Example sentences of "it could [adv] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With this sensitivity it could easily detect a shrimp from over a metre away for these crustaceans generate tiny electrical fields of up to one thousandth of a volt ( 0.2–1 millivolt ) per centimetre each time they flick their tails . |
| 2 | Conversion of a Nardus upland grassland to a rye grass ley would not produce as drastic an increase because it could anyway support a livestock grazing level significantly above that of wet moorland . |
| 3 | It could even put a question mark over the future of England captain and selector Graham Gooch , whose fitness and discipline regime have become a hallmark of the current side , and which Gower has had some difficulty fitting in with . |
| 4 | The IMF could offer secure finance , in contrast to the holders of short-term sterling balances , but it could also exact a price . |
| 5 | It could also represent a problem-solving type of investment . |
| 6 | It could also mean a study of an open-ended nature usually with a mathematical theme ( e.g. pattern spotting using numbers and/or shapes ) or shorter pieces of work prompted by the " what happens if … ? " type of question . |
| 7 | It could also mean a commitment to an East Coast motorway or improved rail services to the North-East . ’ |
| 8 | It could also set a precedent for other governments — like Thailand and Malaysia — which have both pushed boat people back out to sea . |
| 9 | It could also have a bearing on its unusual style — no verbal testimonies from friends and colleagues , no old archive footage , just Van getting royally stoned on the music with some mates . |
| 10 | ‘ Completing your dog-training course could take a couple of months but it could also take a couple of years because of the waiting period . ’ |
| 11 | In this way , the company was guaranteed a yearly income and it could thus pursue a programme policy that was developed with little regard for the wishes of the audience . |
| 12 | The Society prospered , although at its 1852 annual public tea it could hardly hold a Christmas cheese and wine party members were saddened by the numbers that had fallen from grace once the hay and corn harvests had been collected . |
| 13 | It could now face a flood of prosecutions across the country . |
| 14 | What was crucial here as far as Chicago was concerned was that it could now boast a movie theatre as good as anything in New York and that the movies had been decisively disassociated from ‘ immoral ’ ragtime music by now being coupled with the Symphony . |
| 15 | Three weeks later the high command again said hands off , with a reminder that it could still mount a coup . |
| 16 | While a wealth tax would be difficult and cumbersome to administer , it could perhaps form a part of a total or partial replacement to existing income taxes . |