Example sentences of "he [verb] that it could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says that it could have been arson , but he ca n't comprehend how saomeone wopuld want to risk people 's lives . |
| 2 | He believed that it could cure ‘ all illness … with the exception of malformation and germ diseases ’ . |
| 3 | He acknowledged that it could prove up to four times more expensive than wind or wave power . |
| 4 | Mr Clark said legislation ensuring re-inspection could come into force within the next few years and he warned that it could result in hotels being prosecuted if they contravened their Fire Certificates . |
| 5 | ‘ It is pretty clear they have got the message from institutional shareholders , ’ but he warned that it could take years for Barclays to recover from the bad lending made in the late 1980s . |
| 6 | Lord Simon showed what a difficult concept this is when he reviewed various possible definitions of " quasi-arbitrator " in Arenson v Casson Beckman Rutley & Co [ 1975 ] 3 WLR 815 at 824 G. He said that it could mean ( 1 ) a third party whose duty it is , in deciding a question , to " hold the scales fairly " and who is " likely to be shot at by both sides " this was formulated three different ways ; or ( 2 ) " an arbitrator at common law in contradistinction from one under the Arbitration Act 1950 " [ an obscure conceptpresumably only for oral arbitration agreements or agreements specifically excluding the operation of the Act ] ; or ( 3 ) " a person who is not an arbitrator under the Arbitration Act 1950 but nevertheless acts in a judicial capacity or character or fulfills a judicial function . " |