Sentence examples for could have expanded from inspiring English sources

"They could have expanded much faster," he said.

In a low pressure environment, gas in his digestive system could have expanded, with disastrous consequences.

Had NATO not ensured security, it is doubtful that the European Union could have expanded.

"This really did mark the last point at which the Japanese could have expanded their empire in Asia".

Charles and Jonathan estimate that the grey economy in the UK could have expanded by about 3% of UK GDP since the beginning of the current financial crisis.

The Football League has broken off talks over a potential revamp of the pyramid under which it could have expanded to 80 teams and introduced a winter break.

Otherwise, the United States could not have expanded at anything like the rate it did.

So where does it get all its cash from?Without this wealth, IS, the latest evolution of al-Qaeda in Iraq, could not have expanded so rapidly.

If this proposal had been in effect when the Great Recession struck, the food stamp program could not have expanded the way it did, which would have meant vastly more hardship, including a lot of outright hunger, for millions of Americans, and for children in particular.

The irrigated regions, which cluster in the south near the places we now call Phoenix and Tucson, could not have expanded without significant investment in infrastructure, he said.

Q How could the universe have expanded faster than the speed of light after the Big Bang? is a question that has been puzzling Charles Dietz for some time A "Physical laws only limit the speed at which information travels," says Professor Will Percival of the University of Portsmouth.