Example sentences of "[adj] could [be] " in BNC.

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1 When I began these big fish articles for PFK , I wanted to demonstrate that something a little different could be kept at little or no extra cost to setting up a comparatively-sized community tank .
2 But the PHLS warned that the first six months of the year were always lower risk times because of the colder weather , and said figures for the third-quarter could be higher .
3 As expected Oct-1 could be specifically removed from the labelled probe by competition with excess unlabelled octamer binding sites including both the octamer binding site from HPV 16/18 as well as the homologous HSV octamer but not by the binding sites for other transcription factors such as Sp1 and NF1 .
4 This could be said with some emphasis of Chatterton , but not of Eliot himself , who moreover survived , who grew to be famous , who did not kill himself , though he was to wonder how one might set about dying .
5 This could be termed an uncomely version of what happens to Patrick , whose wife discovers that , at long last , she is pregnant .
6 Also , if there was any way of legally protecting historic furnishings , this could be recommended …
7 This could be seen as a sign of healthy growth and change ; yet the new fittings and equipment installed are usually totally insensitive to the design quality of the original .
8 Do you know what this could be ?
9 This could be serious if you had to make a side-slip to get down into field on an early flight .
10 This could be quite unfair .
11 Do n't be over suspicious and try not to over react — this could be unfair on your child .
12 ‘ So this could be The One , Jay , huh ?
13 This could be ours .
14 The more open back bends have limited use , but this could be improved .
15 This could be on a regular basis , for example once a week , or could be available in an emergency .
16 This could be done more effectively if the law was changed so that it became the jury 's responsibility to assess only the actual damage to the plaintiff and the judge 's responsibility to impose an unlimited fine on the defendants according to his view of their culpability .
17 Being charitable , this could be considered ongoing profit , but what is to be made of Sandhurst Marketing ?
18 Economists have told me this could be the final push that will consign up to 250,000 people to the scrap heap . ’
19 This could be particularly important in less-developed or developing countries .
20 This could be your own form or an Employee 's Statement of Sickness ( SC2 ) .
21 This could be a formidable task in a society where even widely travelled soldiers firmly believed that Thomas Cook 's wagon-lits were the spearheads of the Third International since the latter word could be read in Cyrillic on the side of carriages .
22 As an example , this could be 50p of every pound .
23 In some cases , as in relations between the mainland and Zanzibar , this could be decisive .
24 Reynolds may have admired and borrowed from Michelangelo , and while this could be said to represent , perhaps , a long-standing tradition of cultural domination — or the domination in England of the Italianate tastes of the English upper classes — it would be a mistake to make too much of this .
25 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 .
26 Separation of the sexes was also considered desirable where this could be achieved .
27 Before the conversion of Granby House , it was not clear how this could be done without incurring enormous expense .
28 I know there is a public perception that everyone should sell their shares at the first opportunity , but I think this could be a big mistake . ’
29 Manchester U v C Palace This could be the day when Alex Ferguson finally loses patience with one of his expensive front axis .
30 This could be a clever pre-election manoeuvre .
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