Example sentences of "could have [be] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the tragedy is that while essential aspects of the project , such as the denuded hillsides and the transport problem , could have been seen at the start , in 1978 , they were largely ignored . |
| 2 | This nightmare of processing phantoms reminds us of the procession of daemons from Phaistos , which could have been seen in the sort of opium trance de Quincey described . |
| 3 | Those tears , which led to dismissal , could have been seen as a source of energy and redirected by an understanding supervisor to a powerful commitment to doing the work well . |
| 4 | I did n't dare show a light — though I doubt whether a light could have been seen from the shore through the mist , and there was probably no one to see it — but I knew where things were . |
| 5 | It had been too open , he could have been seen . |