Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [prep] a [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , having no more to discuss on that topic , I went on to ask Sylvia if she could think of a place in her own home where she felt uneasy if the door was shut . |
| 2 | My words , he could qualify for a part in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat , it 's really something . |
| 3 | Do you think you could benefit from a phone in the car ? |
| 4 | The £600 million scheme could result in a rise in domestic water bills of up to 25 per cent , unlikely to appeal to consumers . |
| 5 | Thing is we could do with a lie in in the morning . |
| 6 | And we could do with a break in America . ’ |
| 7 | Yes your neighbours could do with a lesson in parking |
| 8 | Although Graham rarely touched alcohol , he could do with a beer in the heat . |
| 9 | You could look for a course in assertiveness or self- esteem — in London the Women 's Therapy Centre ( 071–263 6200 ) can help ; outside it is a question of asking around , possibly at the local library . |
| 10 | The President of the European Commission , Jacques Delors , speaking at the same conference , said more explicitly that he could conceive of a situation in which France 's nuclear umbrella could one day be extended to the entire EC under a common doctrine . |
| 11 | Through the firm and persuasive advocacy of Marsh he was eventually permitted to incept , but the case provoked the university to decree that in future no scholar who had not ruled in arts could proceed to a degree in theology : a statute which would engender recurrent disputes between the friars and the university . |
| 12 | At that time , University College had no fellow in mathematics , which was another reason he wanted me to do chemistry : I could try for a scholarship in natural science rather than in mathematics . |
| 13 | Her father David , of nearby Lytham , said : ‘ You do not think someone could die from a disease in just 10 hours . ’ |
| 14 | Ger Van Vliet , a Dutch botanist who heads the EC scientific working group on Cites , says wild orchids are easy to steal : ‘ I could walk into a forest in Sabah ( Borneo ) and take away the last remaining specimens of a rare species in one suitcase . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ All it needs is two seats and we could go for a jaunt in it . |
| 16 | Legal experts predicted that the case could serve as a precedent in land claim cases where tribes alleged that treaties had been signed on their behalf by representatives of other language groups . |
| 17 | Any factor that interferes with this negative feedback loop could lead to a rise in gastrin values . |
| 18 | This is especially so for rule-based syntactic processing where the use of semantic analysis to remove improbable partial parses could lead to a reduction in the processing requirement . |
| 19 | In the letter to Mr Fallon Lord Swaythling said there was no doubt that Labour 's policies about tobacco advertising and sponsorship could lead to a reduction in jobs at Rothmans in the North-East of England . |
| 20 | The ad may start a favourable train of thought which could lead to a purchase in a week 's ( or a year 's ) time . |
| 21 | Acceptance of the proposal could lead to a resurgence in international trade in leopard skin . |
| 22 | To ascribe diagnosis of such cases solely to ultrasonography is thus incorrect as prior knowledge of the results of biochemical screening could lead to a bias in identifying cases by ultrasonography . |
| 23 | Indeed the possible consequences of poor practice in this area could lead to a growth in institutional placements with the funding for home care being transferred to pay for this — the converse of a policy of community care . |
| 24 | This could lead to a drop in temperature of between 5 and 10 degrees centigrade over the region , with the curtailment of the spring growing season and consequent losses of food production . |
| 25 | There are always launderettes and it could lead to a career in pop music . ) |
| 26 | They 're undergoing trials with Swindon Town Football Club , each one hoping that it could lead to a career in first division football . |
| 27 | But this strategy might not work out as the British government hoped ; the resultant ‘ unfreezing [ could ] release the political energies of the people ’ , and it could lead to a situation in which Protestant workers were weaned away from Orangeism and united with their Catholic fellow workers in the Labour movement : |
| 28 | Here , through the space of a breath or two , she could live for a moment in the rapturous evening when she and Lal had dressed for the Hunt Ball : the evening that had given her Andrew . |
| 29 | If only he could come across a barn in which he could seek refuge from the full force of the gale … but visibility was limited to a few strides . |
| 30 | These could come from a background in teaching , the Careers Service or Industry , bringing different skills and experience in each case . |