Example sentences of "could be [noun pl] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They could be professional managers or they could be doctors or nurses . |
| 2 | Very rarely is the message sent that exciting young females could be scientists or technologists . |
| 3 | And repeating the well-tried lie he told them that they too could be gods and would never die . |
| 4 | The latter could be anecdotes or opinions , jokes or personal experiences . |
| 5 | Er , colleagues , before we turn to a period of , er , rule amendments and general motions , could I just advise congress that a pair of spectacles have been handed in er , Vision Express , look like , well they could be ladies or gents , multi-sexual these days , colleagues . |
| 6 | Of course it 's dangerous ; there could be rocks or a killer current . |
| 7 | This meant they could be midwives or nurses , but not doctors . |
| 8 | Despite his phenomenal energy the sheer size of his dominions inevitably meant that it could be months or even years before he was free to deal with a distant crisis or give his officials the support they needed against a major local potentate . |
| 9 | Temporary workers and overtime working could be substitutes or complements ( albeit that overtime often permits a more immediate response and entails no recruitment training costs ) , and our case studies explore this issue in more detail . |