Example sentences of "[adv] could [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In addition , ‘ not only could new planning processes forge a closer link between the interests of business and government , the very style of corporate management , the language that both partners were now speaking , brought them closer together ’ ( p. 19 ) .
2 This was so , despite the fact that not only could large profits be made from such trading , but that the whole rationale of the legislation ( ie. to protect the fairness and integrity of the market ) was seriously undermined .
3 So could regional loyalties .
4 So could regional loyalties .
5 If cars could have images , so could political candidates .
6 Just as the slums , squalor and muddle of towns and cities could be overcome by planning , so could social evils .
7 Thus could economic statehood be achieved for the economic union .
8 Cold War tensions might be at an end but did the Soviets not retain a huge nuclear arsenal , and how quickly could Strategic Arms Reduction Talks ( START ) be expected to progress ?
9 Was the climate once milder , and hence could southern-atlantic ferns and bryophytes have once been more widespread ?
10 Only when this co-operation got underway could modern life progress .
11 And you know what they say about every cloud having a silver lining — well could young Joey Beecham be United 's ray of hope ?
12 Only then could new credits become available .
13 Only then could theoretical speculation take place .
14 And , we might ask , what else could Conceptual Art be ? ’
15 How else could United manager Dave Bassett call up a faithful old servant from his Wimbledon days like Alan Cork and see him kill off Everton with his first goal for the club ?
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