Example sentences of "[adj] [indef pn] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh yes yes we were told that nothing could be done about it . |
| 2 | And Hereford was so blocked that nothing could move . |
| 3 | However , since the anticodon point mutations used in these cases were not affecting the three-dimensional structure of the tRNA-molecule nothing could then be said if the tRNA conformation was important to the recognition by the anticodon modifying enzymes . |
| 4 | Well it depends how you want to deal with it , I mean erm , this , the , the , the I think it was just my idea last year of , of sort of erm sharing some of the load I think at that point and hoping that someone could perhaps take over , erm , this just says the following should be elected , A , Chair , B , Secretary and C , Treasurer , but erm |
| 5 | That someone could get half the question right . |
| 6 | For instance , where labour is either particularly demanding or is not in itself particularly fulfilling or interesting one could reasonably say it is in the interests of the workers concerned to work short hours and/or work at a relatively low intensity of labour . |
| 7 | This one could not . |
| 8 | Even in the largely loyal community of the school a hot little item like this one could probably only be shared by about five people before the newspapers got hold of the story . |
| 9 | Some urinary games are fairly harmless , but I reckon this one could damage your delicate vaginal tissue . |
| 10 | This one could n't rape a prostitute if she came and sat on his knee . |
| 11 | But he got ‘ caught ’ , this one could n't be brushed off so easily and now , ten months later , he was in a situation that he both loves and hates . |
| 12 | A book with a title such as this one could have concentrated on narrative and analysis of the political , military , and diplomatic aspects of the Hundred Years War . |
| 13 | She watched his deft slender hands bleached by the light , and knew that this one could have been , should be , some kind of fine and meticulous craftsman , should never have to be wrestling with pipes , floorboards , beams that seemed heavier than he was . |
| 14 | Like many stories , this one could be told in different versions . |
| 15 | Sensitive use of shading is of obvious importance — to appreciate this one could do little better than study the striking differences in the Charioteer mosaic , from Rudston , E. Yorks. , ( now displayed in the Museum of Transport and Archaeology , Hull ) . |
| 16 | Whether this one could get back on the screen , I do n't know . |
| 17 | Whether this one could get back on the screen , I do n't know . |
| 18 | This one could cause ulcers |
| 19 | Er , there was a great dispute about what this one could have been , I mean this , what the scenario 's wide , but I think we 'll settle for waste of space . |
| 20 | This one could , it could just about reach it over its paw and flicked it up and knocked on the door |
| 21 | Mm I expect we could do another one could n't we Dad ? |
| 22 | Someone filled and lit a chillim and everyone gathered round to smoke it , exchanging , now and then , laconic comments about the boar 's escape , musing about what had happened and how different everything could have been if only luck was with them . |
| 23 | Just , you know , th th well they just could n't , just could n't believe that somebody could actually you know , sort of , react , sort of , in in that way . |
| 24 | He says Hungary also did n't send a judge — it 's sad no-one could come up with the cash . |
| 25 | A more versatile one could be obtained for about £10,000 and one with a comprehensive specification for about £20,000 . |
| 26 | While it 's attending a non-emergency , a real one could be taking place elsewhere . |
| 27 | The French delegation led by M. Jean Arrivetz of FACS stressed the desirability of using a mnemonic one could say as a word . |
| 28 | They played well together but she was still having difficulty balancing the needs of two children since the younger one could walk and demand a lot of attention . |
| 29 | Either one could discard what the philosopher had said about women and keep the rest — which in fact often meant accepting conceptions of human nature that took the male as paradigm , and trying to demonstrate that women were as fully human as men , or one could argue that the philosopher 's thought formed a system within which the attitude towards women formed an inseparable part ( see Elshtain 's ( 1981 ) discussion of the private-public distinction or Grimshaw ( 1986 ) for the examples of Aristotle and Kant ) , so that it was impossible just to take certain parts and leave the rest . |
| 30 | Either one could be in a position to take over Daine 's business interests . |