Example sentences of "but [pron] [adv] could be " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there never could be such an observer — at least not if his thought-processes were to be analysed in the same way as ours — because his thoughts about the relations of the particulars would themselves be just a succession of particulars whose relations , which give them meaning , were not directly accessible to him . |
| 2 | On this occasion the Hansards seem to have been the main beneficiaries from the decline in the activity of other alien merchants , but they too could be affected by political rivalry , and periods of tension between England and the Hanse towns , even if this fell short of war , were marked by substantial falls in cloth exports by the Hanse merchants . |
| 3 | The Carrick men could only manage two and a half points from their top of the table clash with Lisnagarvey ( 85-79 ) , but they still could be in with a chance when they meet Gilnahirk next week . |
| 4 | The Carrick men could only manage two and a half points from their top of the table clash with Lisnagarvey ( 85–79 ) , but they still could be in with a chance when they meet Gilnahirk next week . |
| 5 | Burton travelled to observe and communicate , which made him different from most explorers of the day , but he too could be touched by the inexplicable fever of travel : ‘ … some thousand miles up a river with an infinitesimal prospect of returning ! |
| 6 | ‘ Hell ’ , indeed , might be some acoustically Stones-ian descent into a nightclub in Hades but it also could be the only relationship song where a harshly dissected third party pollutes Simon 's playpool . |
| 7 | This is n't a movie script , but it easily could be . |
| 8 | In these awards there are elements of Buggins 's Turn and resurrection , but what else could be expected of the merry band of superannuated politicians commanded to commend the necessary artists ? |
| 9 | But what else could be expected from such a stiff-necked people ? |