Example sentences of "could [verb] to [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were not forewarned of the final paragraph , added by a Vatican envoy : ‘ There is no way the Bishops could want to be disrespectful to His Excellency the Life President of the Republic , whom they hold in high esteem . ’ |
| 2 | the resources which he could expect to be available to him for the purpose of meeting the liability should it arise ; and |
| 3 | In relation to clauses which impose a monetary limit on damages recoverable in the event of breach of contract , the court is also to take into account : ( a ) the resources which [ the party seeking to rely on the clause ] could expect to be available to him for the purpose of meeting the liability should it arise ; and ( b ) how far it was open to him to cover himself by insurance . |
| 4 | And though many knew him , few could claim to be close to the peaceful , white-haired old man . |
| 5 | WALES flanker Emyr Lewis , out of action since aggravating a shoulder injury last month , could struggle to be fit for the Five Nations match against England in Cardiff on February 6 . |
| 6 | And , quite apart from demonstrating maturity by dismissing the incident and behaving normally , if she could manage to be polite to this man there was just a chance she might discover some clues to his plans for her family 's business . |
| 7 | In fact , one of the major drawbacks with signature models is that the buyer unwittingly inherits all of the idiosyncrasies of the original player 's design and , in a few instances , these could prove to be incompatible with his or her own style of playing . |
| 8 | Corinth could afford to be indifferent to the vengeance Athens took against Samos ; Megara was what mattered to Corinth , and Megara was now back in the Peloponnesian camp . |
| 9 | He could afford to be casual about the odd Force Nine . |
| 10 | At this moment she is all mine and without Faustina , Mark thought , then added quickly , ‘ I wonder what Faustina is doing now , ’ for he could afford to be generous among the azaleas , with Sophia 's hand in his . |
| 11 | Most meditatively — remember Drury Lane , he murmured , and , his favourite whip and spur , ‘ Attack , boy , attack ! ’ — so meditatively that no one could fail to be impressed by the inner preoccupation of the handsome gentleman in Hessian boots who ruminated across the turf , he paced a slow , measured entrance to the very central point of the circle without once raising his gaze from the earth or his head from the cusp of a hand which supported its pensive load . |
| 12 | Neither partner could fail to be aware of the interest in their company which , more than once , threatened to result in a book chronicling their success , especially as Laura had just finished working on the first Laura Ashley Book of Home Decorating . |
| 13 | If they could learn to be civil to each other , maybe even friendly , it would make it very much easier to walk away from him when this was all over . |