use by the Use Classes Order ( Class 11 is ‘ use as an office for any purpose ’ ) . |
| 4 | In actual fact it was mentioned earlier that V A T er could be imposed on fossil fuel but I think any administration . |
| 5 | But it does have the advantage of operating on a level where guilt or innocence might be easier to establish and where punishment could be imposed on a state basis . |
| 6 | Lord Sutherland told Maddison that life imprisonment was the only sentence that could be imposed on a murder charge . |
| 7 | The British Mountain Bike Record could be broken on sunday as the best in the land compete in the National Championships at Eastnor Park … in Herefordshire … |
| 8 | It was perhaps unfortunate that potatoes could be grown on land which would not support other crops because this led to countries with poor rural economies turning more and more towards potatoes as their sole means of sustenance . |
| 9 | There are areas , however , where forestry could be developed on an integrated basis with agriculture . |
| 10 | However , that agenda did have the advantage that it could be developed on an evolutionary basis , and that further innovations could be incorporated without major upheaval . |
| 11 | The judges were convinced that the fear of capital punishment was a real deterrent , and it was difficult to see what effective alternative punishment could be inflicted on murderers . |
| 12 | A new tax could be levied on UK industry to pay for cleaning up contaminated land , according to proposals currently being considered by the Department of the Environment . |
| 13 | It had been the great achievement of the geologists to explain how , given enough time , the operation of exactly the same forces visible today could explain the enormous variety of what could be observed on the inanimate earth , past and present . |
| 14 | The idea was proposed to Priestley that his carbonated water , which could be prepared on board , might provide doses of carbon dioxide and thus prevent scurvy ( as well as make the distilled sea water more palatable ) . |
| 15 | Despite the storm clouds gathering over Europe in Nazi Germany and fascist Italy , Nizan remained confident that the international political situation could be regulated on a peaceful basis by marshalling Republican , democratic forces in a united front determined to halt the fascist advance . |
| 16 | If required , the activities could be prioritised on the basis of whether they were primary , secondary , support or control activities , providing the basis for the evaluation of any proposed systems . |
| 17 | Althusser 's procedure has been to show that , within a notion of history that seemed as if it could be invoked on its own as self-evident , there rests an entire presupposition about the conception of the social whole that is not derived from Marxist theory . |
| 18 | Mr and Mrs T questioned whether family counselling might have been a better way of dealing with a very complicated situation , or at worst whether an interdict could be placed on the older boys in the W family . |
| 19 | To study how bilateral trade could be placed on a new footing , a task force , headed by the Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade , Ricardo Cabrisas , and the Soviet Minister for External Economic Relations , Konstantin Katushev , was created . |
| 20 | However , the energies necessary to test a GUT or a TOE are unimaginably greater than anything that could be achieved on earth . |
| 21 | In the 1850s , the invention of the Bunsen burner meant that very high temperatures could be achieved on the laboratory bench ; and if the furnace was no longer necessary , then the laboratory could move upstairs . |
| 22 | On the one hand , if the landlord has redevelopment plans or if a higher rent could be achieved on a reletting of a greater part of the building , it will be in the landlord 's interest to ensure that all tenancies are expressed to expire on the same date . |
| 23 | A great many ‘ What if ? ’ questions could be asked on the balance the Production Office achieved in its casting of William Hartnell , Jacqueline Hill , William Russell and Carole Ann Ford to play the four regulars . |
| 24 | Candidates could be rejected on grounds including character ; they had to be at least 45 years of age and have financial management skills . |
| 25 | Other scientists were more concerned with physics that could be studied on earth . |
| 26 | It was because the economy was as yet exhibiting a modest rate of overall growth ( by modern standards ) that investment could be undertaken on a private and regional basis with the state 's role confined to that of legal enablement . |
| 27 | That shows how much damage could be wrought on parts of the planet . |
| 28 | Descartes had thought that its existence could be demonstrated on the basis of God 's goodness . |
| 29 | In any case , it was open to the Education Committee to take up the question of Village school again , deliberating whether a new closure order could be justified on educational grounds . |
| 30 | On the other hand , in the case of his daughter and the justification offered for taking her life , it might be argued that , similar acts of violence could be justified on the grounds that the ultimate goal is the redemption of souls . |