Example sentences of "[pron] could be [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Nick , ’ he continued with a tone of wry honesty in his voice , ‘ there are some mighty clever people who say I could be President of the United States three years from now , but what no one seems to realise is that I do n't care about that . |
| 2 | There is a thin strip of wasteland between the allotments and the depot which could be home to rats . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , it is apparently particularly difficult to convince councillors of the justification and effectiveness of these services , which could be life-lines to a minority of rural inhabitants . |
| 4 | Just if she 'll , you know , just if she could be friends with me still , you know , and that ? |
| 5 | I 'm sure that Ruth searches her heart , she , she may of made her decision lightly way back to go with Ruth er , to go with Naomi but not now , its a heart searching decision she makes , the choice before her , do I go back or do I go , do I go on , do I go back to Moah with its familiarity with all the things I am aware of or do I go on into the unknown with my mother in law and with her god Auper makes a choice and she goes back and Ruth had , Ruth says no and she makes the commitment and she says there , in verse sixteen , do not urge me to leave you or turn back from following you , for where you go I will go and where you lodge , I will lodge , your people should be my people and your god my god and its those last few words that makes all the difference , your god will be my god , I will not be a stranger there , I will not be an alien there , I will be part of your people , and the only way she could be part of Naomi 's people was for Naomi 's god to be her god , that was the thing that kept , that was , that was the common denominated should all of Naomi 's people , because they all belonged |
| 6 | The boy who could be King after Elizabeth |
| 7 | It 's said John Wayne started his acting career as an extra , so when you next watch Inspector Morse , look out for the people of Oxford who could be stars of the making . |
| 8 | You could be part of the big day . |
| 9 | You could be emperor of the universe by now , were it not for your habit of turning your hypercritical gaze inward instead of using it to devastate others . |
| 10 | I would dispute this claim , saying that no one could be archbishop of a golf course , but Nigel showed me family records to prove his point . |
| 11 | Before the war grammar schools were distinguished by their academic curriculum , by the existence of sixth forms , from which there could be progress to university , and by the academic qualifications of the teachers ; and so , after 1944 , it was taken for granted that the grammar school ideal must be preserved in its familiar form . |
| 12 | But he believes there could be benefits for other DTI units in adopting OSO 's integrated approach to industry support . |
| 13 | Setting an example : John d'Ancona believes there could be benefits for other trade units in adopting OSO 's integrated approach to industry support |
| 14 | We could suggest that there could be beliefs of type 1 if there were beliefs which were justified by appeal to the facts and that a belief could be so justified if it was caused by the facts . |
| 15 | So I mean yo , there could be things in it that it could be left there , if there 's , but you started |
| 16 | The caution he gave regarding their use implied that , despite being water based , there could be hazard in their application . |
| 17 | What is much more interesting , I have already suggested , is the idea that there could be patterns of behaviour which human beings are entirely capable of wanting and indeed , on an individual or limited scale , of achieving , but which for biological reasons are bound to be psychologically costly , or confined to a small group of otherwise unusual individuals , or otherwise bound to fail as general social institutions . |
| 18 | They maintain that there could be circumstances in which disobedience is justified even though the law itself does not admit that it is . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's possible there could be conflicts between them so we felt it was important to have discussions now . ’ |
| 21 | Dening criticised the inconsistency and failure to clarify objectives on the part of the United States ; he conceded that there could be difficulties over Chinese representation in talks between the powers , given the collapse of the Kuomintang and the imminent proclamation formally of the communist government in Peking . |
| 22 | There there could be weavers amongst them . |
| 23 | The changing role of the governing body was also perceived as a key issue : as one head put it , ‘ There could be conflict over the next ten years as the governing bodies try to claim their legal rights and powers from the professionals . ’ |
| 24 | Eileen Plant , who patrols outside Hurworth junior and infant school , fears there could be accidents along Roundhill Road unless some sort of parking restrictions are introduced . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Mr Doe insists that he is no opponent of privatisation as such and has no political axe to grind : ‘ I 'm not concerned who owns BR as such : there could be advantages in taking BR out of the public sector in terms of investment rules ’ , he said . |
| 27 | You said also that yo that there could be problems with young mothers ? |
| 28 | There could be problems of ranking priorities here , becoming more acute as full employment of labour and means of production is approached . |
| 29 | He says there could be problems on some courses . |
| 30 | He says there could be problems on some courses . |