Example sentences of "[noun pl] could [adv] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | But other shocks to the system followed in quick succession : a new language and culture ; the insensitivity , not always unintentional , of foster parents , teachers and hostel administrators ; the cruelty of other children ( and some adults ) who equated all things German with Nazism ; the coming-to-terms with the long-term or permanent loss of family and friends who had been left behind , and the awareness that refugees could not expect to be treated other than as second-class citizens — to mention only the common causes of illness and depression . |
| 2 | Javier de la Puerta , chief spokesman for the World Fair , said the recent blows to ETA were ‘ very good news ’ but added that Expo organisers could not afford to be complacent . |
| 3 | As interest rates continue to fall around the world , bonds could well prove to be the investment opportunity of the 1990s . |
| 4 | They remember the great journeys through one of the most beautiful countries in the world ; and they remember that the South Africans could legitimately claim to be the world power . |
| 5 | It found it ‘ indisputable that under Article 103 of the Charter the Member State called upon to apply the sanctions could not claim to be debarred from doing so by a treaty binding it to the non-Member State which was the subject of the sanctions . ’ |
| 6 | Children could now expect to be helped in two to eight weeks depending on the seriousness of their problems , she said . |