Example sentences of "but [adj] could [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The four broad types I have mentioned account for a very large proportion of governmental activity , but each could be divided up into a number of smaller functions . |
| 2 | But neither could be called thirsty . |
| 3 | In the absence of theoretical explanations for the underlying mechanisms of continental movement , both views were propounded , but neither could be proved . |
| 4 | Le Moignan has talked about retiring in two years ' time , but that could be hastened if there were another loss to Opie , who has made a determined comeback after defeats in the world and British opens . |
| 5 | The obscurity of parts of scripture was also a source of embarrassment if one took the books collectively to be the essential medium of divine revelation ; but that could be mitigated by allegory , or by the principle that obscure texts are interpreted by what is clear . |
| 6 | But that could be bad . |
| 7 | But that could be put right , now , with the traditional builders sand . |
| 8 | There is talk of a monument in New York , but that could be a jokey tableau involving Kermit . |
| 9 | But that could be about to change . |
| 10 | STEVE CAUTHEN collected his eleventh ton at Newmarket yesterday — wearing the maroon livery of boss Sheikh Mohammed — but that could be a thing of the past . |
| 11 | But that could be made good , Mendoros reckons , by a joint venture with a well known local aero-engine manufacturer . |
| 12 | She was supposed to be suffering from a nervous breakdown , but that could be because the law did n't want anybody talking to her . |
| 13 | ( For the present you may have to give up smoking , but that could be an excellent idea in itself ! ) |
| 14 | ‘ But that could be because the tape measures have shrunk , you said ? ’ |
| 15 | But that could be you kn quite difficult on occasions . |
| 16 | It was supported by Lorton 's apparent belief that Dougal had taken the money ; but that could be no more than bluff . |
| 17 | But some could be confusing : |
| 18 | The more open back bends have limited use , but this could be improved . |
| 19 | ‘ But this could be serious . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , but this could be worse . |
| 21 | Between 35g and 50g is the F-Plan recommendation , but this could be lowered a little by those on very low-calorie , short-term slimming programmes . |
| 22 | Magazine seems to be upside down but this could be due to position of neck in gutter . |
| 23 | The coral does n't seem to gain anything from the relationship ; the gobies can sometimes be seen pulling mucus off the coral , but this could be interpreted as parasitism rather than symbiosis . |
| 24 | But this could be justified only if , simultaneously , the same sights were raised to hit European targets . |
| 25 | I 'm still pondering it , but this could be my favourite movie of 1992 . |
| 26 | ‘ But this could be the last tour overseas that we sanction . |
| 27 | There is no distinct technology of advertising , but this could be thought an arbitrary objection , especially when the boundaries between media technologies that were quite sharp in the 1940s — between print and photography , or film and TV , for example — were dissolving in the 1980s . |
| 28 | When full employment was reached and demand exceeded supply , inflation was likely to follow , but this could be counteracted by reducing demand so that it came back into line with supply . |
| 29 | But this could be seen as simply a more than usually coherent version of a familiar Austro-German interpretation of nineteenth century music history , which sets an over-privileged Viennese tradition at its normative centre . |
| 30 | But this could be Paul Reichmann 's last roll of the dice . |