Example sentences of "[conj] it could have " in BNC.
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| 1 | No sign and he could n't puzzle out where it could have gone . |
| 2 | In considering the possible effects of soot on global climate , the models suggest that since the soot did not reach the stratosphere ( around 14–15 km in this region ) , where it could have remained for several years , the fires were unlikely to have caused significant global climate effects . |
| 3 | Or it could have been brought in and substituted . |
| 4 | The amount involved could have funded a dozen or so investigations of the social implications of the reduced rail network , or it could have kept open one of Serpell 's threatened stations — Stratford-upon-Avon , for example — for a year . |
| 5 | Or it could have refused to recognise Bosnia , stayed on the territory of the newly independent state and fought . |
| 6 | The Sun only just manages to keep alight and it tends to be those few protons that are moving faster than average that keep it going — which is just as well or it could have used all its fuel and expired before we arrived . |
| 7 | The fungal growth may have been due to the water quality being affected by the chemicals , or it could have set in where damage had occurred as a result of the flicking . |
| 8 | It could have-been yesterday or it could have been the day before . ’ |
| 9 | Or it could have been a trick of the light . |
| 10 | Salinity on the same density surface in the Iceland Basin is fresher , between 34.89–34.90 , so it could be older than that in the Rockall Trough , that is before 1970 , or it could have originated more recently , when salinity increased between 1981 and 1985 . |
| 11 | ‘ She 'd been to the French Riviera — or it could have been the Swiss Alps — or it could have been both — for a good couple of months . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ She 'd been to the French Riviera — or it could have been the Swiss Alps — or it could have been both — for a good couple of months . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Or it could have been Maggie Parkin — ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Or it could have been David Parkin . ’ |
| 15 | A bird pecking at food grains could have known without learning what food looks like , or it could have learnt it . |
| 16 | Any core could have accreted first , thus introducing some inhomogeneous ( heterogeneous ) accretion , or it could have later separated . |
| 17 | In capture theories more possibilities open up : the Moon could have suffered its late heavy bombardment as it tumbled through space before capture ; it could have suffered it from debris already in orbit around the Earth or the large basins alone could have arisen from such debris ; or it could have been bombarded by material which entered the Earth-Moon system after the Earth had captured the Moon . |
| 18 | Alternatively it might have been a shop purveying cooked food , or it could have provided eating facilities for travellers along the road . |
| 19 | ‘ Hello , I 'm trying to clarify a rather confused report we 've picked up — I think from the local police — about an incident at the hospital last night , or it could have been early this morning . |
| 20 | The donor could have been ‘ P. ’ or it could have been the two last-mentioned ladies or ‘ P. ’ could be the first-name initial of Madame Vidal . |
| 21 | It could be coincidental or it could have a great deal to do with it . ’ |
| 22 | Apparently she had a severe allergic reaction to the drug , although it could have been a lethal impurity in the tab she took . |
| 23 | I was compelled to ask him in , although it could have scarcely been less convenient . |
| 24 | In fact , he holds a bronze medal , although it could have been a silver or even a gold if a ref in Los Angeles had n't acted too hastily . |
| 25 | Although it could have been a genuine geographical variation , the fear was that staff were failing to record them because they thought this might lead to unresolvable problems which would jeopardise planning . |
| 26 | Manufacturing Manager — this person is responsible for the manufacturing and assembly processes , together with their associated product processes ( heat treatment , painting etc ) ; this work is carried out in accordance with Works Orders and schedules submitted by Production Planning & control ; Inspection has been included here , although it could have been located separately to provide an independent inspection service ; the Manufacturing Manager has a heavy responsibility for the recruitment , training , rewarding and retention of employees . |
| 27 | The date of the demise of the military arsenals is not known , although it could have been as early as the late third century . |
| 28 | I 'm , I 'm going to have to cut you off , cos we 're running out of time , but I very much take the point you 're making , that it could 've had this trade effect on us , just in the last ten seconds Professor Hoskin , is it possible to predict what 's going to happen in the Soviet Union over the next six months , is it gon na be for good , or , or , . |
| 29 | It is just that it could have been more meaningful and less unpleasant had it felt a touch more like a pilgrimage than a harsh , faceless drive for productivity . |
| 30 | Last year , so piqued was I by this , that I plunged the outsize handbag of an excessively bossy senior stewardess from Central Office into a fire-bucket of water on the grounds that it could have contained an incendiary device . |