Example sentences of "could [adv] be [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was on my way towards the main door of the clubhouse when I saw a cluster of men who could only be journalists . |
| 2 | Every one of her senses sharpened to its utmost Gina entered a world as unreal and beautiful as Tivoli itself , mindlessly letting conscious thought give way to pure sensation , as his voice caressed her ears with words which could only be endearments , husky and broken . |
| 3 | The criteria for assessment of a return i.e. the balance sheet , could only be results . |
| 4 | Darwin 's conclusion then , in direct contrast to that of his even more orthodox Captain , was that the Galapagos finches could only be varieties , and were therefore not worth collecting carefully . |
| 5 | But I could hear the breathy snarl that Mala makes when she is about to hurt someone quite badly , and with it a menacing series of grunts that could only be Gharrgoyles . |
| 6 | Our economic policies in the epoch of so-called ‘ war communism ’ … could not be policies aimed at developing the productive forces . |
| 7 | Tom told himself that beggars could not be choosers and if he jibbed at playing the flute in this company he could always sing . |
| 8 | Moreover , the election plan , Shamir said , was aimed only at the " inhabitants of Judaea , Samaria [ the West Bank ] and Gaza " ; PLO representatives and East Jerusalem Arabs could not be participants . |
| 9 | Nona looked about her with interest , trying to identify which of the young men in her vicinity could possibly be policemen . |
| 10 | It would be rather more welcome if comics could still be comics . |
| 11 | She says even if they look angelic , they could still be thieves . |
| 12 | Slower decisions are made to nonwords such as " burd " and " phace " rather than those like " deve " and " slist " , even though all four are word-like and could conceivably be words . |
| 13 | ‘ It could also be bollocks , could n't it ? ’ |
| 14 | Other Ediacaran taxa could also be protostomes . |
| 15 | With such conditions Rodrigo de Triano is almost certain to miss the meeting 's highlight , the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes , while Second Set and Brief Truce could also be absentees . |
| 16 | ‘ They could also be drug-runners who do n't care for strangers . |
| 17 | The fee was a million dollars : there could also be percentages . |
| 18 | Householders could also be losers if they need to call repairmen . |
| 19 | There could also be parts of the universe containing more anti-matter than matter . |
| 20 | There could also be possibilities for fruitful links between primary schools in different areas of the country . |
| 21 | The House of Lords was deliberating at that moment whether such people could legally be Trustees of a Church of England School ( it was eventually decided that they could not ) . |
| 22 | It could be and then again could n't be shingles . |
| 23 | they were n't , they were n't gentlemen so they could n't be er they could n't be officers . |
| 24 | It could n't be nights though could it ? |
| 25 | " Could be a rare form of imprinting , could even be stigmata . " |
| 26 | There could even be occasions then extended coverage in a large number of regional and provincial newspapers is much more useful than a short piece in The Times . |
| 27 | The movement of this reminds me of er stage set and the figures on the bench could almost be actors and actresses and with the figure at the bottom here , the male at the bottom , well its not quite at bottom , tucked away at the side there , he , he , he looks like erm , like a harlequin figure , maybe a mischief maker , er I , I felt there was a lot of fun in this painting and a lot of erm , er gravado and , and stage specs , that kind of thing , so this poem is called for obvious reasons People Of The Nile , and I 'll read it twice , probably be the best way Ancient people drawn on a vase , tell a tale , warn a friend , man dressed in red holds back a curtain , over hears and tells , they are gossiping people , playing Chinese whispers , so I , I , I quite wanted to give that er a , a contemporary updated feel , erm , I read that again for the people who may of just seen the picture at the back People Of The Nile , Ancient people drawn on a vase , tell a tale , warn a friend , man dressed in red holds back a curtain , over hears and tells , they are gossiping people , playing chinese whispers , erm , the next one , we 'll have to put you on wheels I think |
| 28 | The mistake was not spotted later because the children ‘ could almost be twins ’ . |
| 29 | I do try and write guitar lines that could virtually be melodies for a vocal . |
| 30 | I do n't know , it 's difficult to see that one can make erm , you know , a clear connection if one says well , you know , if the undergraduate is n't sick should we sort of put up with them being particularly rowdy or generally rather offensive , and I think that there could perceivably be problems with attempting to identify , you know , a disciplinary effect offence rather , as lying within the victims . |