Example sentences of "could [pron] be [that] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ And when you locked up after you , how certain could you be that there was no one here , perhaps hidden ? |
2 | Could it be that there was then more racism in the art world , and that Black artists were being squeezed out at just the time when young working-class artists from the British provinces were finding unprecedented and immediate public fortune ? |
3 | Could it be that the Germans in the west did not want unity after all , despite those opinion polls over decades showing they did ? |
4 | Could it be that you are just a little bit jealous of The Great White North — a society , after all , rather less divisive and certainly more prosperous than decaying , decadent Britain ? |
5 | Could it be that his wife Elizabeth , who was secretary of labour until three months ago , wanted another push in the campaign she launched last May ? |
6 | Could it be that he had invented the entire tableau , he wondered ? |
7 | There is one astounding omission from this list — could it be that Glyndebourne forgot the anniversary ? |
8 | Could it be that the Prime Minister did n't want to admit to a U-turn , to reneging on a commitment to European partners , ‘ some of those European Commissioners ’ , ‘ the mining areas ’ and ‘ the people of Britain ’ ? |
9 | Could it be that she had retraced her steps , worked out that the house was Littlecote and the perpetrator of this heinous crime was Darrel ? |
10 | Or could it be that you are deft and capable in practical ways ( needed by a care assistant in social service , or as a nursing aide ) ? |
11 | Could it be that Albert 's eyes dulled a little ? |
12 | Could it be that the decision was taken in a temporary depression from drugs ? |
13 | How could it be that the cells that will form the gut and the bones and muscles are on the outside of the early embryo , yet they will form structures that are clearly on the inside of the animal ? |
14 | Could it be that the cytoplasm completely controls gene action ? |
15 | Could it be that a degree of PMS ( I do not mean suicidal or murderous tendencies ) is a perfectly reasonable response by a healthy reproductive system to the unnatural state of non-pregnancy ? |
16 | Could it be that the bureaucrats of primate research saw a way to parlay an admission of poor husbandry into a public relations campaign for the primate centres ? |
17 | Could it be that the bureaucrats of primate research saw a way to parley an admission of poor husbandry into a public campaign for the primate centres ? |
18 | Could it be that the fusion community is trying to solve this problem early on ? |
19 | Or could it be that the front-runner in the fusion race does not look very promising as the basis of a reactor ? |
20 | Could it be that Octel 's handsomely presented claim that without lead alkyls the roads of ‘ most of the world would be very empty ’ has had the intended effect on one of our more propaganda resistant MPs ? |
21 | Could it be that the sponsor of the competition — Lloyds Bank — expects to revolutionise its money sorting system ? |
22 | Could it be that the stripes are intended not for the eyes of lions but for the eyes of other zebras ? |
23 | Could it be that Sweezy and Rosdolsky were correct ? |
24 | Could it be that the natural wealth visible throughout the land is just too much to ignore ? |
25 | Could it be that they are discriminating unfairly against a gipsy family ? |
26 | Or to reverse it , could it be that in the deepening turbulence of our generation God is not only judging a culture which has abandoned him but also , as it were , shaking up the bag and testing the foundations to see if we Christians are as ready as we think for the critical years ahead ? |
27 | Could it be that the calories supplied by a diet high in natural fibre were being digested and utilized in a different way by the human body ? |
28 | With stress on ‘ comes ’ , could it be that she gets a lift back ? |
29 | Could it be that the friend is actually someone whom you recognize from a previous life , and that is why you immediately feel that you have a mutual link ? |
30 | ‘ Could it be that any living creature has its inception with the creation of a discontinuity in space ( a vortex ) through which life energy flows , sweeping biological molecules , matter , and perhaps even entire embryos along with it in predictable , spiral trajectories ? |