Example sentences of "could [be] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed that all the intelligence had gone to Constance , leaving her brothers with only wariness and guile to see them through the vicissitudes of life , although , Scarlet had to admit , they could be surprisingly kind . |
| 2 | If only Fen could be both friend and lover to her . |
| 3 | What is important about Griffith , however , is that his demonstration that feature films could be both art and social treatise was not inspired by any narrow or specific intellectual or doctrinal position . |
| 4 | I do n't want to over-hype it , but it would be equally wrong to underestimate what Tencel might be , which is the beginning of a new industry that could be both material to Courtaulds and change the world fibre industry completely . |
| 5 | He retained his northern direct honesty of judgement , was absolutely without pretence and intolerant of humbug ; he could be devastatingly acid in deprecating affectation in others , yet was , in so many ways , unfailingly and practically kind . |
| 6 | This could merely be clustering , it could be merely chance . |
| 7 | of the defence budget and that no other known system could be so cost effective but still provide the same degree of security ? |
| 8 | Or perhaps they do , for the beast does swerve aside , though this could be only chance . |
| 9 | I wish it could be always summer and autumn , with you always loving me ! ’ |
| 10 | I could be quite sort of interesting . |