Example sentences of "thing that could " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the one hand , it is natural to think of the world outside mind as consisting solely of particulars : the only things that could be general would be ideas . |
| 2 | We know of innumerable kinds of things that could not possibly be the answer to our question ; we know , then , what God is not , but nothing at all of what God is . |
| 3 | There were two things that could be done . |
| 4 | People believed they knew things that could never be shared ; mysteries too deep and powerful for outsiders to understand . |
| 5 | One of the worst things that could happen to a pupil was to leave something in the dining room by mistake after dinner . |
| 6 | There are n't many things that could unsettle Christine Webber . |
| 7 | One of the worst things that could happen was getting water in your camera housing . |
| 8 | If these were things that could not be fully understood or controlled , then they were all the more menacing because they could not be avoided . |
| 9 | It was not even ‘ love of life ’ — that is more like it , but the phrase has come to mean many things that could ( happily ) not be predicated of her . |
| 10 | It will probably be priced not a mile above 1-2-3 , but it will do things that could n't be attempted with a traditional spreadsheet . ’ |
| 11 | Angalo had found a pebble that was almost the right shape to attach to a twig with strips torn off his coat ; he 'd never seen a stone axe in his life , but he had a definite feeling that there were useful things that could be done with a stone tied to the end of a stick . |
| 12 | There are any number of things that could go wrong and the only way to discover them is to discuss with the parents exactly what they did . |
| 13 | One , that working with Frantz and Weymouth was one of the worst things that could have happened to The Mondays , and two , that they 've still got it assuming they 're produced by someone that understands them . |
| 14 | The COSE specification is to include IBM Corp 's Common User Access ‘ 93 interface standard , which is n't out yet ; other things that could be addressed by COSE include a data interchange format — product naming conventions would be useful too , some say . |
| 15 | Reportedly , the list of things that could pop fills two pages single-spaced , a melange of hardware , software , services and ISV testimonials . |
| 16 | Other things that could be addressed by COSE include a data interchange format — product naming conventions would be useful too , some say . |
| 17 | The most direct link between the Fabians and Spencer is Beatrice Webb , who was brought up under his tutelage , absorbed his scientific method of viewing ‘ all social institutions exactly as if they were plants or animals — things that could be observed , classified and explained ’ , but who eventually shook herself ‘ completely free from laisser-faire bias ’ . |
| 18 | He had also walked the whole way in a pair of ex-NATO boots , high-laced stiff things that could reduce an SAS regular into a hobbling wreck in five minutes . |
| 19 | There are two things that could be done relatively easily to ameliorate this situation . |
| 20 | It was scarcely bearable , talking to Aunt Sarah with this invisible wall between them of things that could n't be mentioned . |
| 21 | A year I had all the symptoms and I went and got a book and read about it and tried to find out as much possible about it and the book scared me silly because it told me all these things that could happen |
| 22 | the things that could be better and the things you 'd like more or less of . |
| 23 | I mean from rig to rig things work differently and I mean on on Piper , I would say there were probably things that could have been tightened up but then again I do n't think they were part and parcel of what happened and there on July the sixth . |
| 24 | Anne had never known Mark properly , had n't understood his unorthodox behaviour , his irreverent sense of humour or the way he 'd detested sad , miserable faces , pointless regret over things that could never be altered . |
| 25 | For at this moment , standing here beside him , part of her really wanted to believe in things that could never , ever be . |
| 26 | Oh , there were all kinds if things that could be done to make the visit memorable . |
| 27 | The only things that could put a stop to the recovery from recession in the north-west of England and elsewhere are the policies of the Labour party — for , the sharpest ever peacetime tax increase , the national statutory minimum wage , and changes in the law to encourage strikes . |
| 28 | President , in this motion I have tried to outline things that could be important and useful in recruiting drive . |
| 29 | I could not believe it ; I had another 30 minutes to think of all the things that could go wrong . |
| 30 | There are also a lot of things that could go wrong which could prolong your stay . |