Example sentences of "could hardly [be] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1922 the capital of the guberniia could hardly be called a bastion of the proletariat . |
| 2 | LADY in black Jackie Miller could hardly be called a mo-pedestrian either . |
| 3 | Now to an event that could hardly be called a sport , even though it did produce a new British champion . |
| 4 | The elongated , slightly oval hummock could hardly be called a grave , more a burial mound . |
| 5 | The integration of its railway system — it could hardly be called a network — was a major problem . |
| 6 | The garden could hardly be called a garden ; it was large , wild and not too well kept . |
| 7 | There was bougainvillaea in flower , clambering up the stone walls , small white roses on thin stalks among the weeds , and wild flowers in what could hardly be called a garden . |