Example sentences of "could be [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , if you are the other side of the horizon , away from the VOR transmitter , you could be below the transmission and not receive any signals . |
| 2 | Movement of a chemical signal could be through the xylem , although this would require a reversal in the direction of transpirational water flow . |
| 3 | International issues could be under the aegis of a separately elected British Parliament which would replace the House of Lords . |
| 4 | We do this by assuming that it is in fact cooperative , and then asking ourselves what possible connection there could be between the location of Bill and the location of a yellow VW , and thus arrive at the suggestion ( which B effectively conveys ) that , if Bill has a yellow VW , he may be in Sue 's house . |
| 5 | It could be towards the end of your assignment you want to fin wrap it up get one la one last slot and you say , Yeah you can have a ten percent . |
| 6 | Since many signals could be of the STOP and GO type , complexity would emerge because the cells ' responses would be determined by their past history . |
| 7 | For example , if the eigenvalues are numerically small , a unit could dominate the spectral matrix ; or if they are very large , a unit could be of the order of the errors in the computation . |
| 8 | Widths vary according to the number of retrieval units used but could be of the order of 10 metres . |
| 9 | Both of these mosaics could be of the period 140-160 ; probably , they are contemporary with , or slightly earlier than , the Berryfield mosaic ( no. 5 ) , which has seabeasts and dolphins in each of its four semi-roundels . |
| 10 | First call could be to the CHP Association , an independent body which will send lists of member companies and general information . |
| 11 | This could be to the club 's advantage in the long-run , however , because with supporters at a loose end on Saturdays , they have an ideal opportunity to visit the ‘ old home ’ and Mr Singh 's new megastore . |
| 12 | He never realized how grateful a man could be for the chance to wash . |
| 13 | It was stressed to parents that the questions were being asked with the full co-operation of the headteacher and staff and with the express aim of making the experience in this particular nursery the best it could be for the children . |
| 14 | ‘ In 10 years ’ time Cammell Laird could be closed and yards in France and Spain could be on the crest of a wave because they retained their shipbuilding capacity . ’ |
| 15 | But he could be on the run . |
| 16 | The response of the good data analyst is to welcome the discrepancy , and to examine the data even more closely to understand why the techniques differ ; new insights could be on the horizon . |
| 17 | Littlewoods could be on the verge of a decision over the future of the mail-order operations but making the business an irresistible buy will take a dramatic burst of salesmanship by the Moores family which owns this Liverpool group , and their merchant bankers at Kleinwort Benson . |
| 18 | Goram , like the rest of the Ibrox playing staff , understands that his club could be on the verge of something exceptional in their history , and wants to be able to remember everything . |
| 19 | suggests that some of the answers could be on the McCain Stadium doorstep . |
| 20 | He added that Keith 's return to the airwaves was a one-off for the time being , although he could be on the look-out for a job when he finished work on a book . |
| 21 | You could be on the floor this weekend for your world seems somewhat dull , listless and dreary without a flicker of excitement on the horizon to look forward to . |
| 22 | Amstrad was a weak market , falling 3.5p to 62.5p on worries that even more profit downgradings could be on the way . |
| 23 | A heavy punishment could be on the way . |
| 24 | If he can convince the 19m north-easterners that he and his recently formed New Aspiration Party will give them a better deal , and he manages to form an electoral pact with the honest and popular governor of Bangkok , he could be on the way to becoming Thailand 's next prime minister . |
| 25 | More environmentally sensitive areas could be on the way — if agriculture minister John Gummer can persuade the Treasury to give him the cash |
| 26 | The old man could be on the way out , and anyone on the way out is inevitably a centre for drama . |
| 27 | But changes could be on the way . |
| 28 | PAINT could be on the way out as a way of marking lines on roads . |
| 29 | With Hewlett-Packard Co heading for $18,800m turnover this year and Fujitsu Ltd at around the $26,000m mark , while Digital Equipment Corp looks hopefully to Alpha to rocket it off its $14,000m-a-year launchpad , the contenders to take over leadership of the mainstream computer industry from IBM Corp are lining up — and a major new round of mergers and acquisitions could be on the way . |
| 30 | Lawrence refused to discuss speculation that striker Bernie Slaven could be on the way out in the summer . |