Example sentences of "is [adj] [conj] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost all the work was done by manual labour alone and the order which Wade sent to Edinburgh Castle in 1726 for ‘ 94 shovells , 82 pickaxes , 42 spades , 3 iron crows ’ is typical and could have been repeated many times over . |
| 2 | The specific focus on care management , for example , is brief and could have been more penetrating had it related back to specific points about services made earlier . |
| 3 | Defender-turned-striker Paul Warhurst is fit and could well play alongside either Nigel Jemson , David Johnson in the running just three weeks after a cartilage operation or Watson , if he recovers . |
| 4 | Admittedly this new recurring dream of his , in bald summary , does n't sound particularly encouraging , but I think it is ambivalent and could go either way . |
| 5 | This book is useful but could have been of more value if it had been more clearly grounded in practice . |
| 6 | This is incorrect and could mislead the public . |
| 7 | ‘ Which it would seem is more than could be said for your father 's . ’ |
| 8 | The actual choice of routes through the dilemma is irrelevant and could just as well be decided by the toss of a coin . |
| 9 | But here again , the size of the effect is uncertain and could be quite large . |
| 10 | No one dares ask whether any of it is worthwhile or could be done far more cheaply . |
| 11 | New evidence is not usually heard , but if it is material and could not reasonably have been heard by the Panel the Committee may hear it or refer it back to the Panel . |
| 12 | It is portable and could also be used by a community midwife . |
| 13 | We can readily compare among X1 to X4 and among X5 to X8 ; but a comparison of any of X , to X4 with any of X5 to X8 will be confounded with ( i.e. inseparable from ) the natural difference between the two blocks ; this difference is unknown but could be large . |