Example sentences of "it could [adv] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could not fail to be excellent in your hands , and quite put Mr Thackeray in the shade . |
| 2 | It could not afford to be seen as a drain on the taxpayer and it should be relevant to the times . |
| 3 | Some NAM members , including Egypt , Iran , Malaysia and Pakistan , tried unsuccessfully to secure the expulsion of the FRY delegation on the grounds that it could not claim to be the rightful successor of the former Yugoslav state . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , now that Tanya Donelly ( who wrote it ) is quitting the band , it could yet prove to be Throwing Muses ' swansong . |
| 5 | Limited by what , in a recession , it could realistically claim to be spending , and obliged to exaggerate its fiscal rectitude to appear electable in the City , Labour had either to trim its sails to an economic situation it assured us was dire — thereby undermining the main reason why people supported them — or hold to its promises , confirming the impression that , once the party was in power , taxation and spending would soar . |
| 6 | On the other hand , the broad unity and homogeneity of the Bible itself had not been really seriously challenged in earlier centuries , whereas it could now appear to be falling apart under the impact of the new critical approaches of the eighteenth century . |