Example sentences of "could [be] [verb] [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A cyclist who 's been in prison in Nepal for over a month could be freed later this week . |
| 2 | Almost two years later , the committee has come up with a document , which could be adopted early this month . |
| 3 | Some kind of feedback process could be implemented whereby all levels of analysis can learn from the identification of the correct words as chosen by the user ( see figure 6.2 ) . |
| 4 | Violence at home , terrible as it was , could be seen as little more than a reflection of what was then happening on foreign shores . |
| 5 | After one drink , their voices could be heard over half a mile away . |
| 6 | BELVILLE : Nothing could be called so that belongs to the Countess of Pembroke . |
| 7 | and I do n't feel that I could be taking too much money out without putting a certain amount back into it |
| 8 | And if it 's for instance a second marriage husband 's side of the family could be missing out all together . |
| 9 | They could be emitting as much energy as a large power station . |
| 10 | No one could be spending this much time , money and energy , and saying , ‘ We 're getting there , ’ like the crew of a fishing boat struggling to reach harbour , if that tumour had grown . |
| 11 | They were much less likely to say there were laws or regulations protecting people who take out credit agreements , and much more likely not to know whether any action could be taken over some credit agreement which they had signed but later felt was unfair . |
| 12 | With a school , yeah we could be asking too much you know |
| 13 | With methane a more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide , this could be contributing as much to global warming as is caused by the CO2 emitted from gas-fired power stations . |
| 14 | A first step in dealing with unwanted stress could be to write down all the factors which you think may be causing undue stress in your life at present . |