Example sentences of "could [adv] have [been] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is also a small late building on a totally different alignment ( almost east-west ) which could perhaps have been a small Christian shrine , erected to counteract pagan influence . |
| 2 | Maybe I was worried that someone else would read my diary , but if so this worry could only have been a slight one : I was much too careful to afford anyone the opportunity to snoop . |
| 3 | Such an equilibrium could only have been a temporary one , being based upon the fear of a common enemy , rather than on a positive material joint interest . |
| 4 | Zen 's barking background could only have been a big plus the day he found a newborn baby whose entire experience of life was going to be lying abandoned for a few hours by a creek near Plymouth . |
| 5 | These young people were not only happy they were roaring drunk and there could easily have been a double inquest with that other young man . |
| 6 | There could hardly have been a clearer contrast between the raw truth and the glossy image . |
| 7 | There could hardly have been a greater contrast than that between Kennedy and his successor . |
| 8 | As they stood together there could hardly have been a greater contrast . |
| 9 | As an example to the world that the young were powerful , that money was not the be-all and end-all , Apple could hardly have been a bigger failure . |
| 10 | The truth was Denis O'Neil Senior could well have been a professional singer . |