Example sentences of "they could be [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only thing they could be certain of was his propensity for violence . |
| 2 | The Warner brothers themselves were vehemently against racist organizations and they could be proud of the movie . |
| 3 | Injunctions were issued against The Observer and The Guardian newspapers to prevent them from publishing extracts from Peter Wright 's book and the Court of Appeal , overruling the judge at first instance , held that although publication by The Independent newspaper and others could not be a breach of those injunctions nevertheless , since they knew of their issue , they could be guilty of contempt of court if their publication interfered with the course of justice . |
| 4 | Because of the Farm 's history , they used the occasion to mount a show of force , and to do so at 5pm , when children playing on the estate would be terrified by the raid , but when they could be sure of a good spot on the Six O'Clock News . |
| 5 | So , the answer is that the strongest motives restrain Governments from limiting the rate of growth of public expenditure to that rate which they could be sure of meeting within the growth of the national product and thus without any substantial increase in taxation but also without relying upon borrowing and without monetisation of debt . |
| 6 | By keeping it more or less behind them and to their left they could be sure of travelling north-west which was the direction they believed right but the inequalities of the ground often forced them out of their way and although they always returned to their line they had to guess what corrections to make to allow for obstacles . |
| 7 | Or they could be afraid of the implications girls ' work might have for their own work . |
| 8 | to her majesty 's sch inspector so that er they could be aware of , of , of the action that the service er as has , has , has taken . |