Example sentences of "could be [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a consequence of casual labour the actual take-home pay , irrespective of the rate of payment , could be pitifully small , ranging from just a few coppers in a month to the best wages of all the men on the machines and , top of the league , the head dresser . |
| 2 | Back in our early twenties we could be up all night . |
| 3 | the potential could be up top three times as much . |
| 4 | Now might it not be also a very good idea then to report back to another public meeting with the results of those suggestions possibly done in a written form which could be freely available before the meeting so that people can discuss these in a structured way because I think this evening one of the problems about this evening is that points are being missed because issues are being jumped from one to another in no structured way and I think that it might be worth while for another meeting where it is structured but certainly to produce the results of your discussions internally to many of the ideas that you 've heard this evening . |
| 5 | Another Yorkshire pit , Markham Main , could be economically viable with weekend working and longer shifts , but the colliery would require extensive development and substantial improvement in the work ethos . |
| 6 | We could be economically prosperous , environmentally responsible and educated to our full potential . |
| 7 | They could be conventionally square or round or in the shape of long slits so that the adjoining room shows through and gives extra perspective . |
| 8 | Eggar said a key question for the review of the industry that the government plans to launch later this year would be whether new nuclear power stations could be commercially viable . |
| 9 | Strategically , the alliance with Japan and the entente with France were expressions of this instinct ; economically , it released the yearning for a closed area within which Britain could be commercially safe , even if perhaps less well-off than if she could have outfaced her rivals in open competition . |
| 10 | I like the erm lighting throughout this , although it 's fairly dark there 's nowhere excuse me , on the , on the land which is in bright light , although the sun is still fairly high , so it could be artificially dark , but , nevertheless , you can see detail everywhere . |
| 11 | Apart , they could be breathtakingly sharp on the others ' shortcomings but together their individual selves gathered into something very close to a single presence . |
| 12 | Early Han overian governments could be viciously repressive , especially in Scotland after the Forty-Five , but their very unpopularity made them careful about the way they treated English grievances . |
| 13 | In the early years of his premiership he was very sharp , though , as Iain Macleod recalled , ‘ he could be maddeningly discursive — it was nothing to reach a decision on an enquiry into rating via the Greek Wars and Parnell ’ . |
| 14 | His touch could be wonderfully gentle , but it was never tentative ; he laid hands on holy things with the same direct and innocent fearlessness he used towards men and women . |
| 15 | Having begun as a left-arm spinner he turned himself into a fast-medium bowler who frequently took the new ball and who at times could be decidedly nippy . |
| 16 | For some men promotion was eagerly desired , but even a promotion in rank could be distinctly harmful , as John Main discovered when he was drawn into another political conflict in 1752 . |
| 17 | ‘ The kids love having me here , they wish I could be here all the time . |
| 18 | We could be here all night rapping about the finer points of mediumship . |
| 19 | I could be here all , fuck this thing ! |
| 20 | Maybe it could be here any minute . |
| 21 | He was thickset with a broad forehead and full beard and very light-coloured , widely set eyes that could be most intimidating . |
| 22 | Circumstances could be envisaged in which such a threat could be most material to a woman . |
| 23 | There is consistent evidence that response to well man and similar health promotion clinics is inversely related to social class and that such clinics therefore fail to address problems of prevention and management of chronic disease where need is greatest and anticipatory care could be most effective . |
| 24 | But George Dunbar , whose renegade 's knowledge of his countrymen and their terrain King Henry had seen fit to use where it could be most effective , on the Scottish march from which he derived his title , had counselled the waiting game , and Northumberland had come down upon his side . |
| 25 | By the judicious application of support in the areas where it could be most effective , government has done a great deal for the industry . |
| 26 | Erm the other aspect is to decide where you feel that you er could be most comfortable environmentally . |
| 27 | These could be most advantageous to both parties and could facilitate the recruitment of church musicians at an early age . |
| 28 | As a result , environmental study is virtually neglected in the curriculum in the years when it could be most meaningful and most beneficial , especially to school leavers . |
| 29 | People could be amazingly stupid . |
| 30 | However , the numbers of divorces could be slightly misleading in that , not only has the general population risen in numbers , but marriage itself is more popular , as we saw earlier in this chapter . |