Example sentences of "[noun] could be [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I had no idea that business trips could be like this . ’ |
| 2 | Too close a contact with leading journalists could be of more benefit to the media than it is to you . |
| 3 | Harriet drove her to the local hospital as soon as the pains started in mid-afternoon and , knowing how hazardous the road back in the dark could be at this time of the year , brought an overnight bag so that she could stay at a nearby hotel . |
| 4 | A marble and a stalls back seat could be worth several minutes of noisy bagatelle . |
| 5 | as if a homicidal maniac on cocaine could be of any help … |
| 6 | In October 1989 a member of the Executive Council , Tony Blake , reported that four oil companies had approached Fullerton seeking oil exploration licences ; he commented that the sale of such licences could be worth several times as much as the revenue from fishing licences . |
| 7 | From this FitzGerald could be in little doubt as to the likely course the bishops would take once a referendum campaign got under way . |
| 8 | If only every night could be like this , from now on and for ever . |
| 9 | She was desperate for more of him ; her body ached for fulfilment , for the feel of his need and strength inside — so that when he entered her , when she felt that first wondrous thrust , which brought both pleasure and pain , it was as she 'd always dreamed , and as his urgent rhythm continued , bringing them both to that glorious peak of exhilaration , Robyn cried out his name , held him close to her for a moment and wished things could be like this forever . |
| 10 | A good example of how upset people could be in those days by the questioning of their religious beliefs occurred in my interview with Basil Hume soon after he had received his cardinal 's hat . |
| 11 | She had n't imagined that this woman could be at all assertive , but she was being exactly that now , and Alain had so far said nothing at all . |
| 12 | Unregistered foals could be worth less and may not be worth breeding for sale . |
| 13 | Therefore , I decided that I had the clue to something that had long baffled me , that whereas Levis 's strict division of the world into sensuous particulars and more intellectual abstractions — I hope I 'm being fair to him , I 'm caricaturing and shortening _ whereas this was applicable to the modern period , it probably was n't to the period I decided , I think , roughly before the eighteenth century , and with this in mind I then turned to the mysterious last plays of Shakespeare that we 've been talking about earlier and tried to see whether the sense one gets in those plays of love , for example , not as simply a logical construction for talking about the way people behave in relation to each other , but as some kind of spiritual entity existing prior to the human subjects in the play , whether that sense could be in some degree confirmed and explained by an investigation of the general use of universals in the period and earlier . |
| 14 | And with this in mind I then turned to the mysterious last plays of Shakespeare that we 've been talking about earlier , erm and tried to see whether the sense one gets in those plays of love , for example , not as erm simply a logical construction for talking about the way people talk in relation to each other , but as some kind of spiritual entity , existing prior to the human subjects in the play , whether that sense could be in some degree confirmed and explained by an investigation of the general use of universals in the period and earlier . |
| 15 | Second call could be to those CHP companies prepared to offer a free initial energy analysis . |
| 16 | Japan could be of much importance in the event of war and it might be feasible for the Japanese to fight for the United States after a war had begun . |
| 17 | The market received added impetus on 11 January 1990 when the Bank made two further moves : the maximum maturity of paper was extended to five years ( it was previously one year ) , with paper of a maturity between one and five years designated " medium-term notes " ( MTNs ) ; and issues could be in any currency , not just sterling . |
| 18 | Of the former criteria , arts broadcaster Melvyn Bragg could be on this weekend 's list . |
| 19 | Jennie recognized that the world could be at any of her Girls ' feet but she also understood that sometimes the youngsters were too scared to travel abroad . |
| 20 | For students who have a background in computing the treatment of the core modules could be in some depth , placing the emphasis , say , on producing software to implement new extensions of EP . |
| 21 | Much of what 's on show could be from any English village . |
| 22 | The only doubt concerns the date ; it seems these early records could be from any year between 1889 and 1891 , so whether Edison or Berliner was actually first to make records with a ‘ label ’ is open to debate . |