Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [pron] could be [adv] " in BNC.

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1 The National Federation of Independent Business , which speaks for small businessmen , puts job losses as high as 1m ; some economists say they could be as low as 100,000 .
2 People think you could be there waiting to arrest them for drinking and driving in the car park .
3 And detectives believe there could be as many as 100 Courtney victims who have not reported his attacks .
4 Despite intensive drilling , production has steadily fallen from its 1973 level of 9.2m barrels a day ; the government 's energy forecasters think it could be less than 6m b/d by 2000 .
5 His family fear it could be too much for him .
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