Example sentences of "could be [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | my Lord I , I suppose the answer to that is yes , it could be on the facts , it could be that if there was in a free market then they 'd be all sorts of varieties of clause whereby the name and kept the agent funds , erm maybe |
| 3 | ‘ I think it could be on the cards . |
| 4 | But it is the solar eclipse on the 24th that holds the greatest potential for you : an addition to the family or change of location could be on the cards for next year . |
| 5 | A float could be on the cards by the end of next year , but before then there could be a few punch-ups with Britain 's farmers who provide all the milk to make the cheese . |
| 6 | A cut of 1% to 7% could be on the cards in tomorrow 's autumn statement and this pushed the FT-SE 100 Index ahead by over 19 points to 2714.6 . |
| 7 | Brian Clough has already made an inquiry for the player he tried to sign a couple of years ago from Arsenal and , if Leeds go out of the European Cup tonight , a rapid departure could be on the cards . |
| 8 | Connections say the £20,000 confrontation is still on and TV coverage could be on the cards . |
| 9 | Dropping hints that an initial public offering could be on the cards , the company pointed to figures showing that the majority of software start-ups make for an IPO at between $10m and $20m of venture funding : Neuron Data is capitalised at $16m . |
| 10 | And if McIvor hits his true form up front , another upset could be on the cards . |
| 11 | I 'd been given a hint that something like this could be on the cards when I was first approached . ’ |
| 12 | A mini Channel Tunnel fiasco could be on the cards . |
| 13 | ANOTHER fast food takeaway could be on the cards for Darlington . |
| 14 | EXTRA town centre traffic measures could be on the cards to curb congestion in Darlington . |
| 15 | And I could be with the children |
| 16 | It could be worth the risks . |
| 17 | ‘ Evening , Arthur , ’ said Dalziel as unwelcoming as he could be in the limits of politeness . |
| 18 | TVS shares shot ahead by 4½p to 26p on the news and there is speculation that a major battle could be in the wings . |
| 19 | FOLLOWING Australia 's early exit from the World Cup , Dean Jones 's next contact with a cricket bat could be in the nets at Boldon . |
| 20 | ‘ She 's fine , Mum , or at least as fine as she could be in the circumstances . |
| 21 | What , well , we had a very large sitting dining room where we put er our dining room furniture at one end and as , the sitting room furniture at the other , it was very large actually , a Nissan hut does n't look very big , but it is quite big and we had one large bedroom where we got all our furniture in there and then there was er a kitchen , and there was an Elsan lavatory in the garden which er you had to go outside for that , and er , we bought a full length galvanized bath like an ordinary bath upstairs and there was a boiler in the kitchen so we used to light the fire of the boiler , fill the boiler with water from the tap , we had a , oh we had all sorts of er innovations that made life easy as could be in the circumstances , we had er hose pipe from the kitchen sink into the bathroom , we managed to get about three baths a week , cos it , it was a terrible fag , but we did , and then you just emptied the bath out and out in the drain outside you know . |
| 22 | But he told his bosses in London who have now provided him with round-the-clock protection for fear he could be in the sights of an IRA killer gang . |
| 23 | But the Government fears the new technology — which could be in the shops by Christmas next year — will lead to an explosion of explicit porn and violence . |
| 24 | Alternatively , the industry could be in the hands of a private firm which would have its prices regulated by the state in such a way as to earn what approximates to a normal rate of return on capital employed . |
| 25 | The committee pointed out that " industry can not grow steadily in a situation where industrial policy three years from now could be in the hands of politicians of utterly opposed political views " . |
| 26 | And the Tynesiders could be among the medals for the first time since they won the event in 1987 and 1988 . |