Example sentences of "that could [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you say YES — that could be your last free decision . |
| 2 | If you have no back-ups , then one day you will lose it and that could be the end of your business . |
| 3 | He asked me where a ladder like that could be found , and I took him round to the one that hangs on the side of the potting shed . |
| 4 | Most important , there may be no interesting similarity whatsoever that could be formulated in the vocabulary of physics between such a system and the brain . |
| 5 | The achievement was quite otherwise ; but it would be several years before that could be perceived , and the perception validated . |
| 6 | But Mr Pulman estimated that could be repaid within two years . |
| 7 | All that could be dredged up was that , apart from owning a property firm , Mr Zappala is also an active member of the Florida Policemen 's Athletic League . |
| 8 | That could be further varied by including MPs as a section of the electoral college . |
| 9 | However , the Nabisco first prize is £280,000 , whereas the Volvo top purse is only £66,000 , although that could be doubled if he is also the order of merit winner . |
| 10 | That could be true . |
| 11 | All that could be said was that the judges and staff of the court would continue to do all in their power to reduce costs and lead times in the disposal of appellant business . |
| 12 | She stressed , however , that that could be achieved only through interest rates . |
| 13 | That could be met by the division of the spheres in which the divided sovereign acted upon different collective advice . |
| 14 | Sylvia , the elder married one , was well-built and healthy , but that was the best that could be said for her ; Mrs Wexford had a magnificent figure and a fine profile although she had never been of the stuff that wins beauty contests . |
| 15 | That could be it . ’ |
| 16 | That could be a comforting thought when you have to contend with dominating hairdressers who think like Michael Rasser of the famous Michaeljohn salon ( cut and blow-dry £50 ) . |
| 17 | ‘ If that could be carried forward , the Government would be very glad to see it and would give as much help as possible . ’ |
| 18 | That could be the carrot to dangle before the leading dissident in his party , Mr Chandra Shekhar , sulking in isolation after his weekend defeat in the leadership tussle . |
| 19 | Le Moignan has talked about retiring in two years ' time , but that could be hastened if there were another loss to Opie , who has made a determined comeback after defeats in the world and British opens . |
| 20 | That could be resolved if financial insitutions were willing to invest a little more in cash dispensers in shopping centres . |
| 21 | That could be nearly as much again . |
| 22 | Moreover , in the light of the Americans ' deep-seated anti-colonialism , neutrality was the most that could be hoped for in the problems that would face Britain in converting her Empire into the Commonwealth at a prudent and realistic pace . |
| 23 | That could be hard : Saudis prefer desk jobs in air-conditioned offices . |
| 24 | His colleague Vic Marks wrote that ‘ we willed opposition fast bowlers to bounce him so that we could witness the majesty of his hooking ’ , and there can be very few batsmen of whom that could be said . |
| 25 | That could be them now . |
| 26 | He wondered what it was that could be upsetting them . |
| 27 | I mean , that could be why he 's gone off to Scunthorpe , could n't it ? |
| 28 | He expected Charity to scoff at such weakness , but surprisingly , she seemed only to be concerned with how that could be arranged . |
| 29 | The obscurity of parts of scripture was also a source of embarrassment if one took the books collectively to be the essential medium of divine revelation ; but that could be mitigated by allegory , or by the principle that obscure texts are interpreted by what is clear . |
| 30 | That could be the vital ingredient for Sunderland as they attempt to embarrass Norwich and the Roker Park directors at Hillsborough by producing the club 's best result in 19 years . |