Example sentences of "could [be] [vb pp] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And yet the process whereby the dutiful , rational , moral citizen could be developed was complex . |
| 2 | Everything that could be polished was polished , but nothing was new , all the furniture and equipment settled into their accustomed places as of long habit . |
| 3 | Until recently , the only means by which this could be achieved was by manual entry , involving many hours of repetitious labour . |
| 4 | His attempts failed , and he came to the conclusion that the best that could be achieved was to specify , so far as one could , which observation statements were implied by which non-observation statements ( see the preface to Carnap , 1967 , and Quine , 1969 , p. 77 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ I first investigated the possibility of studying for an occupational health certificate in 1975 , but at that time the only way that this could be achieved was by full-time studying and I could n't do that because of family commitments . |
| 6 | The socialists maintained , with some justification , that the only way in which real grandeur could be achieved was through long-term economic modernization . |
| 7 | However , their views on the way in which this could be achieved were quite different . |
| 8 | Another question which could be asked is : Would the beast have existed amongst the girls ? |
| 9 | The search for appropriate bodies through which business interests could be represented was not an easy one and has only been achieved either by completely bypassing existing councils or by involving councillors as well as officers in developing new arrangements in a context of financial pressure and legal constraints . |
| 10 | In Aotearoa the concept that land could be possessed was entirely foreign to Maori thinking . |
| 11 | Just how such lack of pity could be justified was not vouchsafed . |
| 12 | In the canal carrying business the number of sons who could be involved was limitless and women and children could help to work the boats . |
| 13 | ‘ The worst mistake that could be made is for the rich to apply conditionality to new aid and loans . ’ |
| 14 | In condemning such acts of desecration , I am of the opinion that the only exception that could be made is in the case of books already seriously incomplete and in bad condition , when the completion of its unhappy disintegration may be forgivable . |
| 15 | The condition which had to be satisfied under that Act before a care order could be made was that ‘ his proper development is being avoidably prevented or neglected . ’ |
| 16 | defendant in belief that it was necessary to enter an appearance before a payment into court could be made was not estopped when he sought to have the case dismissed for want of prosecution on discovering that the writ had not9 been served . |
| 17 | Until that time , the only statutory means by which payments of arrears in excess of the then statutory limit of 12 months could be made was by means of a late appeal to the social security appeal . |
| 18 | Marsh argued that the only way in which an objective judgement could be made was to compare actual fees charged with those predicted by an ex-ante model . |
| 19 | What elevated Griffith above his fellow technicians was that his sense of what a camera should record and his appreciation that new dimensions of filmic space could be appropriated were given meaning by their constant reference to central themes of American life . |
| 20 | I 'd promised my mother I 'd buy her some new central-heating , and the only time it could be fitted was the next week , so I needed to be home for Monday when the workmen came round . |
| 21 | Despite major omissions , such as Hastings , most places that could be taxed were there , 337 of them . |
| 22 | That such a stage could be reached was due to the work of three men . |
| 23 | The only type of receiver who could be appointed was a receiver of rates who has no control over assets and no management control which a receiver normally has . |
| 24 | A third objection which could be raised is that it would be undesirable if the suggested approach were to be applied to certain types of jurisdictional error . |
| 25 | In front of the refrigerator lay the shape of a man , but all that could be seen were the backs of the calves , and the pale , poignant soles of a pair of bare feet . |
| 26 | Of the baby all that could be seen were two stiff arms poking up out of a manger well supplied with bright yellow straw . |
| 27 | One way this could be done is to cause a program error of some kind , such as by trying to execute an invalid operation code ( or a privileged instruction ) , since this of course causes an interrupt and entry to the supervisor . |
| 28 | All that could be done was to work by analogy . |
| 29 | It is not very easy to arrange ventilation schemes when the designer has forgotten to do so and often the best that could be done was to arrange to leave the inspection doors open when on the ground . |
| 30 | So on 13 and 14 March the best that could be done was for him to give Harwell full details and let them get on with it themselves ( see Chapter 7 ) . |