Example sentences of "could be [adj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , it 's a pot I 've been down many times — not the easiest ; apart from a fifty-foot pitch we 'll have to haul him up , there 's a long sump we 'll have to bring the injured man back through which could be tricky if he 's unconscious or uncooperative . |
| 2 | it could be confusing cos people |
| 3 | Rab lay in bed and , hate — it could be powerful as his shit had been . |
| 4 | Again , the placebo could be powerful because it meets some psychological need for attention and treatment . |
| 5 | In neither case , does the activity of a postman emerge as something which could be good if it existed in isolation . |
| 6 | If you have n't got it then you could just , er other people just could be nice when they marry you and say that it |
| 7 | This could be joyous because she was safe , at home . |
| 8 | The census office has warned that some of the information released could be misleading until it has been fully analysed . |
| 9 | She proceeded to show him she could be bolshie when she wished . |
| 10 | Inheritance tax ( the modern name for both death duties and capital transfer tax ) could be due if you make a substantial gift or settlement and then die within the following seven years . |
| 11 | The absence of endowments before the time of the Emperor Constantine inevitably meant that well-to-do Christians had much influence on their local communities , which could be decisive when a new bishop was being chosen . |
| 12 | This could be decisive if the company objectives stressed the need for income over that period . |
| 13 | This could be decisive if the company objectives stressed the need for income over that period . |
| 14 | This could be serious if you had to make a side-slip to get down into field on an early flight . |
| 15 | There might be plenty of profit for each division ( motivation ) but decisions could be poor as fixed costs and profit are mistaken for variable costs . |
| 16 | But Branson could be obstinate when he wanted to be . |
| 17 | It is not just that things could be other than they are — it is that they must be . |
| 18 | I am not a Christian because I do not credit , as I earlier put it , that nature and history could be other than closed causal nexuses or believe that there can be events which are in some way qualitatively different from other events . |
| 19 | Few of them could be other than mere contrivances , devoid of any obvious unity and as arbitrary and controversial as those miscalled " natural communities " that have been proposed for the operation of the STV . |
| 20 | With many of our everyday experiences of natural events it is difficult to envisage how they could be other than they are . |
| 21 | There is a logic to this differentiation , for critical evaluation only makes sense where the object in question could be other than it is . |
| 22 | On the other hand , the student comes to realize that the discipline could be other than it is ( and , indeed , historically has been wedded to different values and presuppositions ) . |
| 23 | It could be dangerous so you , you open up the top and then the other parts the lining |
| 24 | It could be dangerous because if you 're sucking water into acid you could have problems . |
| 25 | Alpha particles , the strongest of the three , would be stopped by a barrier of paper , but could be dangerous if ingested in food or dust . |
| 26 | Surely the BBC and ITV realise that this could be dangerous if young children were to follow their example ? |
| 27 | All depending what sort of job your job , it could be dangerous if you did n't know what you were doing . |
| 28 | Indeed , these comparisons could be dangerous if they are accorded too great a prominence in an analysis of the impact of money wage-price deflation on employment . |
| 29 | A SCIENTIFIC laser unit has been stolen from Telford College in Edinburgh and police have given warning the equipment could be dangerous if mishandled . |
| 30 | Could be dangerous when you 're ten miles high , a mouse going to the lavatory inside your computer . |