Example sentences of "could [adv] [be] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , if indifference characterizes the attitude a person has towards the consequences of his/her action , then s/he are indifferent as to who suffers — it could literally be anybody — and this does display disdain for humanity in general . |
| 2 | A moment or two later a man who , from his lanky form and fine-boned features , could only be her fiancé , Lord Woodleigh , emerged , evidently doing his best to overcome a certain reluctance . |
| 3 | And the beautiful blonde woman with him , although so unlike her , could only be her mother . |
| 4 | With the woman who could only be his fiancée . |
| 5 | I asked politely , knowing the fault could only be mine . |
| 6 | Kelly decided to ignore the implication that she could only be someone 's girl friend . |
| 7 | It could only be someone who had gone for a marathon walk or a solitary picnicker who had lain down and fallen asleep . |
| 8 | And there could scarcely be anything more difficult and fine-textured than the affair he is having with a woman called Rose . |
| 9 | Enter this month 's fabulous competition and beautiful , achievable styles could soon be yours ! |
| 10 | Some good news for harassed mums and dads : Saturday morning could soon be your own again . |
| 11 | I could just be me . |
| 12 | " It could just be he has n't been able to catch anyone . " |
| 13 | When Kress questioned the nephew about the man 's appearance , he decided it could just be our friend . |
| 14 | It could easily be nothing more than my way of coping with the consequences of a senseless accident . |
| 15 | Whereas it would have been possible to ask Harriet Finlay Johnson , ‘ What are you teaching this lesson ? ’ and the answer could easily be something like , ‘ The Spanish Armada ’ , one could not expect to be given an equivalent answer from Peter Slade , Brian Way or the Speech and Drama teachers . |
| 16 | She smiled , ‘ Do n't forget now , you 're my cousin from Neath come to help with the business , you 're big like my dad , could easily be his nephew and so long as you do n't open your mouth , it should be all right . ’ |
| 17 | Afterwards Martina , 36 next month , admitted that it could possibly be her last Grand Slam event . |
| 18 | This could possibly be my last Grand Slam event . |
| 19 | Alexander was a tall man with a thin , unsmiling face and black , cold eyes who did n't look as if he could possibly be anybody 's very dear friend . |
| 20 | It could hardly be him they wanted , or they would have been pounding upstairs and hammering on his door by now . |
| 21 | PLAYER : It could hardly be one without the other . |
| 22 | Its dullness stifled Huy 's heart , and he began to question the sense of feeding his belly at the expense of his mind , though such noble sentiments could hardly be his to indulge . |
| 23 | But whether the engine in question is a model Newcomen in Glasgow University , or a warp-drive in geostationary orbit over Barnard 's Star Six , the hand on the spanner could hardly be anything but home-grown and very likely , Clyde-built . |
| 24 | Many of Mr Bradfield 's arguments have a definite validity and certainly demonstrate that the bottom line in the p&l account , as it will be delineated by FRS 3 , will be a questionable earnings number : for example , if the profits and losses on the sale not only of assets but of businesses are included , it could hardly be anything else . |
| 25 | Reagan was indeed a ‘ consensus politician , not an ideologue ’ , but he could hardly be anything else . |
| 26 | In calling " The Dionysiac Philosophy " a preliminary study , Nietzsche did not say preliminary to what , but in the light of the essay 's range , the end product as envisaged could hardly be anything very different from B T as it in fact emerged . |
| 27 | And since , as Mr Lawrence says , there could hardly be anything personal in the attack , we 're left with the probability that anyone who had happened along at that moment would have been dealt with in the same way . |
| 28 | In such surroundings the company could hardly be anything else but Italian . |
| 29 | SOME shock results on the first day of the French Olympic classes regatta at Hyeres yesterday showed that there could still be plenty of surprises to come in the race for British team selection . |
| 30 | Miranda was relieved that in some ways Xanthe could still be her age . |