Example sentences of "but it could also [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it could also flip over , folding like a wooden deckchair at the mercy of sea gales . |
| 2 | So it was pragmatic but it could also fit into their ideology in that how , that if they 'd gone straight for socialism |
| 3 | Arsenal 's Alan Smith looks most threatened by Hateley 's return , but it could also unsettle the youngsters fighting to succeed Gary Lineker , including Alan Shearer , David Hirst , Paul Merson and Nigel Clough . |
| 4 | But it could also serve for the purposes of inspiration . |
| 5 | Broadly , of course , it meant pro-Russian or pro-Communist but it could also mean an opponent of big business or of big unionism or a proponent of birth control or atheism . |
| 6 | ‘ Those visitors of hers always make such a lot of noise ! ’ could mean that the old gentleman wants to take his nap ; but it could also mean he feels left out and would welcome something to do . |
| 7 | The sentence ‘ We have only shown that A is justified if B and C are ’ could mean , as was pretended above , that we have shown A 's justification to be conditional on that of B and C ; but it could also mean that if B and C are in fact justified , we have shown that A is , i.e. that the success of our demonstration is conditional , not the justification we have demonstrated . |
| 8 | But it could also mean the even more staggering truth that the saints are God 's inheritance , and pose the question to what extent he-is allowed the freehold of that inheritance which is our lives . |
| 9 | Most obviously it means that the ‘ birds ’ sang at a previous moment in time but it could also mean the time of year , the time of the poet 's life , and most strikingly , it could be another word connected with death . |
| 10 | But it could also mean that erm they were getti that it they had been successful in getting taxation from what they 'd done since the beginning of cos they felt they could go even further . |
| 11 | The IMF could offer secure finance , in contrast to the holders of short-term sterling balances , but it could also exact a price . |
| 12 | But it could also create a sprawling bank with a mountain of bad debt . |
| 13 | But it could also prove hazardous if they were caught crossing the extensive open ground surrounding the house itself , which he and Springfield had noted on their visit . |
| 14 | This service is intended for people who are hard of hearing but it could also help language learners follow the programme . ) |
| 15 | Custom of the manor defined peasant obligations , but it could also help to determine peasant rights . |
| 16 | But it could also signify that writing from the heart is different from poetry , the muse 's injunction being meant as a dismissal , exiling Astrophil from poetry 's realm . |
| 17 | But it could also have been just an ordinary large cloud , ’ said Markku Konttinen of the Finnish Meteorological Institute . |
| 18 | Such a copious supply of pure water would have been beneficial to the occupants , but it could also have been the centre of a water cult . |
| 19 | It 's magic , of course , and it brings great benefit to us but it could also have terrible dangers in store for us — just like magic carpets ! |
| 20 | He says it could be an accident , but it could also have been caused by another person . |
| 21 | But it could also operate the other way round . |
| 22 | It was , therefore , given wide powers of managing and disposing of land ; but it could also develop land itself . |
| 23 | ‘ Completing your dog-training course could take a couple of months but it could also take a couple of years because of the waiting period . ’ |