Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result of the decision , which was handed down by a judge in Newcastle , the holders of all Ministry Licences could successfully contest the termination date of existing agreements . |
| 2 | Prior to Batrec 's operations , Swiss batteries — even those collected separately by local authorities — were either sent abroad to dubious foreign dumps or were incinerated at home — a process which raised fears that residues could eventually enter the food chain . |
| 3 | This did n't stop the rock press from gnashing its teeth and a prize was certainly in the offing for the writer who could effectively belittle the Morrissey figure . |
| 4 | They could perhaps find a replacement make-up artist , though that would prove difficult at such short notice , but someone coming in at the last moment would find it hard to cope with the unusual styles , and the actors would be having problems enough dealing with first-night nerves without having to face any added strain . |
| 5 | I would say that erm We could perhaps describe the congress system as a partial success . |
| 6 | It was touching and exciting to be there at the end singing ‘ It 's a lovely day tomorrow ’ with Cilla and Su and Cannon and Wisdom and Norden and Ball , and God could only bless the GB Public for their incredible largess . |
| 7 | They could only blame the coalition system . |
| 8 | She caught worldwide attention last year when she claimed in a defence of prostitution charges that she could only satisfy a sex addiction by selling herself to the long line of men . |
| 9 | The lone , unarmed , constable on guard could only close the polling station . |
| 10 | He felt that if he could only solve the button problem something else would be explained . |
| 11 | But the ball could only find the side netting . |
| 12 | For instance , if a new service is building up a clientele base then one could naturally expect the efficiency ratio to improve over time . |
| 13 | In this way , the company was guaranteed a yearly income and it could thus pursue a programme policy that was developed with little regard for the wishes of the audience . |
| 14 | If the chain proves popular you could soon have a Food Giant near you . |
| 15 | Children with Cerebral Palsy could soon lose the training centre that helps them to overcome their handicap . |
| 16 | ‘ It self-seeds ’ could soon become a warning note , striking as much fear into gardeners hearts as ‘ It propagates easily from root cuttings ’ does to anyone who has tried in vain to remove some acanthus or bindweed from a flower bed . |
| 17 | He could not identify the Fairy Topic , either , and this gave him a not uncommon sensation of his own huge ignorance , a grey mist , in which floated or could be discerned odd glimpses of solid objects , odd bits of glitter of domes or shadows of roofs in the gloom . |
| 18 | Rain could not leave the Maurin strand to Cobalt . |
| 19 | In England in 1226 it had been made clear to the king that he could not tax the clergy diocese by diocese ; such an attempt in that year had been frustrated by the request of the Salisbury cathedral chapter for consultation with the clergy of other sees ; the proctors of the cathedral and collegiate clergy subsequently attended a provincial council armed with instructions from their ‘ constituents ’ . |
| 20 | Mr Emig said there were gaps in the evidence and that , in the commission 's view , the South African track and field federation could not conduct a doping control as their membership of the International Amateur Athletic Federation was still under suspension . |
| 21 | For example , in Granada Group Ltd. v Ford Motor Company Ltd. [ 1973 ] , the GRANADA television group could not prevent the Ford Motor Company calling one of their cars a Ford GRANADA ; the court held that there was no danger of confusion because of the different fields of activity ; namely television and cars . |
| 22 | Having been reduced now to travelling on foot , he could not make the return journey to Bristol in a day , and Sara too often found herself left lonely and uneasy in a cottage whose attractions were not increased by the coming of winter , or by neighbours who were ‘ a little too tattling and inquisitive ’ . |
| 23 | But hopes of an early offer were dashed yesterday when Peter Bonfield , chairman and chief executive , said the flotation was likely to be later rather than sooner because ICL could not meet the Fujitsu criterion of sustaining a market price of 225p a share . |
| 24 | The court said that it could not tell the Chief Constable how he should respond to the situation as it could not judge the explosiveness of the situation at the time . |
| 25 | Since only one bit at a time can be sent , we could not send the 8-bit binary number : all at once until we had eight separate telephone lines and this would be obviously impractical . |
| 26 | Citrine and Self were preoccupied with the administrative problems of vesting , organisational initiatives , and Area Board relations ; and their new cramped headquarters in Great Portland Street could not absorb the CEB organisation . |
| 27 | The project failed because the Alliance could not disguise the class basis of its appeal in the eyes of working-class electorate , numerically stronger , with powerful industrial base , and tradition of independent , at times aggressive , action . |
| 28 | The company discussed the situation with PW which , while stressing it could not give an audit report , was prepared to say what it had done in the form of a review to GRE 's directors . |
| 29 | These three teachers were struggling to survive in an inner-city school and could not give the evaluation project the kind of commitment it really deserved . |
| 30 | Jonathan Davies could not manage the touchline kick , but was successful from a similar position five minutes before the interval , when inspired play by Derek Pyke and Philip McKenzie presented Martin Offiah with a try with virtually his first touch of the ball . |