A captain, of all things! Who could have dreamed that they would place such a responsibility on such weak shoulders as his.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

Insurers could not deny coverage to people who already have a condition, or cancel coverage if people get sick.

VOA: special.2009.09.12

Or the British could have been killed by Spanish troops who came up from what is now Florida.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

The central aim of the Festival Fringe Society was not to have a selection process deciding who could or could not take part.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

"Murder victims, terrorist victims, families who have lost loved ones, sometimes defending our country, that these people could have had their phones hacked into, in order to generate stories for a newspaper, is simply disgusting."

VOA: special.2011.07.09

"The most damaging could have been this suicide bomber who was putting on the (suicide) jacket if had blown himself up.

VOA: standard.2009.10.11

The managers of Union Carbide, who have been granted bail, were originally charged with culpable homicide, which could have resulted in a harsher sentence.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

Hadi al-Marai,who head Iraq's Press Freedom and Observation center says the outcome could have been worse.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

The head of the South African Organizing Committee,Danny Jordaan, dismissed critics who have constantly questioned whether South Africa could successfully host an event of this size.

VOA: standard.2010.02.10

Who would have thought we could do both in the same bill?,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Republicans oppose the Obama health care approach as too costly and warn the administration plan could affect the quality of care for those who already have health insurance coverage.

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon says peace talks could have resumed long ago, if it were not for the refusal of President Abbas, who is also known as Abu Mazen.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

A new study has found that teenagers who are exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke are more likely to have damaged to their blood vessels that could lead to heart disease later in life.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

says Indigenous peoples living in the Amazon Basin would make effective use of the funding that forest credits could generate, "It brings resources in the hands of those who have been the stewards of this land for generations,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

Megan Fox,who plays Lilah,says, "Josh and I had a conversation about what their past relationship could have been and why she would be so dedicated and so in love with someone who treated her the way that he did and was not able to love.

VOA: standard.2010.06.20