Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] they could be " in BNC.
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| 1 | They distrusted predictions about the far reaches of the universe because it did not seem they could be tested by observation . |
| 2 | We 're asking very poor countries to set aside land they could be cultivating food on — we have to give them something in return . ’ |
| 3 | but I still think they could be , I mean , he does n't sort of strip out the bathroom every time or anything like that . |
| 4 | Many saw themselves as being above the grubby world of traditional politics and the professions , but often felt they could be like Richard Branson , the one-time hippy and promoter of alternative music who had joined the system and made a fortune . |
| 5 | I did n't think they could be like REM in seven album 's time , but there was a lot depth in there and I knew it would n't dry up after one or two albums , ’ he recalls . |
| 6 | However , for me , as for other neurobiologists , there were always other implausibilities about Ungar 's results , even assuming they could be replicated ( and many labs remained sceptical ) . |