Example sentences of "as it could " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new emphasis was to be on dining rather than drinking , and the design was as sensitive as it could have been . |
| 2 | Above all , a ban on strikes is dangerous as it could only be implemented at the cost of Mr Gorbachev 's package of political reforms . |
| 3 | The Situationist lifestyle ( in so far as it could be imagined ) had some influence on the hippy sub-culture in the late sixties and punk ideology in the seventies in Britain . |
| 4 | Perhaps in one sense it does not matter that he ignored the sometimes vandalistic assaults on the gospel texts by Form-critics and Redaction-critics ; just as it could be seen not to matter that the school of philosophy in which he was reared had been rendered more or less obsolete by the man who — in the year that Lewis was writing The Problem of Pain — had become a professor of philosophy at Cambridge : Ludwig Wittgenstein . |
| 5 | If the birds do peck through the foil bottle tops , doctors warn against drinking the milk as it could be contaminated with the bug . |
| 6 | In Wales , Caerphilly was referred to as ‘ new cheese ’ , as it could be ready for sale within ten days of making . |
| 7 | The coalition has rightly been ready to run these risks to get Iraq out of Kuwait ; but so long as it could achieve that central aim , how much better to do so without further fear of all the weapons in a tyrant 's armoury . |
| 8 | The six-speed gearbox on the Antares is well synchronised , but shifting gears is not as easy as it could be . |
| 9 | Kylie never tires of telling interviewers that life at home at Camberwell High School was just as normal as it could possibly be . |
| 10 | As near straight as it could ever be . |
| 11 | JUST when you thought frilly knicker and bra design had gone as far as it could , Sherwood Group is set to go further . |
| 12 | As well as fighting for more money , her task was to ensure that ‘ every last pound ’ was spent as effectively as it could be . |
| 13 | Even as this work was being carried out , freight traffic was in decline and BR soon made clear its intention to close the line as it could not be converted to 25 Kv AC . |
| 14 | If it was an ‘ either or ’ situation , I would go for a winch as it could be used for other jobs such as moving fallen trees or recovering other vehicles etc . |
| 15 | I could not have gone without her goodwill , as it could have been injurious to her already poor health . |
| 16 | Was n't really as efficient as it could have been . |
| 17 | The CAB is asking if the door is as wide open as it could be . |
| 18 | He thought that there was no need for a new Colonial Office as it could be accommodated in Pembroke House , when vacated by the War Office department at present occupying it . |
| 19 | A lack of isobars however was not necessarily good as it could indicate an area of high pressure , and in winter this usually meant fog . |
| 20 | Its business was to sell as much as fast as it could . |
| 21 | ‘ My surgeon says further surgery would be morally wrong as it could affect my future health but I had to make an effort to get back after the England tour went wrong . |
| 22 | Clearly , this is a delicate subject and one which you and your partner should discuss at length , as it could mean that the survivor has to sell the property in order to fulfil the bequest . |
| 23 | Surprisingly , it follows the original plot admirably ( or at least as well as it could ) but unfortunately there are only eight screens to negotiate , leaving very little in the lastability stakes . |
| 24 | With a power rating of 300 watts the DSP 715 is about as small as it could realistically be , standing at 507mm high , 464mm wide and 362mm deep ; and at 77lbs in weight there 's no real difficulty in heaving it up on stage . |
| 25 | We 'll tell you all about it shortly when Roz has the book ready for publication , as it could save you hours spent trying to match the tension of patterns which have originally been knitted on different makes of machine to your own . |
| 26 | Up against a wall it was happier , as long as it could assume a lateral stance , to mark the edge of its territory with a swathe of clean pile . |
| 27 | Mildred 's frog-tongue shot out and lapped as much as it could . |
| 28 | So long as it could prevent news of discontent travelling from one region to another and igniting a bush-fire of revolt , the Party was able to restore its control relatively quickly and with little loss of life . |
| 29 | It was pleasant to know that that fact had been noted among the critical young gentlemen who comprised , as far as it could be done , Edwin 's set . |
| 30 | Now , it was worse : as bad as it could be . |