Example sentences of "[adj] could be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This could be taking fatherley pride a bit too far . |
| 2 | The road out of the village , southwards , shrinks in a quite unforeseeable manner in order to pass under the porch of a small chapel ; this could be distracting , and were something coming the other way lead perhaps to a rare collision on what is no doubt consecrated ground . |
| 3 | This could be happening when the child uses a video game or watches a TV screen . |
| 4 | With methane a more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide , this could be contributing as much to global warming as is caused by the CO2 emitted from gas-fired power stations . |
| 5 | Task 2 could be locating a spreadsheet file of sales figures for area representatives for the last 6 months . |
| 6 | He could not conceive that anything really serious could be worrying his friend . |
| 7 | He could hardly believe a young boy of no more than ten or eleven could be playing such a deadly game . |
| 8 | While 4 glasses of wine is considered safe , more than that could be taking you into the danger area of getting cirrhosis of the liver . |
| 9 | So , first doublecheck that there 's nothing you are doing or using the amp with or for that could be causing the fault . |
| 10 | And of course , you could say that , that could be happening more and more with the advances in medical science . |
| 11 | put in a great deal of their time erm going to work and that could be working for er a European or an American right , er some sort of help in the house , or in the garden or whatever , so you had the men doing the same sort of tasks the housework as it were for Europeans and Americans and the women looking after the , the economic development of that little |
| 12 | Well I think if that was me I 'd have that done now in case you do n't like it by the time you you get married and that could be growing again . |
| 13 | But he thinks even that could be changing . |
| 14 | He wondered what it was that could be upsetting them . |
| 15 | He says : ‘ Northern Ireland herds with a cell-count over 200,000 could be losing at least £857 in milk income a year . |
| 16 | The Ministry of Defence ( MOD ) admits that " chemically treated " compounds such as incinerated mustard gas and white asbestos are buried in five marked sites in the area , but denies that these could be polluting the environment . |
| 17 | The former would be a seminar or course , while the latter could be serving as a local councillor . |
| 18 | But many more could be slipping through the net . |
| 19 | Task 3 could be locating/creating a skeleton letter informing customers of a new product . |
| 20 | Cos a boy in standard five could be getting on for thirteen . |
| 21 | Many foods can be addictive — and what you love to eat most could be making you ill . |