Example sentences of "could [be] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But sources at Touche Ross said that the loss of revenue to Deloitte UK as a result of a cessation of referred work from the international organisation could be up to as much as ‘ tens of millions of dollars ’ .
2 An active group of villagers discovered that there could be up to eighty of these heavy loads .
3 The contribution by the year 2000 could be up to 15 MTOE .
4 Such caverns are available in Kent , Wiltshire , Cleveland , Humberside and Lincolnshire , The UKAEA 's report proposes that special trains with 10–12 wagons , each loaded with flasks containing drums of waste will travel on public railways between the Sellafield reprocessing plant and the waste dumps , which could be up to 400 km away .
5 It is not known exactly how many pregnant women in the UK catch toxoplasmosis but it could be up to 1,400 cases each year .
6 Rates may vary a lot around these averages with hire purchase ( could be up to 40 per cent ) , shop accounts ( say , between 0 and 31 per cent ) , finance company loans ( up to 50 per cent ) , finance company second mortgages ( could be over 40 per cent ) .
7 Officials fear the death toll could be up to 300 .
8 Experts warned last night that it could be up to a year before he is returned to Jersey .
9 The bombshell means that when bills go out next April , thousands could be up to £340 out of pocket .
10 The lack of inflation between the wars allowed merchants to hold large stocks that were ready for drinking within two years , and weekly deliveries by Berry Bros. to the cellars of the aristocracy and English gentlemen could be up to thirty dozen or more bottles for immediate use .
11 The filter further added to the exposure time which could be up to 80 times that of a normal plate .
12 Brian Gunn , Bull 's business manager for systems integration in Livingston , Scotland , says it could be up to two years before IBM brings out its AIX offering , by which time Unikix will be far ahead in terms of added value .
13 The implication for the client of finding a title to attendance allowance and the severe disability premium or invalid care allowance could be up to an extra £78.60 and is therefore an alternative option to residential care .
14 It was reported that he had said the Government ‘ had fallen flat on its face in dealing with the situation ’ , adding that law and order did not exist in this country at the moment ; that there could be up to five million illegal immigrants in Britain ; and that judges should be able to impose the death sentence on anyone convicted of an offence carrying more than a fifteen year sentence .
15 The filter further added to the exposure time which could be up to 80 times that of a normal plate .
16 It is estimated that the basin would have become no deeper than about 5 km , and as today Mare Imbrium is of negligible depth there could be up to about 5 km of infill .
17 First of all , if the records are not up to date — and it is difficult to see how they could be up to date during high level activity — the source of the information is missing .
18 At any given time during term there could be up to a thousand people on the compound .
19 A recent Department of the Environment report suggested that there could be up to 5,000 old gas works sites throughout the country .
20 Heels could be up to 10cm high and toes were as rounded as the ever-popular clog .
21 If the new investment is only made after the sale proceeds are realised , the total delay could be up to three weeks .
22 This could be up to 4 per cent more than the dealing spread shown in newspaper price listings .
23 Yet debt owed by customers , which could be up to 40 per cent of their assets , is so often left unprotected . ’
24 As many as 64 MPs have lined up to criticise his management style and union leaders say there could be up to 6,000 job losses at the corporation , which employs about 20,000 people .
25 The cost of acquiring the building could be up to £2.5m and converting into a 3,000seater arena , hosting judo , volleyball and handball , could cost the same again .
26 Group pick up is very handy , if you 're with a large bunch of people in a large office , you can get together and say , ‘ Right , why do n't we answer everybody 's telephones if they 're not there , let's not just leave them ringing ’ , Okay , so you get together and you ask me and say , ‘ Right , this , this , this , this extension ’ , it could be up to 40 extensions , ‘ We all want to be in the same group pick up ’ , so what happens is the phone rings , but another one rings .
27 They just could be up on what 's going on .
28 If we let Blagg go to hospital the cops get him , and he could be up on a murder charge .
29 I mean , you could be up with the fucking could n't you ?
30 She could be at home or she could be up in the wood still .
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