Example sentences of "in a [noun sg] it could " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in a sense it could . |
| 2 | That way — or so she said — it would be protected in a way it could n't be on its own , because the group had so many different irons in the fire . |
| 3 | Maria said vehemently , her thoughts flying briefly to Rachel , for whom marriage was a trap in a way it could never be for Florian . |
| 4 | The amount is comparatively small — in a crisis it could be met simply by placing a ban on Sunday motoring — and with the proximity of North Sea oil it does not present an immediate problem . |
| 5 | In a crisis it could have doubled as a draught excluder or , if the pub got rough , as a cosh . |