Example sentences of "could turn [adv] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What seems now a cloud no bigger than a man 's hand could turn out to be yet another inflationary and political storm for a government that could do without either . ’ |
| 2 | If Mr Kinnock found himself head of a minority government and decided to ‘ soldier on ’ he might find that Sir Richard Attenborough , that grand old trouper in ‘ Luvvies for Labour ’ , could turn out to be an embarrassment . |
| 3 | Indeed , with little Serevi masterminding their operations , they have opened up such a lead in this version of the game that the world sevens championship , which will be held in Scotland in a year 's time , could turn out to be distinctly one-sided if the countries at this end of the world do not get their act together very rapidly indeed . |
| 4 | However , with the underlying trend showing production flat and the official government figures notoriously volatile , economists cautioned that the rise could turn out to be a blip . |
| 5 | An attractive dining area will enhance the appearance of the school and could turn out to be a much sought after local resource that will generate revenue for the school through after school lettings . |
| 6 | A field discovered following the controversial opening up of the Santa Maria basin off California could turn out to be the largest discovered since the Prudhoe Bay field in Alaska but the most stringent efforts will do no more than mitigate an inevitable production decline . |
| 7 | Garden Life could turn out to be the most valuable contribution to conservation we have seen for some time . |
| 8 | By the time The Memory Palace reaches the UK at the end of the year , it could turn out to be a real blast . |
| 9 | You never know , they could turn out to be Madonna of tomorrow or the heart throb destined to slip into Kevin Costner 's shoes in years to come . |
| 10 | ‘ His strength could turn out to be his weakness . ’ |
| 11 | After the shows ' organisers have their say , this neglected artist could turn out to be anything from a prophet of black consciousness to a dissenter in the midst of 1492 anniversary tributes . |
| 12 | It could turn out to be a big job . |
| 13 | He acknowledges the ‘ Humean predicament ’ ; both induction and the hypothetico-deductive method are fallible , so that any of the beliefs which result from them could turn out to be in error . |
| 14 | At first sight , this could turn out to be the bargain of the century , because the asset-values are calculated on 1991 prices , even though Russian prices rose by a vertiginous 2,600% during 1992 . |
| 15 | This disregard for the succession could turn out to be the most destabilising factor in Egyptian life . |
| 16 | The plasma ACE level could turn out to be more useful for risk assessment than identifying the ACE genotype . |
| 17 | Unix — with the Unix System Laboratories Inc product code-named Destiny , currently the front-runner , is a very dark horse , and Novell Inc , whose success up to now has ridden on the back of that of MS-DOS , now appears to be an undemonstrative supporter of the Unix camp , with DR DOS as a place-holder that could turn out to be more important than most people currently imagine . |
| 18 | In what could turn out to be a positive sign for the future of graphical user interfaces , Quorum Software Systems Inc of Menlo Park , California , has resolved its lawsuit with Apple Computer Inc , under terms not disclosed ( UX No 385 ) . |
| 19 | If he is , that telephone could turn out to be a time-bomb with a short fuse . ’ |
| 20 | It 's the news that we knew that 's all that it could turn out to be , but it was just waiting to hear for it officially and going all through these months . |
| 21 | In small gardens of the National Trust it could turn out to be the rule rather than the exception . |
| 22 | ‘ The whole thing could turn out to be a mare 's nest . ’ |
| 23 | A questionnaire on smoking in the Library is under preparation by a working group of the Health and Safety Committee — and they will shortly be seeking the views of staff on what could turn out to be a contentious issue . |
| 24 | And with luck , it could turn out to be a bit of gang warfare which nobody is — unofficially , of course — ; going to bust a gut trying to solve . |
| 25 | ‘ Could turn out to be a good thing , ’ he said approvingly . |
| 26 | This could turn out to be a really nice job if the director was always this considerate . |
| 27 | Being alone with him , even on busy city streets , could turn out to be more than she could bear . |
| 28 | But there was widespread feeling that his current production of ‘ The Tempest ’ , panned by the critics , could turn out to be his last . |
| 29 | In this case the same precautions apply and it is even more important to deal with ownership of copyright otherwise the agency ( as employer ) could turn out to be the ultimate owner of the copyright . |
| 30 | Tcket prices are going up 3 pounds for leeds fans ( from 7 to 10 for terraces ) but only 2 pounds for the home fans ( who have some special card apparently ) Could turn out to be quite an expensive trip … |