Example sentences of "was [vb pp] could be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Personal politics ’ was the buzzword : the acknowledgement of the ‘ dark side ’ was always grounded in progressive humanism , the belief that what was twisted could be straightened out , that the shadows could be banished by the spotlight of analysis . |
| 2 | During the war my mother worked in a factory making endless ground sheets which I was told could be turned into trench capes . |
| 3 | It is interesting to note that legislation was required , because , as said above , mid-nineteenth-century reformers thought that most of what was needed could be achieved by formalising the relationship by means of a lease . |
| 4 | Land which was sold could be made subject to restrictions and future development value could be reserved to the commission . |
| 5 | Recovery occurred within a market in which everything which was produced could be sold . |
| 6 | The Three were negotiating a trilateral free-trade zone to be implemented over a 10-year period , which it was hoped could be signed on July 1 . |
| 7 | He added that Croda-funded research at Stirling was now targeted towards developing a further ‘ Lorenzo 's Oil ’ which it was hoped could be used in the treatment of multiple sclerosis . |
| 8 | Die Frau ohne Schatten is a complex allegory , with an earthquake , a flood and a lengthy musical ending which it was suggested could be cut . |