Example sentences of "then [pron] could [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could be you could be lured into a position where if , if the management had you by the tails , thinking along the same line , then you could never be an efficient , you know , negotiator . |
| 2 | The multidivisional enterprise : The tendency of the argument here is the following : if the exploitation of economies of scale on the part of capitalist enterprises primarily involved the development of ever larger units of production , in the technical sense , concentrating progressively larger numbers of workers into massive factories , then there could indeed be a conflict between the wish to retain the benefits of economies of scale on the one hand and the requirements of ‘ manageable ’ enterprise democracy on the other . |
| 3 | It all seemed to me one more way of getting people to stop thinking for themselves — a highly convenient and complacent way of life — for if you took the advice offered and made a mess of things , then it could always be someone else 's fault . |
| 4 | If it offended against purist commercial canons , then it could fairly be pointed out that the alternative might easily ( like overseas systems ) have offended more . |
| 5 | If it were to be stopped at all , then it could only be by means that fell entirely outside the constitution . |
| 6 | Peter Roebuck might not have looked 13 in 1969 , but then he could well be taken for less than his 36 years now . |