Sentence examples for could hardly be thought from inspiring English sources

He could hardly be thought a "fit and proper" person to run a Premiership club.

Respect for such laws could hardly be thought valuable.

This result can be understood considering that most studies for innovation consider it an organisational tool for the firm's growth and performance or refer to creativity, intuition or other personal "aptitudes" of individuals that could hardly be thought as cognitive skills.

His theme could hardly be less original (think of "Bonjour Tristesse"), but the tautness is that of a horror film.

What it didn't mention is that E&E Legal -- which could hardly be called a think tank -- is at least partly funded by the coal industry and has repeatedly harassed prominent climate scientists, including Katharine Hayhoe and Michael Mann, by filing intrusive open records requests that have tied them up for weeks and wasted hundreds of thousands of public university dollars.

If, somewhere in this poverty-stricken, rat-and-disease-crazed world of Victorian London, there's a message about the degradation of the weak by the wealthy and powerful, now could hardly be a better time to think about it.

"The South African government has not yet come back to us in response to our letter, so I think we could hardly be accused of abusing our patent".

(TD4, supervisor) (quotation e) [In response to a question by the supervisor about the assessment of a mammary tumor:] It was so tender to the touch that it made me think it could hardly be a tumour, and it felt very smooth.

Still, there could hardly be many farms back there, so I didn't think it would be too difficult.

Things could hardly be otherwise.

It could hardly be worse.