Example sentences of "it could [be] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Experience in Newcastle suggests it could be money well spent .
2 It could be money wasted , still .
3 ‘ I think it could be Nicola 's hubby .
4 It could be Italy , but it 's not .
5 It could be others are keeping quiet about this , I do n't know .
6 It could be achievement of a young child who has just made something .
7 Well I did n't ne it could be Patrick .
8 For a second , I think it could be Lucker , but he is nowhere to be seen .
9 She did not waste time thinking it could be Oliver whose quiet movement she had sensed in the bedroom .
10 I wondered whether it could be drugs — that a caddie perhaps had to be made privy to , because the golfer had to be topped up during the round .
11 Do they think it could be polio ?
12 Erm it could be Newark , it could be Lincoln it could be Gainsborough .
13 But if their injury is n't considered serious , it could be hours before they 're actually seen and treated by a doctor .
14 If the target system is a computer system , it could be mainframe , minicomputer or microcomputer .
15 It could be Army or Armed Forces or Armaments .
16 The Government 's Central Statistical Office says it could be July before a new system of European trade statistics is up and running and next year before the whole picture emerges .
17 ‘ So you still think it could be Newman ? ’
18 ‘ It 's possible it could be flu .
19 It could be Vinnie or the other guy or both of them together .
20 No looks as though it 's well no it could be seeple
21 It could be video from any other analogue source such as video tape or videodisc .
22 We got the Gilbey bar but I no the answer to that question would be if any company or org organisation was prepared or wished to talk about funding the theatre in any way and I think were 'd be more than welcome to sit down with and talk them and say well how would you perceive that which way would you like to go about it how can we assist that and I think we 're be open to suggestions from them how they see it I mean you know it could be seats it could be programmes it could be any any arrange of things that we 'd certainly welcome who approach us from companies but we I think we are pro-active in sense that we do n't wait for that to happen we actually go out but was said early I think given the recession it has been difficult lately to actually go out to companies and say I mean sure companies like the Harlow Council find it extremely finance the finances extremely difficult on them and with the recession it 's really difficult for them to actually find funding and I know lot 's of companies who actually cutting back on it certain areas I think funding of oth outside organisations will be one of the areas they 'll be cutting back on .
23 Spooky eh ? doo doo doo doo doo doo doo Now I do n't care in what order you do ANNA , it could be NANA , AANN , NNAA I do n't give a monkeys
24 It could be Botham 's biggest challenge so far — the hills are crippling .
25 Hence the burgeoning popularity of the Bharatiya Janata Party : a fringe party of Hindu extremists only a few years ago , it looks as though it could be part of a government after the election .
26 There comes a point where one begins to suspect that it could be part of some Euro-plot to boost tourism : France is white-napped tables and hot coffee , a stroll round the Louvre , a lingering bistro lunch ; Italy , a glass of grappa , a plate of pasta and the mottled-stone lure of antiquity ; Greece , a Technicolor turquoise panorama of sea and sky .
27 It could be part also of an effort to raise a smoke screen to divert public attention from Reagan 's plan for a massive military build-up .
28 The ICA felt there was merit in the keeping of a central record , and thought that , if it were made a requirement , it could be part of the responsibility of the reporting accountant to confirm its existence .
29 Or it could be part of the training sessions , let's have what we were doing yesterday , skill drills , but you 've got to practice it and practice it , until eventually from those forty contacts using a ratio of ten to one , we get four appointments .
30 So , it could be goodbye to body odour — but only in the right room .
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