Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] could [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Beset by relative impotence in the international arena only rarely could abolitionists provide sustenance from ‘ agitation ’ for antislavery diplomacy or politics as when the 1814 petitions were seen as support for Castlereagh 's negotiations on suppressing the transatlantic slave trade at the peace congress . |
| 2 | Only then could tributes be written and statues erected . |
| 3 | So why could Dr Neil , with a few words and a sidelong look , lance her indignation so easily , compel her to reassess herself and life ? |
| 4 | If children outside of public care could be brought up , for example , in single-parent families , then so too could children on the inside . |
| 5 | And it has even been argued that the pragmatists simply ‘ extended Spencer to argue that , since all human activity could be interpreted as the outcome of the instinct for survival , so therefore could thinking be ’ . |
| 6 | But to be effective these random changes in government expenditure or the money supply , or whatever , would have to be unpredictable ; and that means unpredictable to the government too , for if the government could predict them , then so could others . |
| 7 | Em , er , quite how could Gordy look like anyone UNLESS they were ginger haired and short ? ? |
| 8 | The racial and cultural diversity of Amnesty delegations to countries began to expand : no longer could Amnesty representatives be caricatured in pin-striped suits . |
| 9 | Part of this somewhat free accounting was undoubtedly due to much better control : no longer could staff pass off a ‘ do-it-yourself sandwich and pocket the proceeds ; but much of the increase was real and deserved . |
| 10 | No longer could French and Fordham take a back seat advisory role . |
| 11 | Otherwise how could speaker Lentor tell the King that the speaker on that 's on that occasion could only be instructed by parliament . |
| 12 | Their passion precluded tenderness , their lovemaking nearly fighting , and Maria could almost believe that that was really what it was , else how could Luke continue to deny her and himself like this ? |