Example sentences of "[adj] that it could have " in BNC.
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| 1 | While his arguments about capital punishment are still of great relevance , it now seems rather odd that it could have been thought necessary to have to argue against the use of torture for extracting confessions . |
| 2 | It is possible that it could have been left with the registry in this office and that it reached the case file as a result , but I can not be sure . |
| 3 | Some will say that is fortunate , as the weather forecast for the weekend made it seem likely that it could have been the first ‘ one-day ’ final to span three days . |
| 4 | It did n't seem at all likely that it could have anything to do with Stavanger , and corpses in the Thames , alas , are not all that infrequent . |
| 5 | She was sick with wretchedness , convinced she had only herself to blame — and of course the devastating effect Paula had on men — but still puzzled that it could have ended so suddenly without a word of explanation on his part . |
| 6 | ‘ But it seemed inconceivable that it could have been an accident . ’ |