Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] could [be] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result of recent mortgage rate rises , inflation in November could be as high as 8 per cent , compared with 3.2 per cent in West Germany . |
| 2 | But even when the French were beaten , the country was divided and the Americans moved into South Vietnam , life in Saigon could be quite pleasant . |
| 3 | The professional in Clarissa could be altogether different from her off stage manner . |
| 4 | The future for energy production in Britain could be very bright indeed . |
| 5 | What place in Britain could be more important ? |
| 6 | Post-war America was in favour of a united Europe to stand more firmly against the Soviet Union , and successive American administrations grew irritable with the Europeans for failing to believe that unity in Europe could be as simple as it was in America . |
| 7 | It is difficult to believe that any of the characters examined by Burdon could be selectively neutral . |