Example sentences of "could be [vb pp] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alternatively the whole could be whitened by flooding it with alkali and the design etched on , probably with a solution of copper nitrate . |
| 2 | A cooling-off period of , say , six weeks could be imposed by application to the courts and this would allow negotiations and talks to continue . |
| 3 | While the domination of the criminal market was well known within the profession nothing was done for two main reasons : first , solicitors were making a handsome living and were under no pressure to find or create alternative sources of income : and second , there appeared to be no way in which these cartels could be broken by ethical means : |
| 4 | Carried to their logical conclusion his theories meant that ( if he were right ) the attaque à outrance could be broken by a well-organised defence long before it reached the enemy . |
| 5 | But a static gathering was likely to amount to an obstruction , which could be cleared by the police exercising common law powers . |
| 6 | Alistair Asprey , Hong Kong 's Secretary for Security , forecast that all illegal Vietnamese immigrants in Hong Kong could be repatriated by 1995 . |
| 7 | God might have oversight over the destinies of nations , for example , in times of war ; but individuals would do better to rely on their own foresight , and on such pressure on the state as could be exerted by groups organised to sustain collective interests . |
| 8 | They also show that several very different types of scale could be borne by the same animal , including some complex scales immediately surrounding the gill openings . |
| 9 | Barrel vaults were developed first and remained satisfactory in the south where their immense thrust on the walls could be borne by the use of small windows to avoid weakening the structure . |
| 10 | Using highly mobile soldiers to avoid battle , Bruce used the physical geography of Scotland to make conditions as difficult as he could for the English who , risking starvation and ambush , had to be very careful not to overstretch themselves and to keep open their lines of communication as best they could through the control of castles , in particular the vital one at Stirling , which dominated the lowest point at which the river Forth could be crossed by bridge . |
| 11 | The Colonel was not normally one whose nerve or self-confidence could be shaken by a comrade 's torment — he had seen too much and , besides , a soldier in the field made his own luck — but sitting now in the darkness , hardly aware of the familiar sounds of a barracks coming to life , the hollow ring of that dead voice seemed to re-echo in his ears . |
| 12 | It could be counter-argued by the employer that increased customer interest was less due to the inherent qualities of the patented invention itself than to the uncompetitive prices charged by other suppliers of similar products . |
| 13 | They were invisible in the tall rye , yet their purposeful advance could be traced by the disturbance of the crop through which they moved . |
| 14 | The dog had a metallic collar which could be traced by a hand-held detector , operated by the men on the surface . |
| 15 | ( The shape of the monkey could be discerned by the eye of prejudice even in the Chinese and Japanese , as witness many a modern cartoon . ) |
| 16 | Management development , team building , and organisational development plans could be developed by practices in the light of local service priorities , and approved and funded by the family health services authorities . |
| 17 | She was aware that these could be developed by investigative work , but once she became immersed in the new curriculum , struggling on occasions to keep her head above water , she began to lose sight of these objectives , focusing instead on the more familiar content objectives . |
| 18 | A programme that may provide a route to the Revised Higher Grade course could be developed by adding further Stage 1 Biological Sciences modules ( see page 10 ) to this core . |
| 19 | This could be developed by reference to the following arguments : ( 1 ) History is a social necessity . |
| 20 | There were new arts by now , shared dreams that could be shaped by the skilled . |
| 21 | The circumstances of the 1820s and early 1830s , however , in two particular respects reminded the abolitionists that not all the elements of the situation could be shaped by them . |
| 22 | An individual 's allegiance could be shaped by questions of party principle and party loyalty , but it could also be shaped by one 's relationship to the central government , or Court , and one 's attitude towards the power of the executive . |
| 23 | The practical difficulties resulting from this could be assuaged by raising a presumption that ownership of copyright would lie with the licensee , the ultimate user , of the computer program , subject to any agreement to the contrary . |
| 24 | In all his writings from hiding he had increasingly found a brave and defiant secular voice : one that recognised a ‘ God-shaped hole ’ in life , but did not doubt that it could be filled by art , literature and imagination . |
| 25 | It was Pappus , one of the great mathematicians of Alexandria in the fourth century AD , who recognised that space could be filled by a moving point . |
| 26 | He is even more adamant that he is not stealing a place that could be filled by an Englishman . |
| 27 | Are there gaps in the materials you have which could be filled by producing something locally ? |
| 28 | They were alarmed that the continuing growth in the number of foreign tourists could be jeopardised by an isolated serious incident . |
| 29 | A long wand was kept in front of the Abbey so that , in case of sudden emergency at night , he could be aroused by tapping on his bedroom window . |
| 30 | The British navy continued to depend on what men could be allured by bounties , snapped up by the press-gang , or recruited more or less forcibly from convicts and debtors . |