Example sentences of "sort [prep] [noun] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh aye — all sorts of things could be . |
| 2 | ‘ Try and make her understand that all sorts of things could happen to him ! ’ |
| 3 | These sorts of points could be brought out by oral work , or through role-play . |
| 4 | Now I am not sure how those sorts of issues could be objectively measured and therefore assessed . |
| 5 | He would not see his bride before the wedding night so all sorts of pictures could float in the mind . |
| 6 | Any sort of publicity could have splashed UNACO across the front page of every newspaper in the world . ’ |
| 7 | But what sort of work could they do ? |
| 8 | Nowadays , that sort of conduct could lead to a social worker 's being asked to take an interest in the child . |
| 9 | What sort of mitigation could justify that ? |
| 10 | We therefore have to know : what sort of presence could there be of a God to whom there applied none of the limitations that applied to finite human existence ? |
| 11 | The right sort of clothing could just save your life . |
| 12 | Now if you understand that , if you 're actually targeting , you want to get something into a national paper or local paper or something , you need to think at about your particular item you want to get across and think ‘ What sort of angle could actually be useful for that particular outlet ? ’ |
| 13 | This sort of activity could be paralleled in many other states . |
| 14 | What sort of home could you possibly give her — even if you were suitable as a parent , anyway ? |
| 15 | This sort of complacency could have cost me my life . |
| 16 | Five years ago , schools were asked to develop their programme of personal relationships so that the right sort of foundations could be laid at an early age . |
| 17 | This sort of nonsense could have been fairly innocuous had it not been for the fact that under Napoleon I , the frequent employment of courtiers in great and influential offices of state had led to a gradual isolation of the Emperor , which in turn gave too much power to those close to the throne , many of whom , it should be noted , actively worked against him in the last years of the reign . |
| 18 | Erm how did that sort of perspective come about the sort of things could be theirs do you think ? |
| 19 | This sort of vessel could well have existed four centuries earlier in the Aegean . |
| 20 | This seems to me to be an eminently sensible arrangement , and I think this sort of structure could also work here . |
| 21 | This sort of structure could be adapted to the situation where the departing shareholders of Target are willing to accept deferred consideration ( the debentures ) , the managers become or remain shareholders in Target and a venture capital partnership wishes to invest directly in Target . |
| 22 | It is a pity that this civilized sort of arrangement could n't have been extended to more cities . |
| 23 | Thus a man who could have done all sorts of good things is rendered useless ; and the same sort of outcome could follow in a case involving not one but two men , or a hundred or more , or even a whole branch of a family ( progenies ) or at the same time a whole province — if you 're not very careful ! " ( c. 31 ) |
| 24 | Have you any idea what sort of people could have taken this and when it could have happened ? |
| 25 | What other sort of job could he do erm that |
| 26 | And what sort of future could I look forward to ? |
| 27 | The principles of electromagnetism had been established by the late eighteenth century , but it was not until the mid-nineteenth century that any sort of measurements could be made of the small currents produced by living tissue . |
| 28 | He wanted to prove to himself and to others this sort of crime could be successfully committed . |
| 29 | Any sort of boat could have been used to ferry a body to midstream and to put it gently over the side in darkness . |
| 30 | I do n't think that he could look after other countries , although the same sort of precedent could no doubt apply for example , the former French prime minister , there 's probably quite a few of them around , could be found to go |