Example sentences of "they could [adv] [vb infin] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And because they have bigger appetites , they could eventually deplete the rivers ' resources , leaving them empty of salmon of any description . |
| 2 | The nature of the organisation and the staff it employs tends to lead to a greater commitment to any investigation and subsequent changes , particularly if it is felt that they could eventually benefit the residents . |
| 3 | ( At this point he laughed as if at the absurdly self-evident nature of such a statement. ) ( 5 ) He indicated , very obliquely and with evident reluctance because of the company in which we were talking , that they could also discuss the activities of the Cuban revolution in other countries . |
| 4 | In Russia they used to sell books , but it is now entirely possible that they could also sell the publishers . |
| 5 | He thought that they could simply close the doors and everything would be all right . |
| 6 | They could already have the answers . ’ |
| 7 | They could still hear the voices , closer now than before , then the clear ring of footsteps . |
| 8 | It might have been better to handle the sale more discreetly through dealer Angela Nevill , but either way they could never fetch the prices Bond paid for them ’ . |
| 9 | The British realized during the war years that they could never reap the benefits of the expected postwar boom in international civil aviation without a coherent national programme that would enable Britain to compete on equal terms with the United States . |
| 10 | Butenko called in particular for the establishment of a socialist civil society , based upon a wide dispersal of ownership ( so long as workers depended upon their employers , even under public ownership , they could never become the agents of their own destiny ) . |
| 11 | If present in significant thickness they could materially improve the chances of hydrocarbon retention in beds beneath them . |