Example sentences of "could [be] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet it was accepted privately within the industry that their ‘ promotional ’ pricing could be below cost in order to compete with gas ( precisely the kind of uneconomic cross-subsidy of which critics accused them ) . |
| 2 | Whether these figures could be under siege may depend on the weather . |
| 3 | Construction is expected to begin next year and the first experiments could be under way as early as 1998 . |
| 4 | Jason Nicolle also won in four games , against Raymond Schaffer , but had to fight back from a game and 6-7 down in the second , and his place in the sudden-death phase at the weekend could be under threat from Parke . |
| 5 | PETER Scudamore 's seven-season monopoly on the champion jump jockeys ' title could be under threat , according to the bookies . |
| 6 | According to a report by Dr Chris Van Sway of the government funded Dutch Butterfly Foundation , the Netherlands has lost 15 of its 63 species and 10 more could be under threat . |
| 7 | ULSTER cattle herds could be under threat from ‘ imported ’ bovine diseases which may not show themselves for several years . |
| 8 | JOBS could be under threat at a NorthEast cigarette factory if Labour comes to power and bans tobacco advertising , a company chairman has warned . |
| 9 | All contemporary accounts suggest that eighteenth century seamen , brutal and violent as they could be under provocation , were hardly lacking in the capacity to organise in support of their claims , and by the standards of the day , to do so peaceably whenever the authorities kept their heads sufficiently to allow mediation to proceed . |
| 10 | Thus the father could be under pressure at 40 years of age , again at 50 years and finally at 60 years . |
| 11 | The French have just joined Russia in declaring that they will temporarily halt testing ; Boris Yeltsin could be under pressure to rescind Russia 's test ban in September if there has been no sign of flexibility from Britain and the US . |
| 12 | Now , getting back to the comment the woman made earlier about men being misogynist within their own world I 'm quite convinced that a good deal of those men would go home to their wives and family and be very loving to their , to their wives and family , be respectful of their neighbours but as soon as they got in the all male environment , and this woman was there to be used , she was their property for the time that they paid their money to get through the door , they could be as misogynist , offensive and horrid as they wanted to be ! |
| 13 | Surely not all that protein synthesis going on in the absence of the inhibitor could be about learning and memory ; some other fundamental aspects of behaviour must be affected ? |
| 14 | Wayne knew how finicky she could be about place and mood , but this plan was one which had all objections beaten before they could even be raised . |
| 15 | ‘ It could be between black and white . |
| 16 | It would provide a reminder that the impact of Government policies on business should be taken into account before they are implemented , not left until afterwards , when the choice could be between damage to our competitiveness and a damaging climb-down by the Government . |
| 17 | Another senior personnel manager said : ‘ It would not be a moral judgment , but we have to consider the practicalities of appointing someone who could be off work for long periods . ’ |
| 18 | A dose of flu means you could be off work for at least a week . |
| 19 | A dose of flu means you could be off work for at least a week . |
| 20 | You 're not far off , it 's about one and a half million , the D S S tell us , could be off work at any time for up a month . |
| 21 | That can continue , so you could be off work for a couple of months , go back , if within six months you 're off again , claim , go back , if within six months you 're off again , claim , go back |
| 22 | Erm would be of , you know , could be of relevance . |
| 23 | They told me to keep in touch and call them if I felt they could be of assistance . |
| 24 | As a further contribution to the debate the RCN has produced this document which provides broad lines of guidance which could be of assistance to nurse managers . |
| 25 | Most information about terms and their relationships that could be of assistance to the user of the index will be transferred from the list to the index or catalogue itself . |
| 26 | I would be grateful to hear your views on this proposal , and if you could let me know whether we could be of assistance in the project . |
| 27 | There is one way in which you could be of assistance . |
| 28 | On the other hand the EEC Nine produces only 64% of its consumption of sheep meat and it is generally assumed that the UK with approximately 25% of the EEC sheep flock and as the leading producer of 50% of Community production is well placed to reap some advantage which could be of benefit to the hills and upland areas . |
| 29 | But if he was a useful companion for Hayward , there were also ways in which Hayward could be of benefit to him . |
| 30 | Others wanted to reconceptualise it as a process which could be of benefit to the school , and their department in particular . |