Example sentences of "this could [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The R Y A does n't need an enormous subscription income and so if we could increase personal membership to say four hundred and eighty thousand , which happens to be the aggregate membership of our member clubs , this could be at a very much lower individual subscription and this in turn would facilitate selling membership to the nearly two million yachts persons who are not members of clubs . |
| 2 | This could be on a regular basis , for example once a week , or could be available in an emergency . |
| 3 | This could be on the basis of multi-member constituencies and some form of proportional representation or on the existing first past the post system . |
| 4 | This could be on the basis of the shape of the letters ( physical identity ) or according to the name of the letters ( nominal identity ) . |
| 5 | Initially this could be on the basis of individual projects or overhead accounts and subsequently in as much detail as management consider necessary . |
| 6 | I 'd been given a hint that something like this could be on the cards when I was first approached . ’ |
| 7 | This could be to the club 's advantage in the long-run , however , because with supporters at a loose end on Saturdays , they have an ideal opportunity to visit the ‘ old home ’ and Mr Singh 's new megastore . |
| 8 | There are possible complications of a curable cancer and I shall have to be monitored regularly by Charing Cross Hospital ( because moles are so rare it is centralised ) until my hormone levels return to normal ( This could be for up to two years ) . |
| 9 | This could be for many reasons : for example the database does not contain a good example of that particular form of letter , or the character may have been badly written . |
| 10 | This could be for a television documentary about the town or for a town pageant . |
| 11 | It 's said the engine is the same as any injected 1.6 but in this car it feels torquier , much smoother , more eager and quieter , though this could be as a result of top-down wind roar . |
| 12 | This could be as a result of considerations of national security . |
| 13 | This could be in his favour , as the penalties for failing to hit the targets at the par-fives are known to all television viewers . |
| 14 | This could be in the form of simple notes , but a better way is to compile a revised shot list in which the details are given together with other editing information ( eg ‘ delete first six seconds ’ ) to help you set up the edit-points quickly . |
| 15 | If there are any survivors — and this could be in an area of thousands of square miles — the massive radio-active fall-out will attend to them . |
| 16 | This could be in the middle of the Solent , but many inland or sheltered coastal venues are more reasonable . |
| 17 | or a more convenient way of writing this could be in the form : |
| 18 | This could be in some cases because the prosecutor ( often a trading standards officer ) does not always suggest it and , in other cases , because magistrates tend to refuse if the defendant disputes the fact , or the amount , of the victim 's loss . |
| 19 | This could be in summary form — management by summary . |
| 20 | This could be by employing techniques such as ‘ auric control ’ , ‘ nature attunement ’ , or simply by taking a shower and a dose of Dr Bach 's Rescue Remedy ( see page 121 ) . |
| 21 | This could be by one side wearing party hats and the other not or the teams could be divided according to sex . |