Example sentences of "[conj] could be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ And the element of surprise could allow is to break away , or could being us into a position to fire on the other ship ’ . |
| 2 | It was , or could be called , an impurity . |
| 3 | This could be on a regular basis , for example once a week , or could be available in an emergency . |
| 4 | Then , by an extraordinary fortune , the three Cambridge chairs of divinity which were or could be in his field of study fell vacant within three years . |
| 5 | No one dares ask whether any of it is worthwhile or could be done far more cheaply . |
| 6 | He could not identify the Fairy Topic , either , and this gave him a not uncommon sensation of his own huge ignorance , a grey mist , in which floated or could be discerned odd glimpses of solid objects , odd bits of glitter of domes or shadows of roofs in the gloom . |
| 7 | In the event , of course , nothing was or could be done . |
| 8 | A Very British Coup uses a fictional form to argue that its political content is , or could be , factual . |
| 9 | And then the sudden lurching shift of perspective , the falling through the bottom of things , when you discover that these constants have been or could be altered after all . |
| 10 | The vans could be operated singly , or could be coupled together to form a train , for which purpose they were provided with gangways . |
| 11 | I do not mean to imply that engineering should or could be an exact discipline . |
| 12 | To use the landscape itself as the stage or background for artistic expression takes us to the very boundaries of art until , as we step across , we realize that the whole of life is , or could be , Art . |
| 13 | To consider needs that are being , or could be , met from external/co-operative sources . |
| 14 | The third aim of the project was to consider needs that are being , or could be , met from external/co-operative sources , and Chapter 5 examines the topics that libraries indicated as those for which there was most need for external training provision . |
| 15 | This can be taken from a plastic bag with a decorative design , or could be just a piece of plain colour cut into a shape . |
| 16 | If you are owed or could be owed a considerable amount , or any amount , it is important for you to know that : |
| 17 | Dad was a jolly chap sober , or could be , but when he 'd had a few he thought himself a bit of a lady-killer . |
| 18 | This contact could be tutor-led , or could be practical or project-based . |
| 19 | It does not seem to us to be particularly fruitful to discuss highly generalised theories of whether international law is or could be ‘ law ’ as such : if viewed from the perspective of ‘ effectiveness ’ , international law may have to be judged differently , depending on whether , for example , the focus is on regional economic relations regulated by treaties , or on customary law applicable to the laws of war on a universal scale . |
| 20 | The design can be knitted as a single motif of 80 stitches by 80 rows , could be doubled in size by using the double length and double width buttons for a very large rhino , or could be knitted as a savannah scene with a second single motif of a acacia thorn tree . |
| 21 | All might preserve some religious truth and meaning , but none could be allowed to make any absolute claims , though each would be acceptable to the extent — but only to the extent — that it conformed or could be made to conform to the standard of natural religion , conceived of as a set of beliefs or principles which could stand very well on their own feet . |
| 22 | Which aspects of black or female cultures are or could be incorporated into high status knowledge ? |
| 23 | Child benefit could be made taxable , or could be restricted to women whose children are not yet of school age . |
| 24 | According to Nikolay Gubyenko , former USSR Minister of Culture , claims have already been lodged or could be lodged for 3,017,128 works of art . |
| 25 | Unlike some politicians who cling to mythical notions of a past golden age , no sociologist actually believes that society is , or could be , really like this . |
| 26 | Later cases took a different approach : starting from the assumption that the Convention was or could be time-consuming and expensive , a number of courts held that the party wanting to ‘ impose ’ the use of those procedures must show good cause . |
| 27 | In similar vein others ( Descartes , perhaps ) have held that they are or could be ‘ indubitable ’ . |
| 28 | possible-world co-ordinate : this is to account for states of affairs which might be , or could be supposed to be or are |
| 29 | One of the principal ways in which the Russian state undermined native culture was by purchasing the collaboration of chiefs , where they existed , or could be arbitrarily designated . |
| 30 | ‘ I can not believe that the legislature ever intended that the powers contained in paragraph 1 , with the sanction of criminal penalties , should or could be invoked to obtain information or documents of a potentially incriminating nature from one who had already been cautioned and charged with offences under the Act … |