Example sentences of "[noun] could be [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dropping hints that an initial public offering could be on the cards , the company pointed to figures showing that the majority of software start-ups make for an IPO at between $10m and $20m of venture funding : Neuron Data is capitalised at $16m . |
| 2 | Since many signals could be of the STOP and GO type , complexity would emerge because the cells ' responses would be determined by their past history . |
| 3 | Alternatively , the industry could be in the hands of a private firm which would have its prices regulated by the state in such a way as to earn what approximates to a normal rate of return on capital employed . |
| 4 | Again the only break could be in the west , but at least it will be a dry night in most areas . |
| 5 | Your neck could be on the chop if you were to say what you felt about this and I 'm awfully sorry . |
| 6 | Goram , like the rest of the Ibrox playing staff , understands that his club could be on the verge of something exceptional in their history , and wants to be able to remember everything . |
| 7 | By the time a Newent ambulanceman gets up , gets down to the garage , unlocks , etc , another ambulance could be on the scene . |
| 8 | Ralph Downes , who helped with the instrument 's design , made some Pye Nixa recordings on it in the earliest days of stereo ( 1958 ) to show just how effective this spatial effect could be in the music of Bach . |
| 9 | More environmentally sensitive areas could be on the way — if agriculture minister John Gummer can persuade the Treasury to give him the cash |
| 10 | TVS shares shot ahead by 4½p to 26p on the news and there is speculation that a major battle could be in the wings . |
| 11 | One aspect of this reflection could be on the production of liturgy , and its relationship to social justice . |
| 12 | ‘ In 10 years ’ time Cammell Laird could be closed and yards in France and Spain could be on the crest of a wave because they retained their shipbuilding capacity . ’ |
| 13 | Connections say the £20,000 confrontation is still on and TV coverage could be on the cards . |
| 14 | The text could be from the course-book you are using , from a reader , from a newspaper — whatever your students are interested in . |
| 15 | ANOTHER fast food takeaway could be on the cards for Darlington . |
| 16 | Dodson , 22 , who boxed in two Olympics , will be managed by close friend Colin McMillan , the former WBO featherweight champion , while his first fight could be on the undercard of Riddick Bowe 's first world heavyweight title defence against Mike Dokes at Madison Square Garden in New York on February 6 . |
| 17 | A heavy punishment could be on the way . |
| 18 | But people had seen how ineffective UN troops could be in the case of Bosnia . |
| 19 | FOLLOWING Australia 's early exit from the World Cup , Dean Jones 's next contact with a cricket bat could be in the nets at Boldon . |
| 20 | And if McIvor hits his true form up front , another upset could be on the cards . |
| 21 | But changes could be on the way . |
| 22 | Brian Clough has already made an inquiry for the player he tried to sign a couple of years ago from Arsenal and , if Leeds go out of the European Cup tonight , a rapid departure could be on the cards . |
| 23 | I I simply do n't know but the paperwork I 've seen says that erm it is as likely in the next four or five years that major inward investors could be in the B one office type of employment as they happen to have been in the last couple of years in the manufacturing class . |
| 24 | Their London bureau chief Ian Todd says : ‘ One race could be in the United States , one in Europe and the third out in Japan , where they absolutely idolise the speed merchants . |
| 25 | They believe more than one person could be behind the robbery . |
| 26 | However , a draft report by a secret ministerial advisory group reviewing ‘ persistent unemployment ’ suggests further measures to bring down the jobless tally could be in the pipeline . |
| 27 | Apart from what Dora would see as a disaster for her friend , her own life-style could be on the line . |
| 28 | from north of the border Joe Jordan could be in the running … he 's at Celtic at the moment but was looking for a chance to return to English football … |
| 29 | from north of the border Joe Jordan could be in the running … he 's at Celtic at the moment but was looking for a chance to return to English football … |
| 30 | Both of these mosaics could be of the period 140-160 ; probably , they are contemporary with , or slightly earlier than , the Berryfield mosaic ( no. 5 ) , which has seabeasts and dolphins in each of its four semi-roundels . |