Example sentences of "that [pron] could be [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Is there not concern that there could be inequity in the distribution of research funding to Welsh and English institutions ? |
2 | Arguing from the example of Huntingdon 's chorea , Medawar suggested that there could be selection for genetic modifiers delaying the age of onset of the effects of deleterious alleles . |
3 | It was of some length and contained a number of obiter dicta about the obvious gravity of the crisis through which the nation had passed , the less obvious but equally searching crisis which it still faced , the dangers of living in fools ' paradises and believing that there could be play without work , the crushing burden of debt , and the responsibilities of the wealthy classes . |
4 | However , in Hedley Byrne and Co Ltd v Heller and Partners [ 1964 ] AC 465 , the House of Lords recognised that there could be liability in tort for negligent misrepresentation dependent upon the establishment of a duty of care between the parties . |
5 | The Peloponnesians ravaged the mine district in 430 ( Thuc. ii.55 ) , but it is hard to destroy a mine without explosives , and it was not till the Spartans envisaged setting up a fort on Attic territory at Decelea ( p. 142 ) that there could be talk of seriously damaging Athens ' mining revenues ( vi.91 ) . |
6 | Even if one were to concede to McDowell that there could be traffic in simple message types before the Gricean hump , I wish to maintain that one would have to be over the hump ( or at least capable of being in such states as are involved in the hump ) before one 's language could evolve syntactic structure of the kind yielding infinite generative capacity . |
7 | If you feel concerned that there could be confusion between such an intermediate approval and final approvals , then apply the caveat facility in the approval agreement . |
8 | There comes a point where one begins to suspect that it could be part of some Euro-plot to boost tourism : France is white-napped tables and hot coffee , a stroll round the Louvre , a lingering bistro lunch ; Italy , a glass of grappa , a plate of pasta and the mottled-stone lure of antiquity ; Greece , a Technicolor turquoise panorama of sea and sky . |
9 | The title track is so gruffly aggressive , tub-thumping mock-macho Jack-swigging radio-unfriendly urghygurghy rockadilly mad that it could be Tad in a good mood , dude . |