Example sentences of "could [adv] [be] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today it 's a cycleway in part of what could eventually be a network of 140 miles of routes linking towns and villages throught the Forest of Dean . |
| 2 | This is very much in line with hypotheses d ) and e ) , outlined above , and means that if a proper ban is reconfirmed , there could suddenly be a lot more bans where this one ( nearly ) came from . |
| 3 | All the ingenious forms of longer-term borrowing undertaken by the United States from overseas monetary authorities merely changed the form of these liabilities , and could only be a stop-gap . |
| 4 | Given Jacqui 's simple character , it could only be a man . |
| 5 | But she sees him suppress what could only be a smirk at her very mention of a dybbuk . |
| 6 | ‘ It could only be a madman , could n't it ? |
| 7 | But such a calculation could only be a gamble . |
| 8 | Natural theology , even of Brunner 's qualified kind , could only be a snare and a delusion , a thing in which one ought to have no interest except that properly shown for an abyss beside the path — the interest whose concern is to avoid falling into it . |
| 9 | And now there was the loud crashing retort of what could only be a pistol shot , joined immediately by the rattling , roaring sound of thunder in the sky . |
| 10 | I , however , could only be a nun like my aunt or I could be like my Mam . |
| 11 | It could only be a body of free , indigenous men . |
| 12 | Jerusalem , the very heart of Christendom , had been captured and it could only be a matter of time before the remaining Christian forces , still holding on at Tyre , Tripoli and Antioch , were overcome or expelled . |
| 13 | As for de Gaulle , his views were already well-known , and it could only be a matter of time before he attacked Hallstein and his Commission . |
| 14 | The Dwarfs sent word to the Dwarf capital of Karaz a Karak high in the Worlds Edge Mountains , explaining that the Night Goblins were virtually holding them prisoners within their own citadel and that without reinforcements it could only be a matter of time before the Dwarfs were defeated . |
| 15 | It could only be a matter of time before Wainfleet was using the information for his own purposes . |
| 16 | It could only be a matter of time , though , before we got together . |
| 17 | The plaintiffs said that interpretation of the agreement could only be a matter for the court . |
| 18 | At work , he could only be a trade unionist . |
| 19 | The idea of unitary authorities structure plans , er I think could only be a disaster and the first option which is the most viable , could of course be a dissipation of democracy of the indirect democracy er because erm I think what you probably have is a number of officers , civil servants and a scattering of councillors er and really the the direct local involvement which we have now through directly elected councillors on , on planning committees and strategic planning committees would have . |
| 20 | And from its summit it is entirely possible to see a stretch of water which — whether to a sixteenth-century viewer innocent of the details of geography , or to a well-versed wanderer five centuries later — could only be an ocean . |
| 21 | Any new development of another Left party could only be an attempt " to reach for the Leftward workers and draw them back to the basic Labour line " . |
| 22 | Probably this is due , more than anything else , to the sheer quantity of plant material and could thus be a measure of area . |
| 23 | B could thus be an aide-memoire for MAS proposals if MAS is acting for the purchaser . |
| 24 | This is a dream that could soon be a reality . |
| 25 | His vision of the future also included a reduction in university support services for authors ; fewer editors working on more books ; cheaper typesetting and data processing costs ; significantly reduced print runs ( ‘ I expect 50 copies will be considered a large run for some titles ’ ) ; electronic customer catalogues ; improved customer service ; a merging of the jobs of copy editor , designer and production controller ; and dramatically improved distribution ( ‘ the 10 minute book run off locally in the shop could soon be a reality ’ ) . |
| 26 | It is the sort of minor collision that happens every day but it could soon be a thing of the past . |
| 27 | If you 're tired of typing all the time , you may be relieved to know that the keyboard could soon be a thing of the past , thanks to rapid developments in the world of pen based computing . |
| 28 | Tea ladies , chairmen and wife-swapping could soon be a thing of the past . |
| 29 | The celebrations that marked United 's third major Cup — four if you count the European Super Cup — in two calendar years could just be a rehearsal if they land the First Division title in the next three weeks . |
| 30 | Oh that could just be a possibility as I thought send dad on a delivery down there . |