Example sentences of "or they could [adv] " in BNC.

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1 The normal rule in such circumstances is for the convictions to be set aside : ‘ no reasonable jury who had applied their mind properly to the facts in the case could have arrived at the conclusion , and once one assumes that they are an unreasonable jury , or they could not have reasonably come to the conclusion , then the convictions can not stand . ’
2 The internal hierarchies of the print system were of course broadly coherent with more general social hierarchies , or they could not have been so effective .
3 Absenteeism and drop-outs among adults were increasingly common because , as teachers in this school pointed out , either they were too busy working to earn enough to live on , or they could n't afford to buy paper and other materials .
4 ’ Anyone form Vadinamia , ’ Mala pointed out , or they could n't have locked on to us .
5 They ca n't consider everybody or they could never make a decision .
6 But I actually think that you 've got access problems in both of them and they have to be considered because the do really affect severely or they could severely affect er the success or failure of the programme , and it 's these list of things which you think , now I 've thought about that or I have n't thought about that .
7 Just as with a cash ratio , the authorities could impose a statutory liquidity ratio or they could merely allow banks to set their own prudent liquidity ratio .
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