Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] could [adv] [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Garter snakes could almost have been made for the purpose , being undemanding in their housing and dietary requirements , harmless and relatively simple to breed in captivity … certainly less problematic than any lizard . |
| 2 | A biologist who was so minded could counter by arguing that , if by and large the marriages generate the children , then marriage laws could still have been influenced by evolutionary pressures . |
| 3 | The recruitment of volunteer , contract armies could not have been successful unless the war had been widely popular . |
| 4 | THE Newton and Bellgrove rail crashes could both have been avoided if track lay-out had not been changed , a British Rail executive yesterday told a fatal accident inquiry . |
| 5 | ( In this respect , Straw Dogs could almost have been called John and Mary in Cornwall . ) |