Example sentences of "could [adv] [be] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His confidence that God 's existence could be demonstrated from the natural world made him a favourite target for those who felt it could only be on the basis of God 's special revelation of Himself that faith could be justified . |
| 2 | Such an ascription of effect to cause could only be in the form of hypotheses , of varying degrees of face plausibility . |
| 3 | A new breed of ‘ green ’ car could soon be on the road , thanks to university research scientists . |
| 4 | Brother Luke has asked his congregation to pray for the Council to change its mind … other wise he could soon be in the doghouse over his coal house . |
| 5 | Judging by the hard work they 've put into their music over the last three years , that success could just be round the corner . |
| 6 | Three of Linfield 's transfer listed players , Ricky Wade , Lindsay Curry and Jeremy Robinson could shortly be on the move . |
| 7 | That could possibly be at the end of the year . ’ |
| 8 | Williams could also be on the mark with Capricorn Note in the other 450 metres open , though Dawn Milligan 's latest acquisition , Valentinos Joy , which has moved down from Scotland , trialled in 26.60 secs ( going 30 fast ) . |
| 9 | Former skipper and caretaker manager David Keery could also be on the move if his contract dispute drags on much longer . |
| 10 | Abingdon junior school could now be on the road to a Wembley final in a national six-a-side competition . |
| 11 | One caller believed the man had recently been on an internal flight in Britain and could now be in the south of England . |
| 12 | Of course , windmills could be placed offshore , then perhaps there might be something attractive to seeing these structures out at sea at some distance — they could even be beyond the horizon — but they thought that they are whirling round usefully providing our energy I think could make them acceptable , and there is no doubt that the worldwide research and success in windmill research at the moment would suggest that wind power is within sight , but the economic investment and the problems of siting certainly mean that it will be only introduced gradually . |
| 13 | Water , having penetrated the roofing felt ( this could even be in the middle of the roof ) , could run along a joist and give problems with the wall . |
| 14 | In the first place , Singer countered , it would be difficult to locate the minimal qualification for the sense of justice and , furthermore , once established , it could well be to the detriment of equality since it might imply that we could have ‘ grades of moral status , with rights and duties corresponding to the degree of refinement of one 's sense of justice ’ ( 1979 : 16–17 ) . |
| 15 | Now that the transition into a string of planets is well-established , we suspect Scott McNealy is wearying of playing the dual and sometimes conflicting roles of chief executive of parent company Sun Microsystems Inc and president of the company 's systems planet Sun Microsystems Computer Corp , having to go to both sets of meetings and deal with other planets as an equal who is also their boss , and he could well be on the look-out for a president for the hardware unit ; some say he 's being urged to split the company up even further by some of his lieutenants . |
| 16 | Take Public Sector Economics and also taking a couple of lectures there , one on Targeting Social Security and er another lecture on An Inefficient on the Official Poverty Line , erm if you want er , well you can get the details from , from me afterwards but something like that could well be on the notice board if you want to go along and see him . |
| 17 | VAUXHALL LEAGUE teams could well be in the vanguard of the non-League assault on England 's top clubs when the FA Cup third-round draw is made on BBC1 tomorrow night . |
| 18 | Striker Bernie Slaven could again be on the substitutes ' bench after his quick recovery from a knee operation . |
| 19 | ‘ That proved that we could certainly be in the business of assisting recovery and restoration . |
| 20 | that heaven could never be on the earth . |
| 21 | It was an essential element of the cause of action in such circumstances that the governmental plaintiff establish that the public interest would suffer detriment in the absence of a remedy ; ( 9 ) in failing to have proper regard to the legislative purpose of section 222(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 by which Parliament could not have intended to authorise a local authority to bring libel proceedings , a fortiori where it had suffered no actual financial loss ; ( 10 ) having regard to the scale of costs likely to be incurred it could never be in the interests of the inhabitants of the area for the local authority to mount an action for libel in such circumstances , and certainly was not in their interests in the present case where no injury was alleged to the superannuation fund . |