Example sentences of "in theory [pers pn] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where a file area contains N addresses we can expect : In theory we could provide just sufficient space in the file for all the records . |
| 2 | er , I 'd believe in theory we could because the lease provides us or gives us the opportunity to do so , but we would not go against the wishes of the residence |
| 3 | A victim ( and in theory he could be male , although no man has yet , apparently , pursued a sexual harassment claim through the courts ) can leave and complain of unfair constructive dismissal but will often prefer to keep the option of staying on in the job and bringing a sex discrimination claim instead . |
| 4 | That is to say , he could think through those ideas and feelings and in theory he could say them aloud but his shyness and his social position and the conventions about men expressing their feelings would have prevented him . |
| 5 | In theory it could be both : since any number of copies could be made there might be a surplus of ‘ resurrected ’ people . |
| 6 | Although before the Courts Act 1971 in theory it could be claimed that government was ultimately responsible for the running of the courts , in practice responsibility was so diffused between local authorities , the High Sheriffs and Under Sheriffs of counties , and the judiciary , that there was no real way in which Parliament could call anyone to account . |
| 7 | I suppose in theory I could be lying through my teeth and have some other reason for wanting to go to Strathspeld — maybe I 'm just getting homesick for Scotland — but I 'm certain he knows that I 'm not lying and that there is a body ; I think he can see it in my eyes . |
| 8 | Elimination only occurs after three stops at the same obstacle — in theory you could have two stops at every fence without being eliminated . |
| 9 | According to classical mechanics , in theory you could write down the position and momentum of every single particle in the universe ; you could therefore work out how everything is going backwards and forwards in time , obviously by highly complicated equations , but in theory , everything 's predicted so everything 's totally determined from beginning to end ; but quantum mechanics says that you can never record the momentum and position of everything identically because of the Uncertainty Principle . |
| 10 | But in theory you could do posters here at Mansfield and you could send out , we could print them in colour for you |