Example sentences of "and could [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pilots who are frightened or apprehensive about stalling have not been properly trained and could be a risk to themselves and their passengers if they obtain their licence without overcoming their problem . |
| 2 | Then she sparkled , took a ritzy walk to the bar and could be delightfully and surprisingly coarse . |
| 3 | I tiptoed to find a sacred vessel to keep your hair in , mouth humming with its knowing:you were here , with me , loving me , kissing me , holding me and could be no closer . |
| 4 | They might have been like this for three centuries , and could be for three centuries more . |
| 5 | Edward 's comment is clearly correct , and could be extended : Hopkins 's letters and notebooks , for instance , contain a weight of original theorizing that is more substantial and more interesting than much recent writing . |
| 6 | I am not now going to engage in lamentations about the ignorance and lack of reading of present-day undergraduates , though I have done so in my time , and could be easily provoked into them again . |
| 7 | Thanks to Clive Wilmer among others , an exhibition of paintings , sculptures , photographs and printed material bearing on Pound 's interests in ‘ the visual arts ’ was mounted for the Cambridge Poetry Festival on 14 June , and could be seen in Cambridge 's not sufficiently renowned Kettle 's Yard Gallery until 4 August ; it will now be at the Tate from 11 September to 10 November . |
| 8 | In a statement , the foreign ministers said political and economic reforms in Poland and Hungary had made considerable progress but added : ‘ The process remains fragile and could be called into question by economic problems . |
| 9 | ‘ We have to recognise the strong feelings among black and white people that the party should not set up an organisation which is racially exclusive , and could be seen as a form of apartheid . ’ |
| 10 | Of course , it is difficult to pre-empt a jury 's or judge 's decision on damages , but the fact that a very rich plaintiff might hand over his damages to charity should and could be taken into account in any assessment . |
| 11 | As a diplomat and administrator he really belonged to the Imperialist age before the discovery of oil and could be rather paternalistic in his attitudes . |
| 12 | Mr Prescott wanted to know why the order had been made before the Safety Authority was satisfied with the non-segregation procedure ; whether the design was ‘ open ended ’ and could be adapted to separate passengers from their cars ; and whether , by acting before getting firm permission from the authority , the order had been made entirely at Eurotunnel 's own risk . |
| 13 | She also had the powerful sense of humour which her children inherited , and could be very amusing in conversation . |
| 14 | The colonies as a group quickly emerged as a key element in British strategy because they were net dollar earners ( basically because of Malayan rubber and West African products such as cocoa ) and could be made so on a bigger scale by a number of policy devices . |
| 15 | The pack-flat furniture was easy to transport and could be assembled at home . |
| 16 | For Engels , therefore , the study of systems of kin terms revealed previously existing systems of consanguinity and could be used as evidence for the history of kinship and social organization . |
| 17 | It will cost £10 million and could be 13 years before it 's built . |
| 18 | Unions sources said last night that they think the move could have a knock-on effect at other firms , and could be seized on by unions at Ford — where the company has so far resisted demands to reduce the 39-hour working week , and whose workers at Southampton walked out yesterday in protest at the company 's pay offer . |
| 19 | They would report to the Home Secretary and could be former armed forces officers , diplomats , academics , or even trade union officials . |
| 20 | Beaumarchais/Livings is funnier , faster and subtler than , say , the average Whitehall farce and could be just as accessible . |
| 21 | It now believes consumer prices will rise by 6.5 per cent in 1990 but growth will be 1.3 per cent , and could be less than 1 per cent excluding North Sea oil . |
| 22 | Paul Loughlin seems likely to play for St Helens against Widnes on Monday , but he will then have an injection for a groin strain and could be out for two weeks . |
| 23 | On Monday she had gone to her job — improbably she appeared to be a supervisor for a market research firm — as usual , and could be vouched for by colleagues there . |
| 24 | Moreover , the theory that the pace of colonial development should and could be controlled effectively from Whitehall was soon disproved . |
| 25 | No mention was made in the 1956 Defence White Paper of the possibility of ending National Service , but within the War Office a committee was set up under General Sir Richard Hull ( later to become Field Marshal , succeeding Mountbatten in 1965 as Chief of Defence Staff ) to examine the size of regular Army that would be needed , and could be recruited , if National Service was abolished . |
| 26 | They are all relatively quick to prepare and could be combined for a Mexican buffet party . |
| 27 | If Saddam Hussein or Colonel Qaddaffi were bidding for control of a firm that employs 130,000 people , makes explosives and could be made to make chemical weapons , that would be reason for concern . |
| 28 | But Malebranche rejected various parts of Descartes 's proof , concluding that theoretically the material world was no more than a possibility , and could be accepted only on the basis of faith . |
| 29 | The point was that they should be managers who took responsibility for securing the best service to the patient and could be held to account if there was failure . |
| 30 | Yet it was a pity , for she was not stupid , and could be friendly and generous . |