Example sentences of "what could [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it is not surprising that deconstruction was reduced to what could be easily handled and passed on . |
| 2 | To avoid losing what could be over half a million lost business opportunities each year telephone training consultants , Teleconomy , were engaged to help us provide a more effective service . |
| 3 | What could be even worse ? |
| 4 | What could be even worse than that ? |
| 5 | What could be inside it ? |
| 6 | But what could be really annoying about Con was that you 'd start off together , a couple of sailors on shore-leave , and at the end of your binge , you 'd be left feeling embarrassed at having gone too far . |
| 7 | ‘ What could be less noble in reason , ’ he wrote , ‘ less infinite in faculty , than that man , despite his potentialities , should have fallen into such error in the use of himself , and in this way brought about such a lowering in his standard of functioning that in everything he attempts to accomplish , these harmful conditions tend to become more and more exaggerated . |
| 8 | Nice echo too of medieval stained glass , while helping to establish principle of making the utterly new out of the old , the ordinary , the commonplace — what could be more ordinary than fuse-wire ? |
| 9 | ‘ What could be more democratic than to give people a direct say in these things ? |
| 10 | What could be more arrogant than to deny it to them ? ’ |
| 11 | What could be more natural ? |
| 12 | Mr Berge asked what could be more appropriate than to open with a French composer ? |
| 13 | As for that video , what could be more relaxing and companionable than sitting down with Marks&Spencer meals on our knees and watching it in company ? |
| 14 | £150 a year might seem expensive for an actress at the beginning of her career , but look what you got for it , and with Charles sharing the rent as well as the bed , what could be more acceptable in a period of economic pressure when whisky cost the exorbitant price of 12s. 6d. a bottle ? |
| 15 | What could be more desirable than the need to evaluate the work of our schools ? |
| 16 | What could be more appropriate than for it to take on a great nineteenth-century house to complement the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century interiors at Ham and Osterley ? |
| 17 | Now what could be more mouthwatering than a big plate of juicy , tender ribs drippin' with barbecue sauce ? |
| 18 | What could be more exhilarating than the crack of a glass pane , the dramatic starring , the satisfying hole ? |
| 19 | WHAT COULD be more important or intriguing than our own origins ? |
| 20 | Whether they eventually become brilliant scholars or not does n't really matter ; we will have played a significant part in creating a happy and confident individual — and what could be more important than that ? |
| 21 | What could be more infuriating ? |
| 22 | What could be more restful than a good night 's sleep ? |
| 23 | What could be more appropriate at Christmas than to remember children who have been deserted by their mothers and know only a hospital as home . |
| 24 | What could be more refreshing , for instance , than to sit in the sun sipping a glass of one of the latest fruit wines ? |
| 25 | On the wedding day itself what could be more appropriate than gold , the symbol of everlasting love ? |
| 26 | But what could be more important than his appointment as chairman of the largest and most prestigious funeral parlour in the city ? |
| 27 | After all , what could be more natural and nutritious than a deliciously sweet grape dried by the sun ? |
| 28 | The existing museums had all been converted into celebrations of the life and achievements of Nicolae Ceauşescu so what could be more natural than that the Conducator 's body should rest in the museum as the culminating exhibit of Romanian national history . |
| 29 | ‘ After all , what could be more honest , more stripped-down performance-wise , than just getting plain butt-naked ? ’ |
| 30 | What could be more Christian than that ? |