Example sentences of "could [be] three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The representation is three people per authority , it could be three members , sometimes it 's two members and an officer . |
| 2 | Infant mortality rates are rising rapidly , reaching 17.9 per 1,000 births in 1991 according to the Russian statistical classification , although the report states that if international standards were applied the figure could be three times this level . |
| 3 | She said she did not accept under-fives at school received true nursery education as they had inadequate resources and the pupil-teacher ratio could be three times that at nursery schools . |
| 4 | With the overall dimensions I had been given , it worked out easily that there could be three arches along the front to one at the side . |
| 5 | ‘ I could be three seconds out , ’ said the Thing . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's very early days — we only saw the first draft last month and it could be three years before it is implemented . |
| 7 | His upbeat message just a day after Chancellor Norman Lamont warned that full economic recovery could be three years away sparked an angry clash with Labour . |
| 8 | Well I 'm just thinking it could be three years cos I 'm thinking what I borrowed what did I borrow , fifteen hundred ? |
| 9 | In the USA there could be twice that density , and in the tropics ( even taking night-time into account ) there could be three people per square metre ! |
| 10 | It could be three quarters of an hour . |