Example sentences of "could [adv] be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | With luck Sandra Walker could just be number 59 . |
| 32 | Some groups of consonants sound similar and therefore could easily be misheard , they look different and feel different when you say them . |
| 33 | No complete certainty is ever possible in the matter of ‘ u ’ , ‘ n ’ , ‘ v ’ , ‘ i ’ and so on , particularly where names are concerned — Julian o could easily be Julian a , Pothe could be Poche , Tonn might be Toun . |
| 34 | The weight of a guitar is another thing ; we could print the weight of one Les Paul Standard , but the next one could easily be 10% heavier , or lighter , so we 'd have misled our readers by giving a poundage . |
| 35 | Nona looked about her with interest , trying to identify which of the young men in her vicinity could possibly be policemen . |
| 36 | It could hardly be coincidence . |
| 37 | ‘ I could hardly be Fairy Godmother , ’ joked Gayle . |
| 38 | It could hardly be Parma Ham if it came from anywhere else . |
| 39 | The contrast with Stadtverkehr –m War–del the glossy German government publication with its wealth of imaginative ideas that were reviewed in Chapter Five , could hardly be greater.Whether dealing with residential areas , walking , cycling , public transport , or traffic calming the British manual is bereft of new ideas , cautious in tone and apparently oblivious to the revolution sweeping through Europe . |
| 40 | The good news for Prince Charles is 70pc believed he could still be king , despite his separation from Princess Diana , but the bad news was only 45pc thought he would be a good one . |
| 41 | It would be rather more welcome if comics could still be comics . |
| 42 | ‘ This could still be Spinward 's main base on the planet , ’ Defries said . |
| 43 | On the statement emphasising that she could still be Queen , he said : ‘ The situation is very volatile . |
| 44 | These can be said to represent only a development from earlier kinds of craft support , but the general situation was qualitatively new , in that work in this area became indispensable , in the advanced technologies , even though there could still be doubt whether such workers were truly part of the cultural production . |
| 45 | She says even if they look angelic , they could still be thieves . |
| 46 | While Charles could technically be King and head of the Church of England as a divorced man , it is unlikely . |
| 47 | IT WAS the moment that laid bare the myth that Princess Diana could ever be Queen . |
| 48 | I do n't see how she could ever be Queen . |
| 49 | Slower decisions are made to nonwords such as " burd " and " phace " rather than those like " deve " and " slist " , even though all four are word-like and could conceivably be words . |
| 50 | ‘ It could also be bollocks , could n't it ? ’ |
| 51 | Like the head of legal services in a giant company , the advertising agency 's in-house solicitor could also be Company Secretary and , as such , would have to take charge of the company 's stock , keep records , make sure the annual accounts are ready on time , set the agenda for board meetings and take the minutes . |
| 52 | Other Ediacaran taxa could also be protostomes . |
| 53 | With such conditions Rodrigo de Triano is almost certain to miss the meeting 's highlight , the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes , while Second Set and Brief Truce could also be absentees . |
| 54 | Uu ; but it could also be AABBCC … |
| 55 | ‘ They could also be drug-runners who do n't care for strangers . |
| 56 | The fee was a million dollars : there could also be percentages . |
| 57 | The picture is complicated by the existence at certain points in the past of a relatively large number of households which contained servants ; but people classified as servants could also be kin , for example older children of a family whose parents could not support them economically . |
| 58 | Some he 'd learnt off the Frenchman — whose name is such a household name it escapes me — Marcel Marceau — and Jack Birkett ( now known as The Great Orlando ) was Harlequin , who could also be Columbine . |
| 59 | There could also be tax help for home buyers and businesses . |
| 60 | Householders could also be losers if they need to call repairmen . |