Example sentences of "that [noun] could [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , whilst women who smoke may know that smoking could damage their health , there is no evidence that they experienced smoking as having any immediate impact on their self-perceived strength and fitness . |
| 2 | After the miscarriage Dr Rollerson , Maud 's father , had insisted on paying for them to make an extended tour of Europe , so that Maud could regain her health , and James 's dream of a permanent post at St Bartholomew 's Hospital was indefinitely postponed . |
| 3 | Bits and pieces are still filtering out from IBM Corp 's conference call with analysts after its third quarter figures last week , and its director of investor relations Jim Clippard finally acknowledged that IBM could cut its workforce even more than the 25,000 announced in December , late in second quarter or in the third quarter : ‘ It 's clear to me that they have to go well beyond the 25,000 , ’ said PaineWebber analyst Stephen Smith , ‘ Maybe even 50,000 ; ’ analysts told Reuter that IBM said the majority of its targeted 25,000 plus staffers will leave the company during the second quarter , leaving it open to another plan in the second half of 1993 . |
| 4 | Reddy estimates that Karnataka could meet its energy needs better than it could under current plans , while avoiding the doubling of CO 2 by the year 2000 that those plans would bring . |
| 5 | Whilst accepting that this is an oversimplification of a process that includes a sophisticated method of calculating relative costs ( ie the weighted factors ) , it nonetheless indicated how the further education process could be improved , assuming that Colleges could enhance their income level once the majority of constraints on local operations were removed . |
| 6 | As the Servant of Yahweh , Jesus treads the path of suffering and obedience right the way to Calvary : so much so that Peter could describe his suffering and death in terms culled from the famous prophecy of the Suffering Servant in Isaiah : |
| 7 | Two of the cuts on her cheek were so deep that doctors could see her bone . |
| 8 | Two of the cuts on her cheek were so deep that doctors could see her bone . |
| 9 | It has been argued that Britain could adopt their position , but would eventually move to narrower trading margins . |
| 10 | In spring 1988 Johnson asked for the case to be adjourned so that LGCM could move its office without appearing to have been thrown out . |
| 11 | Brutus is though apprehensive that Caesar could change his personality when he got total power . |
| 12 | Excellent people , of course , particularly that good Mr Ephraim Cook who was so clever about taking care of the business so that John-William could take his rest . |
| 13 | How did it just happen that Harris could maintain his Offensive despite disastrous occasions like Nuremburg . |
| 14 | Stockbroker Hoare Govett believes that radio could increase its share by 5 per cent by 1995 . |
| 15 | After that Creggan often talked to her , sometimes in a barest whisper that only she could hear , and other times more powerfully so that others could share her dream and inner peacefulness . |
| 16 | He was so close that Polly could feel his body warmth and smell the soap he had used that morning . |
| 17 | She made her way to the small side gate that opened on to the alley and which in the daytime was kept permanently open so that tradesmen could make their way to the kitchens through the vegetable garden . |