Example sentences of "[adj] could [verb] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only way in which this could happen is by chance in a small population : outsiders do come in at long odds . |
| 2 | This could have been from various modes of formation , or from the presence of appreciable quantities of short-lived quick-acting radioactive isotopes , such as 26 Al . |
| 3 | I 'm glad you asked that erm yes we did , we did give it consideration er er we decided against it , because it would have meant er to declaring the dividend on Friday for technical reasons and announcing our results erm today and this could have been in danger of misleading er the market er because this lower results and we have an increased dividend and that was erm probably the main reason why we decided that we would n't do it er the slight increase in net dividend in fact should compensate erm and this is coincidence er er f fo for the increased A C T on the |
| 4 | The problems that this could cause were to be demonstrated all too vividly in 1968 . |
| 5 | Erm , although I think Helena Landless could have been in this tradition do n't you ? |
| 6 | He knew the youthfulness of the clientele — hardly any could have been above thirty — and the loud music would make her uncomfortable . |