Example sentences of "[noun prp] could [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | As a result , the United States encouraged the British and the Russians to join with it in signing a treaty with Iran promising that all three countries would withdraw their troops within six months how useful the United States could be against Iran 's old exploiters . |
2 | ‘ Ian Wright could be in the National Basketball Association , he did so much trash talking for 45 minutes , ’ Meola said . |
3 | By the time Charles landed , at Roscoff in Brittany , on 29 September 1746 , his brother Henry had returned to Paris and the French had realised that the Stuarts could be of no further use to them . |
4 | Pennys Sweetness and Clashganiff Hero hold bright chances at Hackney tomorrow and in the evening Oyster Duke , Our Muriel and Deepwell Minx could be worth supporting at Walthamstow . |
5 | The Republic of Ireland could be in England 's group , as they were in last year 's European Championship . |
6 | The Republic of Ireland could be in England 's group , as they were in last year 's European Championship . |
7 | Scotland must win the Malta game by a convincing margin , yet Roxburgh could be without McCoist , the scorer of 41 goals for Rangers this season , and Gordon Durie , who was withdrawn last week because of injury . |
8 | This communal support for older people in early modern England could be on a remarkably generous scale . |
9 | Alan could be of no use to him . |
10 | BRAZIL could be within a week of electing Latin America 's first worker President , Mr Luis Inacio da Silva , commonly known as Lula . |
11 | CHELSEA 'S Russian recruit Dmitri Kharin could be in Premier League action before the New Year . |
12 | But there were fears that a town near the foot of Mt Galeras could be at risk . |
13 | ‘ In 10 years ’ time Cammell Laird could be closed and yards in France and Spain could be on the crest of a wave because they retained their shipbuilding capacity . ’ |
14 | From this FitzGerald could be in little doubt as to the likely course the bishops would take once a referendum campaign got under way . |
15 | But if he was a useful companion for Hayward , there were also ways in which Hayward could be of benefit to him . |
16 | Meanwhile , Brian Horne could be in line for shock call-up by Sunderland . |
17 | Maybe he would n't be bringing the certificate today , but then again in ten minutes ' time Sampson could be on his way down to the police station with an open envelope . |
18 | There is evidence that Philips believe Sony 's move towards handheld CD-I could be of immediate complementary benefit to its in situ range of players . |
19 | Next Saturday , Jackson could be on the receiving end of a hammering from Christie , when the pair meet over 60m at the national indoor championships in Birmingham . |
20 | The French have just joined Russia in declaring that they will temporarily halt testing ; Boris Yeltsin could be under pressure to rescind Russia 's test ban in September if there has been no sign of flexibility from Britain and the US . |
21 | from north of the border Joe Jordan could be in the running … he 's at Celtic at the moment but was looking for a chance to return to English football … |
22 | from north of the border Joe Jordan could be in the running … he 's at Celtic at the moment but was looking for a chance to return to English football … |
23 | After Wednesday 's game striker Niall Quinn could be on his way to Sheffield Wednesday . |
24 | Joe , she said Joe could be in trouble , I said well |
25 | Littlewoods could be on the verge of a decision over the future of the mail-order operations but making the business an irresistible buy will take a dramatic burst of salesmanship by the Moores family which owns this Liverpool group , and their merchant bankers at Kleinwort Benson . |
26 | PAUL GASCOIGNE could be in line for a long awaited comeback in Tottenham 's last game of the season against Manchester United at Old Trafford on May 2 . |
27 | He was sure that there was a rich young fellow — no one who looked and behaved like McAllister could be without one . |
28 | Wednesday striker Nigel Jemson could be on his way back to former club Nottingham Forest . |
29 | There 's talk on team talk today that Anthony Dorigo could be on the move to Sheff . |
30 | Chelsea striker Mick Harford is struggling with a calf strain , while Southampton could be without centre-back Ken Monkou ( hamstring ) . |