Example sentences of "could they be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How could they be tied to Hong Kong as a condition of receipt ? |
| 2 | Could they be overheard , he wondered . |
| 3 | They appear to have a stem : could they be related to the crinoids ? |
| 4 | D McIntyre Funny , I always thought she looked a little bit like Blues official DESSIE Moore … could they be related ? |
| 5 | With the benefit of hindsight er could the tornado programme have been made more efficient with the lessons that you 've learnt so far , er from er Eurofighter an and secondly , perhaps more difficult , er the lessons you have learned from tornado and certainly from the current project , could they be transferred to other complicated collaborative er project , programmes like cobra and ? |
| 6 | Although concerned principally with reviving the fortunes of the north , such policies would obviously reduce development pressures in the south could they be implemented effectively . |
| 7 | The media is going on about how negative Leeds were , what else could they be given the circumstances . |
| 8 | Could they be fitted with timing devices ? ’ |
| 9 | Were such variations arbitrary , or could they be explained in any logically consistent fashion ? |
| 10 | As the previous chapter shows , the development officers were rarely involved at all with those clients if they were in the action samples ; since in no real sense could they be said to have had the opportunity of availing themselves of the action project , they are omitted ( in both action and control samples ) from most of the following analysis . |
| 11 | In no sense could they be said to be members of industrial co-operatives : that is , of organisations set up for the manufacture of goods or the provision of services and wholly , or very largely , owned and ultimately controlled by those working in them . |
| 12 | How could they be transmitted unchanged to future generations ? |
| 13 | Could they be saved ? |
| 14 | Nor could they be formulated by the amateur civil servant . |
| 15 | And if reason and experience could not settle so basic a question as this , how much less could they be relied upon to arbitrate on matters of faith ? |
| 16 | Could they be introduced as token , surface changes or do they necessitate a fundamental reorganization of the way the school operates ? |
| 17 | To recognise where a reform is urgently required and must be effected at any cost , or where it may be postponed , or where it may be counted on to effect itself without outside influence , and , perhaps most important of all , to be able to recognise the fact that certain reforms would be beneficial could they be effected but that it is not possible to effect them at all ; to be able to arrive at a right decision on such points as these is what is chiefly required of a Resident . |
| 18 | Could they be forced to marry ? |
| 19 | Could they be playing some sadeian variation on hide and seek ? |
| 20 | Could they be persuaded to help ? |
| 21 | Would there be any , and could they be photographed ? |
| 22 | Could they be programmed more efficiently ? |
| 23 | John calling the roll Birmingham and West Midlands Lancashire region Liverpool , North Wales and Irish London Midland and East Coast Northern G M B Scotland Southern South Western er Yorkshire and North Derbyshire er , those , er , changes that have n't already been notified , could they be notified to the congress office . |