Example sentences of "[noun prp] could be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard could be turning his nightmares to profits , but his dad thinks they may have thrown away a fortune already . |
| 2 | As the day grew ever nearer the excitement mounted and if November 5th fell at a weekend , we had an added bonus because the whole of Saturday could be spent in topping up . |
| 3 | My father thus replied to the effect that while he was most grateful that his feelings had been taken into account , Mr Silvers could be assured that service would be provided to the usual standards . |
| 4 | From their historical perspective Marx and Engels could be forgiven for arguing that late-nineteenth-century Britain had a repressive capitalist state . |
| 5 | For their point of view , if Gundovald could be established in the kingship , he would be a new patron . |
| 6 | THE appointment of Tom Graveney as match referee for next year 's Test and one-day series between West Indies and Pakistan could be blocked because of a comment he made five years ago . |
| 7 | The appalling claustrophobia of Heterosoc could be subverted there . ’ |
| 8 | The Iraqis moved armour into positions south of Basrah to block the more obvious of these steps and the Iranians evidently decided that Kuwait could be attended to some other time . |
| 9 | Meanwhile Hurd , who on Oct. 4 had sketched out the idea that an Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait could be followed by a Middle East peace conference involving all five permanent members of the UN Security Council , switched the emphasis of UK public policy towards a more threatening posture on Oct. 14 , asserting that Saddam Hussein 's " only choice is whether he leaves of his own free will or at the point of a gun " . |
| 10 | Mr Gorbachev could be forgiven for wishing he could plead a diplomatic cold , and steer clear of celebrations where a wake would be more apt . |
| 11 | Mr Gregory could be looking around for a job at the moment . ’ |
| 12 | He also believed that greater financial support for the WEA could be obtained from the LEAs in the region . |
| 13 | Although arrangements differed in detail from one place to another the usual practice was for the management to allow a preliminary meeting in works time at which the aims of the WEA could be explained and for those apprentices interested to stay behind to plan a course . |
| 14 | Eleanor could be presented to his mother , even if Karen and Caroline and all the others could n't . |
| 15 | Within Spanish art itself , on the other hand , the line is almost too simple : Goya was intensely aware of Velázquez , Picasso of both , but for Gironella the problem is not just that Picasso could be seen to have inserted himself into the next place in the sequence but that as a Mexican an unequivocal position in any such art-historical lineage is utterly unattainable . |
| 16 | In addition , United States bankers , and beneficiaries of and applicants for the issuance of letters of credit remained concerned that unless the solvency and reliability of the NVOCC could be established by the FMC prior to the issuance of an NVOCC bill , cases of non-existent goods or of unpaid freight or related charges would multiply with the growing number of issuances . |
| 17 | AS England 's most capped and successful scrum-half , Richard Hill could be forgiven for swapping his boots for a pair of slippers and gazing with fond memories at a trophy cabinet bulging with evidence of a career full of top honours . |
| 18 | The delay was with the approval of District Council at the request of the developer , who asked for time to consider if Hill could be improved . |
| 19 | Relief came more quickly than my troubled heart expected , for it had been decided that the matron of the SPG hospital at Mandalay could be spared for rural medical work . |
| 20 | Despite his goal , Falconer could be left out against Sunderland today . |
| 21 | If ever there was a tiny glimmer of hope that her marriage to Andy could be salvaged she 's blown it now . |
| 22 | This importance was partly strategic : by walling off the Isthmus ( land narrows ) of Corinth , as was done in the Persian Wars and again in the hellenistic period , the Peloponnese could be turned into an island , or a tortoise with its head tucked in , as the Roman commander Flamininus put it . |
| 23 | When Williams appeared to like the idea , Orton totally changed the part so that it could fit him , not so much like a glove , but like a well-crafted cabinet , one in which Ken could be displayed at his finest and with plenty of space to ensure that nothing got in his way . |
| 24 | One on-set photographer was quoted as saying : ‘ It became a standing joke that Kylie could be heard saying : ‘ Charlie 's right ’ . ’ |
| 25 | The deal also meant that Kylie could be given a better than average contract , he revealed in Business Review Weekly . |
| 26 | There needs , however , to be a significant movement of political will before , in the first instance , OSF could be re-admitted to the fold . |
| 27 | At 3.30 on the 25th , almost the precise moment when Sergeant Kunze was leaping into the moat of Fort Douaumont , de Castelnau was telephoning his conclusions to G.Q.G. Verdun could be saved . |
| 28 | ‘ I managed to save a few bob and Billy Tolboys , my mate on the docks , was telling me there is a motorbike and sidecar in Bert Midgeley 's garage in Sharpness and he reckons Bert could be persuaded to sell it . |
| 29 | ‘ I suppose Jefferson could be connected with a magic ritual which made use of Cathedral candles , ’ Ian said speculatively . |
| 30 | Her heart throbbed heavily at the thought that Dana could be hurt , perhaps worse . |