Example sentences of "at [adj] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meredith knew herself no cook but , inspired by the thought that even Aunt Lou at eighty-three could produce a bean casserole , she managed to produce leeks rolled in thin slices of ham , topped with a slightly lumpy cheese sauce . |
| 2 | Perhaps ; but a typical reaction of the electorate at large could be more confidently predicted : " If your candidates ca n't agree among themselves we 're not going to vote for any of them " . |
| 3 | I think it is doubtful whether evidence of attempts at self-injury and threats to others whilst in secure accommodation could be evidence on which the likelihood of self-harm or threats when at large could be assessed . |
| 4 | Basing himself on authority from the United States , La Forest J. concluded that any other rule would at best be inefficient , and at worst could lead to financial chaos : see pp. 194–197 . |
| 5 | A late Victorian at sixty could look forward to scarcely a dozen more years of life ; a contemporary sixty-year-old man can expect almost twenty more years and a woman even more . |
| 6 | In any case , if such a qualification is called for it is hard to see how a creature with no rationality at all could possess it . |
| 7 | Here , no vertebrates at all could be found , the fossils consisting only of invertebrates such as the trilobites . |
| 8 | The realization that this is no future at all could finally bring about radical change , which is still within our grasp . |
| 9 | We were then treated to a video of somebody discussing childbirth , which at first could not be heard by those at the back . |
| 10 | Gedanken studied it intently , but at first could see nothing . |
| 11 | it at best could be described as a an early attempt to make progress , but there 's no commitment on behalf of the County Council or I suspect , by the relevant district councils to er that report . |
| 12 | The barrio was a place where I felt freer than anywhere else in Salamanca , for it was really a land outside the law , where outcasts at last could feel at home . |
| 13 | Many operations deal with dozens or more suppliers when one or two at most could satisfy all needs . |