Example sentences of "[noun sg] could [verb] [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only industry could absorb locally this surplus the land would not support , and in the early half of the nineteenth century there was none . |
| 2 | He strongly denies this , of course , but who but a dedicated optimist could have so much confidence ? |
| 3 | North told the story to Bob Earl , too , to whom he was closer , and with whom the story could slip still more bonds with the world of facts . |
| 4 | He claimed that no Act of Parliament could take away this right . |
| 5 | Any hint of Fed tightening could cause even more chaos than usual , because of the precarious condition of much of America 's financial and property markets : the legacy of the huge growth in debt during the 1980s , and the main cause of worry now . |
| 6 | It was strange that a man who had known so much sorrow could radiate so much life . |
| 7 | No real life shop could support so many assistants for so small a stock , but how the audience loved this bevy of beauties who bowed , and sidestepped , in stately fashion ( the great stunning picture hats for Jubilee Year would not appear until Act Two — not reach their apogee until Act Three ) . |
| 8 | A MORNING bowl of muesli could contain as much fat as two fried eggs and four teaspoons of sugar , a report has warned . |
| 9 | The rate could decrease further this year as more than 100 local safety schemes are set up along roads in the region . |
| 10 | So Left-wing Labour MPs were aware that devolution could make yet more obstacles to the achievement of their long-term aims . |
| 11 | But all too often leaving no will could create yet another worry for your family at a time of bereavement and disruption at home . |
| 12 | Now I I 've chosen an example w with a Conservative Secretary of State and the Labour majority , but I ask the Noble Lords on all , in all parts of the House to think it could work the other way round , because a Labour Secretary of State could exercise exactly these powers in an area where with a er Conservative majority on on er on on the local council or councils and I ask the House to think of this , not in a party er as a as a party issue between Labour , Conservative or Liberal Democrat , I just ask you to consider whether it is right for a Secretary of State of any political persuasion to er secure by appointment to a police authority a political control from the centre of that police authority , because that is what the Government 's presents proposals would still achieve and er it is our view and it is the view of which is which is finds expression in Amendments five , eight and eleven that the we should return to the tripartite system of p of policing which policing is a partnership between the Chief Constable er the local authority in the area and the Home Secretary , that er tripartite arrangement has worked extremely well for thirty years , there have been minor conflicts in some parts of the country , but nothing to justify the wholesale removal of of of the partnership which is now proposed . |
| 13 | They had few doubts that the Army could recruit as many regulars as it really needed , within reason , provided the country was prepared to pay enough for them . |
| 14 | The filtering operation is crucial , because the total amount of environmental information could swamp virtually any receiver not adapted to selective perception . |
| 15 | It was strange that a man of considerable intellect could give so much attention and attribute such importance to a press which was wholly influenced at all times by political considerations . |