Example sentences of "could [be] [prep] the " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | Any one of us could be under the same sort of misapprehension without even realizing it . |
| 5 | International issues could be under the aegis of a separately elected British Parliament which would replace the House of Lords . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Widths vary according to the number of retrieval units used but could be of the order of 10 metres . |
| 12 | The racks could be of the usual ‘ Sheffield ’ type . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | It could be of the erm |
| 17 | First call could be to the CHP Association , an independent body which will send lists of member companies and general information . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Just how tough it could be for the independent producer is evident from the history of Minerva Films . |
| 20 | He never realized how grateful a man could be for the chance to wash . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The best that could be for the the Simpson woman is that at least when they had married , she stuck to him right to his death . |
| 24 | Amstrad was a weak market , falling 3.5p to 62.5p on worries that even more profit downgradings could be on the way . |
| 25 | If the product is approved , genetically engineered tomatoes could be on the supermarket shelves by 1993 . |
| 26 | Dancing River , from the local stable of Arthur Stephenson , is a tip , but Stay Awake could be on the upgrade . |
| 27 | A heavy punishment could be on the way . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ I think it could be on the cards . |
| 30 | More environmentally sensitive areas could be on the way — if agriculture minister John Gummer can persuade the Treasury to give him the cash |