Example sentences of "[adv] could we [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 So could we defer that to General Purposes as well ?
2 So could we get back to the recommendations .
3 And what happened in practice was simply the Turkish government made representations to the State Department and said hey , you know , these bases , they provide a lot of work , you know , we have to provide empl alternative employment for these people so could we phase out this withdrawal over say a three year programme ?
4 If so could we have a proposer and a seconder that it been accepted .
5 No longer could we think of space and time as running on forever , unaffected by what happened in the universe .
6 It was a cold December , and I could not face removing and straightening the steel frames , not could we afford replacement windows .
7 Additionally could we ask whether it would be possible for you to attend a recording studio at a time convenient to yourself and allow us to record you reciting the refrain ‘ I 'm Roy , I 'm Roy — Roy Of The Reds Am I ! ’
8 If I opened it up could we take care of the healing together ?
9 Now could we go back to your office ?
10 Er well could we have the P A and lights , we might be having an event
11 Well could we have centenary title
12 Well could we have it on the sixth and change the committee day ? .
13 Please could we remind all rally organisers to return the vouchers to the Office , even if you are not claiming reimbursement .
14 Roman , I do n't like this cave ; please could we discuss this somewhere … civilised ? ’
15 But suppose that c and v took on values consistent with damped cycles , how then could we explain the observed regularity of cyclical fluctuations ?
16 Only then could we hope to have both a community mental health programme and meaningful community care .
17 How then could we tell whether the real universe should have started out with a big bang ?
18 But how then could we have any free will ?
19 Right then could we have the minutes from the previous A G M , please .
20 Then could we drive to Walbury Hill ?
21 How could we sign our own modest names after that high-powered lot ?
22 How could we abandon you ?
23 GILLIAN said how could we separate the two , because where did grammar come from if not from grammarians , and almost all grammarians — probably every single one of them for all she knew — were men , so what did we expect ; but mainly she was talking common sense .
24 How could we check if it is actually ninety and we 've got it wrong .
25 How could we check if that was if that 's really supposed to be ninety and we 've and the drawing 's not quite right .
26 Talking Heads ' first foray into African rhythms was a setting of the Dadaist poet Kurt Schwitters 's I Zimbra ; Syd Barrett 's Golden Hair was a James Joyce poem ; and how could we forget An American Prayer , wherein Jim Morrison 's poems were backed by posthumously written Doors music ?
27 How could we hope to detect a black hole , as by its very definition it does not emit any light ?
28 If the prohibitory norm is to be part of the ‘ extended phenotype ’ of the species , how could we conceive , starting from an inhibition , that this should come about ?
29 How could we change them ? ’
30 How could we show them ? ’
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