Example sentences of "it could [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It cancelled the advertisement wherever it could but was too late to prevent it from appearing in some national newspapers . |
| 2 | What Hollywood had been doing was living off its wits and trying to survive as best it could but it now responded to this challenge not necessarily by taking Dr Dale 's ‘ entire world ’ as its range but at least by ensuring that there were values in its films . |
| 3 | S Yeah , it could but — sometimes you do n't — it 's like talking normal you do n't you ca n't even , you do n't even know what you 're talkin " sometimes . |
| 4 | I set about the lump with the Woodcarver and soon discovered what it could and could not do . |
| 5 | It could and did then turn on the assured men — but as collaborators , rather than as religious dissidents . |
| 6 | It could and should have led him to great opportunities . |
| 7 | And even though Northern Ireland has one of the lowest crime rates in Europe for theft and burglary , it could and SHOULD be even lower . |
| 8 | The most annoying fact was that it could and should have been a masterpiece . |
| 9 | With a motor and tyres made from plumber 's tubing , their entry had to be able to travel three metres and to carry a weight — and they proved to the judges that it could and it completed the distance in a time of 8.5 secs . |
| 10 | If Parliament had intended the word to mean ‘ releases other than for value ’ , it could and had to say so . |
| 11 | It sometimes seemed that the Government was less interested in broadcasting from the point of view of fulfilling the three aims mentioned in the plan than in what it could and should do to publicize its own policies and activities . |
| 12 | While it could and did allow that the discoveries of natural science and of philological and literary criticism of the text could cast light upon the meaning of the Bible , it held that the proper responsibility of the theologian is to interpret the Bible out of itself . |
| 13 | It could and did reach conclusions upon policy , but the final decision rested with the Queen , who seldom attended meetings and might easily ignore their conclusions . |
| 14 | On behalf of the applicant , Mr. Fitzgerald submitted that a death due to ‘ natural causes ’ in the sense that it was caused by some naturally occurring disease , nevertheless becomes ‘ an unnatural death ’ within the meaning of section 8(1) ( a ) when it could and should have been prevented by the performance by some other person or authority of a duty owed by them to the deceased . |
| 15 | It could and did reject , revise and remake legislation on the floor of the House ( such as the 1858 India Act or the 1867 Reform Act ) . |
| 16 | For example , he thought that BT should be allowed to offer entertainment services but seemed to be unaware that it could and had applied for cable franchises . |
| 17 | Parsons 's efforts to build a general theory of action , though criticised in some quarters , did at least provide an ambition for social research as something it could and ought to contribute to . |
| 18 | To is required with the infinitive in order to represent this movement from a before-position when the event was not yet realized — at which point , according to the speaker , it could and perhaps should have been prevented from occurring — to an after-position corresponding to its actual realization . |
| 19 | One consequence of the exclusive pursuit of the selfish and self-indulgent ethos of the naked fabliau is that the Shipman 's Tale , unlike the majority of the French fabliaux , contains no concluding moral , ending instead on the selfish prayer : The failure of a moral to appear here is emphasized by the fact that the Host immediately tries to draw a moral from the tale — an appropriately pragmatic one : It could and has been held that the Shipman 's Tale is thereby amoral . |
| 20 | United 's search for their first away win of the season ended at Leicester : 3-2 it could and should have been more . |
| 21 | Just the way you once wished it could when you were regretting the good old days when a man could keep his unsuitable mistress hidden away , knowing she 'd be there waiting upon his pleasure , whenever he felt the urge and could spare the time to see her . |
| 22 | Lastly there are those concerning the development of capitalism , particularly whether it is beneficial for the mass of people living in lesser developed countries or whether it could or will become so . |
| 23 | Traditionally the damaged bone was either left to repair and replace itself as best it could or bone was harvested from elsewhere in the body and used to augment the lost bone . |
| 24 | He argued that the physical capabilities of the plant determined where it could or could not live , and studied the effects of various environmental factors , especially water , in determining the prevailing vegetation . |
| 25 | It could put some in the town centre or it could or it need not . |
| 26 | The challenge , as in Sade , is in the abyss of unreason it opens up ; it could as well be , and easily becomes , ‘ I do this because it hurts me ’ . |
| 27 | Oh yes it could if the Birmingham freesheet the Metro-News is to be believed . |