Example sentences of "[conj] it could and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most annoying fact was that it could and should have been a masterpiece . |
| 2 | With a motor and tyres made from plumber 's tubing , their entry had to be able to travel three metres and to carry a weight — and they proved to the judges that it could and it completed the distance in a time of 8.5 secs . |
| 3 | For example , he thought that BT should be allowed to offer entertainment services but seemed to be unaware that it could and had applied for cable franchises . |
| 4 | While it could and did allow that the discoveries of natural science and of philological and literary criticism of the text could cast light upon the meaning of the Bible , it held that the proper responsibility of the theologian is to interpret the Bible out of itself . |
| 5 | On behalf of the applicant , Mr. Fitzgerald submitted that a death due to ‘ natural causes ’ in the sense that it was caused by some naturally occurring disease , nevertheless becomes ‘ an unnatural death ’ within the meaning of section 8(1) ( a ) when it could and should have been prevented by the performance by some other person or authority of a duty owed by them to the deceased . |