Example sentences of "[noun] is [conj] it could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What is most worrying about this kind of action is that it could complicate matters if someone else were to decide to intervene , say in Romania . |
| 2 | The only criticism is that it could have been made available earlier to complement the often impractical tomes which emerged from other quarters . |
| 3 | The benefit of this form of publicity is that it could reach those in the home ( women , unemployed , disabled ) and especially those who can not make use of the coverage in newspapers ( i.e. the blind ) . |
| 4 | My only gripe is that it could prove to be a little on the easy side for more experienced gamesplayers . |
| 5 | My only gripe is that it could have been bigger . |
| 6 | The problem with this provision is that it could apply to such orders as the 1987 Order referred to in clause 1.10 , hence the suggested interpolation in that clause . |
| 7 | If it can keep up the pace , ICL 's hope is that it could overtake IBM in the UK by 1996 . |
| 8 | ‘ The danger of a hung Parliament is that it could hang Britain , ’ a senior Cabinet minister said yesterday . |
| 9 | The worry is that it could release a host of uncontainable resentments . |
| 10 | The idea is that it could supervise an Iraqi withdrawal or police the Kuwait-Iraq border if Saddam Hussein ordered a pull-out . |
| 11 | The implication for the Archive is that it could make sound assumptions about it 's users ’ skills . |