Example sentences of "[is] [conj] it could " in BNC.
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| 1 | The horrifying thing about , for instance , Robert Nichols 's review in the Observer for 11 January 1920 — ‘ Mr Pound , indeed , serves his lobster â l'Américaine ’ — is that it could perfectly well have appeared in the Observer last Sunday . |
| 2 | ‘ What is most worrying about this kind of action is that it could complicate matters if someone else were to decide to intervene , say in Romania . |
| 3 | The idea is that it could supervise an Iraqi withdrawal or police the Kuwait-Iraq border if Saddam Hussein ordered a pull-out . |
| 4 | The worry is that it could release a host of uncontainable resentments . |
| 5 | ‘ The danger of a hung Parliament is that it could hang Britain , ’ a senior Cabinet minister said yesterday . |
| 6 | The view most favoured is that it could , by the intervention of an official and by means of his coercion . |
| 7 | The fear for it is that it could easily be hurt without complaining and could suffer at the hands of careless children who would treat it too much like its namesake . |
| 8 | The Government 's most favourable estimate for renewable power is that it could be providing 10 per cent by 2025 . |
| 9 | My only gripe is that it could prove to be a little on the easy side for more experienced gamesplayers . |
| 10 | ‘ The construct of authority ‘ held in the mind ’ is that it could be good but is in actuality bad , and the hope held by workers is that it [ authority ] may be all that is positive for their children . |
| 11 | If it can keep up the pace , ICL 's hope is that it could overtake IBM in the UK by 1996 . |
| 12 | The only criticism is that it could have been made available earlier to complement the often impractical tomes which emerged from other quarters . |
| 13 | In Principia Ethica ( p. 41 ) Moore implies that what makes good a non-natural quality is that it could not exist by itself in time , as other properties could . |
| 14 | My only gripe is that it could have been bigger . |
| 15 | One problem with the potential new treatment , however , is that it could not be administered in a pill form because it involves molecules that are too big to be delivered to the brain through the blood . |
| 16 | The benefit of this form of publicity is that it could reach those in the home ( women , unemployed , disabled ) and especially those who can not make use of the coverage in newspapers ( i.e. the blind ) . |
| 17 | Another point is that it could be difficult to direct members to the book shelves , CAL area etc if only one desk was planned . |
| 18 | The implication for the Archive is that it could make sound assumptions about it 's users ’ skills . |
| 19 | My own view is that it could , it be a great deal more than that , but this is within the , the erm , nationally prescribed requirements in terms of getting some consistency into local authority accounts . |
| 20 | The problem with clause 17.1 is that it could prevent the parties from agreeing supplemental matters in side letters exchanged at the same time as the agreement . |
| 21 | The problem with this provision is that it could apply to such orders as the 1987 Order referred to in clause 1.10 , hence the suggested interpolation in that clause . |
| 22 | 5.21 Sale of reversion etc To permit [ upon reasonable notice ] at any time during the Term prospective purchasers of or agents instructed in connection with the sale of the Landlord 's reversion or of any other interest superior to the Term to view the Premises without interruption provided they are authorised in writing by the Landlord or its agents This is a normal provision and the only comment to make is that it could be disruptive to a tenant 's business , although one would hope that the frequency of a sale of the reversion would be limited . |
| 23 | The hope is that it could be possible to agree to look for alternative possibilities for Mrs Falconer . ’ |
| 24 | What is worth considering is whether it could be of help if ‘ things were improved ’ . |
| 25 | The question which arises is whether the family proceedings court can make an order for no contact ; that is whether it could properly be said to be an order which was ‘ appropriate ’ with respect to the contact between the child and the parent . |