Example sentences of "could they [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the sellers had known they were supplying an unventilated hopper , could they reasonably have regarded illness in pigs as a not unlikely consequence of that breach ? |
| 2 | In Cadbury v. Halliday ( 1975 D.C. ) it was decided that the words ‘ Extra value ’ written on the wrapper of chocolate bar did not relate to any of the items listed in section 2 and neither could they reasonably be taken to do so . |
| 3 | ‘ If there is anyone who knows anything could they please come forward , ’ said Miss Helen Thomas , 33 . |
| 4 | If anyone would be interested in being part of a prayer support group for either of our link families could they please contact either Freda Kennedy or Bill Howieson . |
| 5 | Could they please have instructions ? |
| 6 | If anyone is interested could they please contact me at |
| 7 | If anyone would like a photocopy could they please write to Woodworker sending an s.a.e. and a cheque for £1.00 made out to Argus Specialist Publications . |
| 8 | If users of editions have no need for this particular intrusion , could they please let editors and publishers know , so that this now superannuated tinkering with the composer 's own notation can be brought to a belated but welcome end ? |
| 9 | Could they please take them to er ah one six two |
| 10 | It would note be surprising if they were enjoying themselves because everyone likes puzzles that are pitched at the right level ; but could they also be soaking in such GCSE-endangered basics as valency , formula , and molecular weight ? |
| 11 | Could they simply creep away from Balor and ride out of his reach ? |
| 12 | Could they legitimately take from man those primary rights by virtue of which they have their existence , they would destroy their own foundation , break the moral chain , give a chaotic impulse in the universe and introduce confusion , in the works of Him who is not the God of confusion but of order . |
| 13 | If any British club is interested in ‘ competing ’ against the Austrians , please could they either contact Mr Michael Stifel , CC Kitzbühel , or myself at the Austrian National Tourist Office in London . |
| 14 | Supposing a school wanted a talk on a particular topic , could they just write in and erm contact you and ask you whether you could provide a lecturer on that subject ? |
| 15 | How could they both stand there smiling when Bill might be dead ? |
| 16 | ‘ Could they still feel so sure you were guilty ? |
| 17 | Never could they securely hold the Rhine until the Frisians at the lower end of it and the Saxons across it were tamed and Christianized . |
| 18 | How could they before pay rents then ? |
| 19 | In Pomerania the general impoverishment and the already poor Pomeranian soil meant that very few peasants could gather together enough money to buy their own farm equipment — a necessary prerequisite for purchase of their land from the estate — nor could they ever manage to garner a purchase price that was often the equivalent of over 25 years ' rent . |
| 20 | How could they ever forget ? |
| 21 | Further , the judges in relation to their judicial duties as to who should have the rights of audience have never divested themselves of those duties , nor could they ever do so . |
| 22 | Nor could they ever again find the paths they had taken that day . |
| 23 | But could they ever secure a conviction on that basis against an heir to the throne ? |
| 24 | Could they actually win the World Cup . ’ |
| 25 | These shapes — could they possibly be some crazed scientist 's idea of joke ‘ universes ’ ? |
| 26 | What jobs could they possibly have ? |
| 27 | How could they possibly assess the value of the trinkets being imported — suitcases and crates crammed with carpets , pictures , furniture , diamonds , strings of pearls , ruby rings , emerald earring , tiaras , silver money transfers -all most every rich person in the country suddenly want this of her money telexed to accounts in Switzerland , Paris London , New York , the Cayman Islands . |
| 28 | What could they possibly mean ? |
| 29 | Of all the things they could have foreseen and prevented how could they possibly have foreseen this ? |
| 30 | Freire wanted to bring people to a critical awareness of their real situation in the socio-economic context , only then could they really learn and understand . |