Example sentences of "to [noun sg] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | They argue that if the same rigour was applied to drafting proper legislation the problem of bringing suspects to trial could be eliminated . |
| 2 | An Oxford scientist says new information about the H I V virus which leads to AIDS could mean that a vaccination wo n't be forthcoming for a long time . |
| 3 | Last year the Government abolished the allowance that mothers who moved from benefits to work could claim . |
| 4 | One trusts that its astronomers were n't quite the size of Patrick Moore or getting to work could have been problematic . |
| 5 | The men from these last three places , instead of walking some six miles to work could , in the case of the Hanslope men , walk two miles down the road to Castlethorpe Station . |
| 6 | Transport congestion and long journeys to work could also be overcome . |
| 7 | ANYONE CONCERNED that their camcorder skills might not be up to par could consider doing what some New Yorkers have done — take a ‘ how to ’ class in X-rated video production . |
| 8 | With the invention of photography this attitude to Nature could be disseminated in book form . |
| 9 | Certainly no more flagrant invitation to anguish could have been devised than that single , small word ‘ union ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ The district council , however , is of the view that taking this case to court could lead to more damage to the area through adverse publicity and this would be against the interests of local people . |
| 11 | Or the sensitivity to cow's-milk could have cleared up thanks to a month of avoidance . |
| 12 | The extreme sadist who delights in blood , broken bones and other evidence of damage to tissue could be classed as destructive ; the one whose main delight lies in the screams or pleas of a victim would be dominating . |
| 13 | The ubiquity of the Jewish theme in his public addresses at this time makes it impossible to imagine that early converts to Nazism could fail to regard violent anti-Semitism as a leading feature of Hitler 's image . |
| 14 | Rightly or wrongly , I could not accept that certain occupations having a particular duty to society could withdraw their essential services for financial considerations . |
| 15 | Jessamy had been as overwhelmed as he had been , dazzled by the physical passion , and amazed that her own easygoing , relaxed attitude to life could be turned upside down by this one man . |
| 16 | A small , but far reaching change in personal habits , career practices or attitudes and approaches to life could increase your efficiency and awareness . |
| 17 | Or rather , showed that a woman 's and a man 's attitude to sex could henceforward be one and the same . |
| 18 | His road back to traditionalism could appear the only way to escape a theological disintegration which threatened not just Vatican I , but Chalcedon and Nicaea as well . |
| 19 | You might feel below par , that ‘ washed-out ’ feeling ; your resistance to infection could well be affected ; you will not have the zest for life that you should have . |
| 20 | Although the references to property could imply tax yield rather than real estate , related laws which deal with land clearance make this unlikely . |
| 21 | Next to go could be your salary , if you are unable to return to work to earn your living . |
| 22 | Sitting down to breakfast could become an expensive family business with the cost of raw cereals likely to rise — along with sugar and honey . |
| 23 | Did he really think his behaviour to date could be called ‘ keeping an eye on her ’ ? she thought in astonishment . |
| 24 | Psychoanalysis 's relationship to psychology could be seen in a similar way . |
| 25 | When ‘ scarce anything [ was ] more likely to mar a … man 's reputation than to be thought opposed or indifferent to the cause of abolition , but when slavery was a distant and foreign institution , the urge to respectability could predominate over the vital flame in antislavery . |
| 26 | A pet pig that was taken to school could have spread disease through Britain 's pig population , according to health officials . |
| 27 | A pet pig that was taken to school could have spread disease through Britain 's pig population , according to health officials . |
| 28 | So he could n't have gone to school could he ? |
| 29 | The conventional sociological approach to housework could be termed ‘ sexist ’ : it has treated housework merely as an aspect of the feminine role in the family — as a part of women 's role in marriage , or as a dimension of child-rearing — not as a work role . |
| 30 | The distinction between operative know followed by the bare or to infinitive could be imputed to dialectal differences if , as Quirk et al. |