Example sentences of "could [pron] be [vb pp] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could nothing be done to restore the traditional balance of advantage to the defender ? |
| 2 | It would be appalling to have a crazy wife , but if you also felt sorry for her , how could you be expected to cope ? |
| 3 | But — could you be persuaded to stay a little longer ? |
| 4 | How could she be expected to cope with stupid computers that had n't the wit to understand a simple error , or calculators that came up with the wrong numbers ? |
| 5 | How could she be expected to remain calm ? |
| 6 | You certainly had to be tough to live at Tullivers after the Admiral had gone , for Lucy Trigg , in her eighties , could not be bothered to have any domestic help , nor could she be bothered to light fires , to cook meals for herself , nor to clean the house and tend the garden . |
| 7 | Could she be persuaded to buy more and , if so , for what reasons ? |
| 8 | Could none be found to come back and give praise to God except this foreigner ? |
| 9 | As this was the first time this had happened , how could we be expected to know in advance ? |
| 10 | Only here , and in mining districts like Asturias , could there be said to exist a modern bourgeoisie and an industrial working class . |
| 11 | As the previous chapter shows , the development officers were rarely involved at all with those clients if they were in the action samples ; since in no real sense could they be said to have had the opportunity of availing themselves of the action project , they are omitted ( in both action and control samples ) from most of the following analysis . |
| 12 | Could they be forced to marry ? |
| 13 | Could they be persuaded to help ? |
| 14 | How could he be expected to love anyone like that ? |
| 15 | What problems do they present for the Sinclair and Coulthard coding system and how could it be adjusted to cope with them ? |