Example sentences of "could [verb] [prep] [adv] [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If a star could collapse to such a small size , it is not unreasonable to expect that other stars could collapse to even smaller size and become black holes .
2 He made the point that that could lead to yet greater troubles in Bosnia and in Macedonia .
3 Commuters have attacked British Rail 's new Passenger Charter , saying it could lead to even higher train fares .
4 SERPLAN 's analysis , while accepting that the tunnel itself would produce only modest effects in the South East , states that ‘ a combination of Single European Market , the Tunnel and its associated infrastructure , the introduction of new methods of production , and overall trends within the British economy could lead to significantly higher levels of economic activity in the region ’ .
5 Perhaps the scheme could operate with much greater success in this sense if a special in-service provision was made — but this , of course , depends on whether time and money can be found for it .
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