Example sentences of "could [adv] have come " in BNC.
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| 1 | Modern science could only have come from a belief that there was a God who had made all things to a certain design . |
| 2 | After that , there was a series of horrific , shaming cameos that could only have come from the unconscious . |
| 3 | These , it appeared , were where the allegations had begun , and these , Mr M told the South Ronaldsay community , could only have come from some of the eight children who had been taken into care the previous November . |
| 4 | It could only have come from Gerry , and Gerry was dead . |
| 5 | The Palace believes that information could only have come from the princess 's office . |
| 6 | It is clear that this " mood " could only have come to dominate the study of English by deflecting the major challenges to its status as a " real discipline " . |
| 7 | Pictures that could only have come from the Americans or the British , ’ Kragan answered warily . |
| 8 | Wagner 's profession of sympathy for Schopenhauer at the November meeting could only have come as the happiest of coincidences , while , in general , this first experience of the composer 's powerful personality confirmed and added to his new status : Wagner was at one with Schopenhauer and he was ( to Nietzsche 's way of thinking ) an artist such as Schopenhauer himself would have wished him . |
| 9 | The body shell had been crushed in and anybody in there could only have come out through the windscreen . |
| 10 | The plaintiff in Diamond Stylus Co Ltd v Bauden Precision Diamonds Ltd [ 1973 ] RPC 675 paid the price for not having an express covenant restraining employees from soliciting customers after employment ended and was forced to argue that solicitation could only have come about because of the misuse of business secrets . |
| 11 | Once I 'd discounted the story you gave me about Lori 's reasons for being there , I realised the note could only have come from her , and therefore she must have taken the jade . ’ |
| 12 | It could scarcely have come at a worse time . |
| 13 | His return to Eaton Park could scarcely have come at a more opportune moment considering that Gordon Hamilton , Stuart Laing , Norman Robson and Davy Nicholl have all moved on during the close season . |
| 14 | In Peking 's eyes , the Nobel Peace Prize could not have come at a worse time . |
| 15 | The invitation could not have come at a better time . |
| 16 | Proposals to replace our dry sow accommodation could not have come at worse time , with pig prices falling through the floor , and I suppose some would say that we are reacting plenty soon enough . |
| 17 | The timing of the announcement could not have come at a more politically sensitive time . |
| 18 | For Sinton , who made his England debut in Poznan in the crucial final qualifier against Poland last November and was a member of the England B side that defeated France B at Loftus Road in February , that run could not have come at a better time . |
| 19 | Lacking travel warrants , I could not have come home on leave had my father not sent me the fare . ) |
| 20 | This could not have come at a worse time , with the prospect in view of becoming an ‘ officer 's lady ’ . |
| 21 | She could not have come at a worse time ; a few hours after she arrived , she was a helpless burning hulk , with most of her passengers and crew dead . |
| 22 | The traffic that had caused the furrows a mile back could not have come this way . |
| 23 | And the announcement of the engagement could not have come at a better time for the battle-weary Royal Family . |
| 24 | It could not have come at a worse time for the Royal Family , almost on the eve of the wedding of Princess Anne to Commander Tim Laurence . |
| 25 | Without it , modern democracy and republicanism could not have come into existence and scientific and technological progress would not have been possible ( and possibly slavery might not have been abolished ) . |
| 26 | His first injury in English football could not have come at a worst time . |
| 27 | It could not have come about if the Trust had ever said to itself ‘ it is time to stop growing ’ . |
| 28 | Coffin thought she was gallant and brave and loving , when caring for Weenie and her brothers could not have come easily . |
| 29 | To heighten concern about the Convention , Broken Promise could not have come out at a better time . |
| 30 | It seems probable that all of this could not have come about had not the superego emerged as a continuation of a trend of evolutionary development which had long since been embarked upon by the ego proper . |