Example sentences of "could [adv] [be] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could only be Maria Luisa asking when Steve would be leaving . |
| 2 | Her first impression of the man she knew with a sinking feeling could only be Niall Grant was of strong , sun-tanned features which held her gaze as the blue eyes looked coolly into hers , and for the first time in her life her height , which at five feet eight inches had given her an advantage over a lot of men , suddenly seemed diminished . |
| 3 | This could only be Charlotte Feaver ; Charlotte the Scarlet , as Oscar called her . |
| 4 | This grade is designed for those who have gained a well recognised qualification but who , previously , could only be student members of the HCIMA . |
| 5 | Now it could soon be time gentlemen please . |
| 6 | When she could just be Lily Greene , on holiday in Paris . |
| 7 | ‘ I could hardly be Fairy Godmother , ’ joked Gayle . |
| 8 | It could hardly be Parma Ham if it came from anywhere else . |
| 9 | Like the head of legal services in a giant company , the advertising agency 's in-house solicitor could also be Company Secretary and , as such , would have to take charge of the company 's stock , keep records , make sure the annual accounts are ready on time , set the agenda for board meetings and take the minutes . |
| 10 | There could also be tax help for home buyers and businesses . |
| 11 | Title searches , for instance , are not necessarily specific item searches and could well be subject searches . |
| 12 | Another example could well be Peter Brooke who , though not having quite the same entrepreneurial approach , certainly had the business instincts and connections to build a significant position for Spencer Stuart in the UK , principally among the more traditional British organisations . |
| 13 | THE twentieth-century equivalent of the fishing knitter George Trowark ( see left ) could well be management consultant Jeremy Young who also knits as he travels , writes Vinny Lee . |
| 14 | But prison reformers say experience shows Gardiner 's claims could well be true.Ken Goodwin reports . |
| 15 | Pundits say that with a proven automatic gearbox and active suspension , Moustache Nightmare could well be world champion for Williams-Renault this year . |
| 16 | Many structure plans are being ‘ rolled forward ’ to end in 1996 and there could well be draft policies and proposals in the roll-forward documents . |
| 17 | What I have in mind then is a description of the route from a cyclist 's point of view ; distances , gradients , junctions ; alternative routes , eg longer loops for the more adventurous ; cafes , pubs , tearooms , and public places with benches ( because cyclists often like to ‘ eat their piece ’ out in the open ) ; some illustrations of landscapes ( these could either be line drawings based on sketches , or photographs ) ; and perhaps something on the history of the place-names , which is of interest to many cyclists ( eg where did Biggar get its name ? ) . |
| 18 | It may be desirable to spend what could otherwise be dole money on temporarily subsidizing lame ducks to ease the transition . |
| 19 | The genes encoding TFIIA from yeast cells could recently be cloned. yTFIIA consists of two subunits termed TOA I and TOA II with a molecular mass of 32.2 and 13.5 kDa , respectively ( 17 ) . |
| 20 | It seems likely that ch'i , for example , would cover a wide range of energy effects , and Paul Devereux has suggested that sha , the noxious form of ch'i , could actually be radon gas . |