Example sentences of "[adv] could a " in BNC.

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1 ‘ In the same way as a working person and a taxpayer makes a specific contribution to the upkeep of the national health system , so could a specific premium or tax be levied to support publicly funded legal services , ’ he said .
2 Well — if a little squirt of a bower-bird could do it — so could a cassowary !
3 Thus could a parent make a fairly reasonable answer which would acknowledge that the child is not silly , and has a perfect right to be treated in an adult way when he asks a serious question .
4 Held , that in the opinion of the court , ( 1 ) a stay for delay or any other reason was to be imposed only in exceptional circumstances ; that , even where delay could be said to be unjustifiable , the imposition of a permanent stay was to be the exception rather than the rule ; and that even more rarely could a stay properly be imposed in the absence of fault on the part of the complainant or the prosecution , and never where the delay was due merely to the complexity of the case or contributed to by the defendant 's actions ( post , pp. 18H — 19A ) .
5 But think of it , emotional charity from a couple of eight-year-olds — how low could a person possibly get ?
6 How far could a minister of the people be educated beyond their level ?
7 Now could a man have a cup of tea in this place does anyone think ? ’
8 Nowhere else could a sign be displayed saying : ‘ No loitering in this yard except on business . ’
9 What else could a man and a woman need , I repeated to myself , except each other ?
10 How else could a crowd of deadbeats like that have kept control all these years ? ’
11 Where else therefore could a small scholarship be more usefully bestowed than in a manner which would , as Kinnoull indicated , ‘ much oblige Lady Findlater , & many other friends ’ , while conferring a favour upon a grateful man ?
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