Example sentences of "could be [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than 150,000 children are already educated in grant-maintained schools but , if the prediction is correct , two thirds of all state school pupils in England and Wales could be under the new system . |
| 2 | Any one of us could be under the same sort of misapprehension without even realizing it . |
| 3 | With a bit more luck , train services willing , she could be in and out of Mariánské Láznë today , and , even if she had to fit in a visit to that garage near Františkovy Láznë , by nightfall she could be across the Czechoslovakian border and on her way home to England . |
| 4 | The racks could be of the usual ‘ Sheffield ’ type . |
| 5 | High Wycombe and Eccles could be earlier than the latter , as they are datable to before c. 175 A.D. , whereas it could be of the third century . |
| 6 | Consequently , it is not surprising to find that none of these mosaics is assignable , confidently , to a period before 330 ( or that all but no. 16 could be of the third quarter of the fourth century ) . |
| 7 | It was hard to see what future there could be for the embittered and ranting Nazi or his new and pretty wife , other than a steady descent into the poverty of hired rooms and unpaid bills . |
| 8 | Just how tough it could be for the independent producer is evident from the history of Minerva Films . |
| 9 | It could be on the other side of the island or asleep or waiting to leap out the water and swallow them whole . |
| 10 | The green section could be on the far left ( upper panel of Fig. 2 ) or the far right ( lower panel of Fig. 2 ) . |
| 11 | BRITISH RAIL believes it could be on the right lines for attracting more passengers in Cleveland . |
| 12 | If backing for the research is forthcoming , voice activated cash dispensers could be on the High Street within two years . |
| 13 | But Silverstone 's position as one of the world 's premier circuits could be on the last lap … |
| 14 | We could be on the last flight . ’ |
| 15 | If everything tumbled into place there was just a chance that they could be on the same ferry as the Renault , at 1330 hours the next day . |
| 16 | The largest accounting firms could be on the receiving end of proposed new penalties to prevent abuse of market power including fines of up to 10% of turnover — if they are found to be using predatory pricing . |
| 17 | Next Saturday , Jackson could be on the receiving end of a hammering from Christie , when the pair meet over 60m at the national indoor championships in Birmingham . |
| 18 | Lifts could be on the wrong floor at the wrong moment . |
| 19 | ‘ Could be at the other end . |
| 20 | but you 've got to find the place there it could be at the other end a mile away could n't it ? |
| 21 | ‘ I ca n't picture it , ’ she said , ‘ but it could be at the far end from the flat . ’ |
| 22 | Well , this voucher scheme sounds like it could be worth the 12 quid alone … any chance you could fax me the application form Gavin ? |
| 23 | I believe that the Youth Training Programme could be amongst the best . |
| 24 | Mind you , Barnet could be in the European Cup by then . |
| 25 | To show how adult even a major Fox movie could be in the late sixties , the credit sequence has the two lovebirds in bed together , cutely sleeping side by side and back to back . |
| 26 | But science was a better way to approach this Mystery than any dogmatic religion could be in the nineteenth century : ‘ We claim , and we shall wrest from theology , the entire domain of cosmological theory . ’ |
| 27 | He could be in the right place at the right time when top jobs come up for grabs next summer . |
| 28 | Rupert Murdoch 's TV Guide could be in the strongest position , to scoop a lion 's share of the market , since it is already established , listing all satellite channels and as much as it is allowed in the way of BBC and ITV previews . |
| 29 | Brave as could be in the cocked-up invasion of Crete and in the Yugoslavian mountains with Tito , he was still just the sort of awkward squaddie no army likes . |
| 30 | However , when these differences were revealed it was difficult to know which side feared cancelling the project most — ironically it might be the donor with its vested interest in a cumulative increase in annual disbursements , rather than the government with several hundred projects of which at least a half could be in the same state . |