Example sentences of "[pron] could be the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No and I could be the only adult with two children cos I 'm so clever . |
| 2 | If you live in London , yours could be the seventh pair of kidneys that your glass of water has passed through and chemicals used in farming today seep into the ground to pollute and contaminate the water . |
| 3 | Liverpool City Council are planning to start a tournament in the winter which could be the first step of a journey up the British rankings right up to a match against number one players Jeremy Bates and Joe Durie . |
| 4 | Eventually , in conjunction with television , it could allow the telephone to be used for ‘ tele-shopping ’ , or for selecting a film from huge databases which could be the electronic video stores of the future . |
| 5 | They paused a moment longer , then moved further down the gallery , inspecting each exhibit , checking any books which could be the hidden Grimoire . |
| 6 | As a result , it is an established convention that the Scottish and Welsh Offices consult their Whitehall opposite numbers ( and vice versa ) before proposing any action which could be the thin end of an undesirable wedge for the other ministry . |
| 7 | She subscribed to the journals Poétique and Tel Quel so that she could be the first person on the Trumpington Road to know the latest thoughts of Roland Barthes and Julia Kristeva . |
| 8 | Dressed in vivid orange , with black lettering down her legs and wearing one of Prince 's big heart-shaped mirrors on her sleeve , she could be the same girl who blew into town with the spectacular Lovesexy roadshow last year . |
| 9 | The improvements to estates should have been completed in five years when the HATs will be wound up and the houses disposed of to new landlords who could be the local council , a private individual or company , a housing association or a co-operative . |
| 10 | The suggestion that catastrophic heating itself could be the prime mover gained in credibility . |
| 11 | It was also stated that the results were puzzling and that the disease itself could be the explanatory factor , but this was n't emphasised . |
| 12 | Once away from the car parks you could be the only person in the world . ’ |
| 13 | It was a genuine privilege to work with them because you could be the richest person in the world and then some , and still not be able to buy the experience that they carried within them . |
| 14 | So , if you are aged 18 and over and have healthy hair that 's in fabulous condition , you could be the lucky winner of this year 's title . |
| 15 | You could be the lucky winner of a free course of pectoral pump treatments , or a brand new Cadillac convertible . |
| 16 | All you have to do is answer our questions and , if your name is drawn out of our postbag , you could be the lucky reader to win a handmade Vi-Spring Herald 5-foot Spring Edge divan set , worth over £1,300 . |
| 17 | You could be the next victim |
| 18 | If the part was n't already over-subscribed , you could be the Mad Woman of the district . |
| 19 | If the new leadership makes common cause with the Liberal Democrats around a programme for modernsing democracy in Britain , they could be the principal beneficiaries of reform . |
| 20 | They could be the inconsistent work of an assistant mosaicist . |
| 21 | In the next scene they could be the high priest . |
| 22 | It could be the best thing , might even do some good . ’ |
| 23 | It could be the chemical allicin , or possibly the trace mineral germanium , which is found in greater quantities in garlic than in any other herb apart from ginseng . |
| 24 | It could be the experienced Ronnie Essett , 29 , from Florida . |
| 25 | Or perhaps it could be the heart-stopping finale where they finally , sorry , break the ice , and after a quick peckeroo execute the near impossible Pamchenko manoeuvre ( basically he grabs her by the feet and spins her in increasing circles , and she prays he does n't let go ) . |
| 26 | It could be Bosnia , it could be the middle east . |
| 27 | It could be Bosnia , it could be the middle east . |
| 28 | I think it could be the individual person . |
| 29 | Or it could be the deepest level of intimacy and trust . |
| 30 | It could be the perfect explanation for why Kenny Dalglish , a close friend of Mr Souness , decided to walk away from Anfield 14 months ago . |