Example sentences of "could [verb] [prep] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ But if they become part of the post-1994 set up , clever non-producers will join the company that pays the best price — and could jump from company to company on a regular basis , ’ forecast Nestle 's chief milk buyer , John Ross . |
| 2 | The serum concentration is falling rapidly at 15 minutes , and small changes in the timing of the sample will greatly affect the observed result , which could result in day to day inconsistencies and unwarranted changes in dosage . |
| 3 | The psychiatrist was called Mr Rose and was , as far as Marcus could remember from time to time , medium in height , medium brown in colouring and with a medium tenor voice when he spoke , which was infrequently . |
| 4 | In general Keynesians recognized that changes in W could occur from time to time , but the factors influencing these changes were extrinsic to the equations of the income-expenditure model . |
| 5 | I think y yo you could blip from month to month er , er as a priority slipped in or changed , or a person slipped out or , or somebody forgot to zero something or y |
| 6 | The different ages of her life seemed to exist simultaneously , as if she could move from age to age according to how she felt . |
| 7 | The touch of genius that he could evince from moment to moment , if he was exercising self-control , distinguished him from other politicians on both sides of the House . |
| 8 | John Dykstra , with Richard Edlund and others , was able to set up a camera rig that moved very precisely in metal tracks , with the camera on an arm that could move up and down , while the camera itself could pan from side to side or tilt up and down or any combination or roll over to the side and also change focus as needed . |
| 9 | Unfortunately none of the five provide us with the expected objective measure of pain which we could apply with confidence to adults or to babies or to animals . |
| 10 | He could go from bed to window and table , to cupboard and door and fire and wash-handbasin , but only by certain routes . |
| 11 | So it is not difficult to see how TB could spread from badger to cow . ’ |
| 12 | No politician , whether a great magnate intent on retaining a traditional dominance in his region , a minister of the crown seeking favourable returns for his administration , or a landowner merely wishing to make a good figure in his own county , could manage without access to patronage with which to reward his friends ' loyalty by helping them in their times of need . |
| 13 | In the gelada 's natural habitat the Dunbars did not find an extreme seasonality in food availability , especially since geladas could switch from grass to rhizomes and bulbs as the key dry-season diet . |
| 14 | Whether gossip , bickering and family feuds were or were not a more prevalent feature than a wholesome communion of the population could vary from village to village and is ultimately a matter of subjective judgement . |
| 15 | The problem was that the will of the people could vary from week to week , from speaker to speaker , making consistency almost impossible . |
| 16 | The two American researchers say that , despite some of the workers having 20 years ' experience in the electricity industry , none of the workers had heard of sulphur hexafluoride , nor did they know that their work could lead to exposure to irritant gases . |
| 17 | He had handled many issues with skill and public spirit and good feeling , but he had no publicly recognized parcel of achievement which he could open from time to time and contemplate with satisfaction . |
| 18 | In the security of the castle , run under the English training of Lady Macleod , and as long as he could potter from room to room , with the occasional short foray out beneath the weather , Johnson relaxed , and flexed his muscles for his hosts and the other guests who called to see him . |