Example sentences of "could [adv] [be] [adv] [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Raworth regenerative system could only be properly tested if the whole service was worked by regenerative cars and this was now possible . |
| 2 | As reported in the local press on July 18 , Fajgembaum had suggested ( i ) that if the government wished to obtain a $2,000 million extended IMF loan it should eliminate a constitutional law guaranteeing individual states a share of federal tax income ; and ( ii ) that inflation could only be sharply reduced if the federal deficit were reduced . |
| 3 | The considerable flexibility mentioned earlier could not be better illustrated than through one of John Barker 's much-used parachutes . |
| 4 | Does my hon. Friend agree that our achievements in that aspect of education could not be better illustrated than by that which pertains in Nottinghamshire , where the university now has the highest ratio of applications to available places and where Nottingham polytechnic , which is soon to be a university , is planning to increase its capacity over the next couple of years to 16,000 student places ? |
| 5 | for a general election could not be long delayed after the new franchise came into effect and the war was at a particularly gloomy stage . |
| 6 | I should n't think Edouard wants any further investment just now — but if he did , darling , if you have , you know , a little pin money , then , you could n't be better advised than to- ’ |
| 7 | Others continued to argue , as they had done before , and as they do today , that the indigent could never be adequately housed because they did not know how to live with cleanliness and decency . |
| 8 | It looks as if a false belief could never be indefeasibly justified since there would always be some truth ( even if only the negation of the false belief ) whose addition would destroy the justification . |