Example sentences of "could [be] a [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mention of the put-put brings back memories of trying to start the thing after a long cold night flight — it could be a swine but invariably started eventually . |
| 2 | Like the rest of the Company , she knew Gesner could be a swine . |
| 3 | FISHERMAN Robert Carlton made what could be a £100,000 catch when he salvaged a luxury yacht abandoned in a gale near the Channel isle of Alderney . |
| 4 | The bank 's fraud referral unit , which handles calls from suspicious retailers 24-hours a day , is increasing staff numbers by 20% to cope with what could be a 15% rise in yule-tide fraud . |
| 5 | Whitbread chief executive Peter Jarvis would not comment on possible closer links with Heineken , but senior company sources say a share deal with Heineken could be a means of loosening the connection with Whitbread Investment Company , which has a dominant interest in Whitbread 's split-voting share structure . |
| 6 | By encouraging a shared and coherent approach to planning and decision-making , LMS could be a means of enabling schools to concentrate more collaboratively on the quality of learning . |
| 7 | From its founding in 1945 , the Commissariat à L'Energie Atomique was aware that nuclear power could be a means to energy independence for France . |
| 8 | Political activity could be a means for unemployed people to remain involved in society . |
| 9 | Bruno is no mug and knows that at the very least he is publicising his own fight , and building the grudge content for an eventual show-down with Lewis that could be a £5million production . |