Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] could [be] [verb] to " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | On the point of commenting scathingly that not everyone could be expected to be as cold-blooded as he was , Gina hesitated , finally deciding that in this case discretion was certainly the better part of valour . |
| 2 | To use the argument brought forward against the related speculation of Block ( i.e. about the tiny homunculi ) , one might at the very least want to deny that the higher and lower consciousnesses could , in any sense , be the same consciousnesses , whether or not they could be said to be in a physical part — whole relationship . |
| 3 | Well do you think actually so to make it more What could be done to actually make it more attractive to traders ? |
| 4 | MEED cited the official , from the Agency for International Development ( USAID ) , as also hinting that US aid for fiscal 1991\92 was under review , and that " the contribution should be $24,000,000 , but now it could be reduced to $3,000,000 " . |
| 5 | Recollecting his churlish behaviour , Isabel wondered how she could be attracted to such a man even for a moment . |
| 6 | I could get myself into trouble with a colleague of yours in another town but er I am hopeful , so as I say , er on the seventeenth of January then we could be returning to the situation and I understand in nineteen seventy four when there was a sergeant and six constables here in until the demise of the Urban District Council when they were all moved to . |
| 7 | This second interpretation of the originally American concept of search , and how it could be applied to Britain , sees the business more from the client 's point of view than that of the would-be consultant . |
| 8 | HCIMA 's technical Advisory Group ( TAG ) published a technical brief entitled BS5750 — Quality system Guidelines , designed to give an overview of British Standards ( BS ) 5750 and suggest how it could be applied to a hotel and catering operation . |
| 9 | Richard was immediately content , as he only was when something could be ascertained to the nearest degree of accuracy . |