Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] could [vb infin] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | The money men who keep Formula One afloat want to stave off commercial backlashes that could cost them millions of pounds and hard-earned goodwill . |
| 2 | The women 's style was severe and more remote , protected by their teachers ' armour — as if there was nothing more to their lives that could connect them with ours . |
| 3 | It may be pure conjecture but he gives the impression that he knows the words to The Sash and could sing them backwards , and it was hardly surprising when football fans nicknamed him ‘ Agent Orange ’ . |
| 4 | Will Douglas , who as Knight of Liddesdale , and Keeper of that unruly area , looked on all Armstrongs as eminently hangable , was doubtful , to say the least , but recognised that to refuse to take them would be considered a grievous insult and could endanger them all thereafter . |
| 5 | ‘ Secret people , ’ she said , ‘ who do not seem to have any business that could take them into the forest . ’ |
| 6 | FORMER transport minister Peter Bottomley today described as ‘ potentially murderous ’ a claim that wearing helmets gave cyclists a false sense of security and could encourage them to take greater risks . |
| 7 | It was quite refreshing to see and read that someone else saw these things and could articulate them in a better and more entertaining way than I could |
| 8 | Leyhill prison on the Gloucestershire Avon border is as far from the popular conception of a jail as you can get.Modern buildings cluster around borders boasting blooms that many public parks would be hard pressed to match.Leyhill is an open prison … the last port of call for inmates nearing the end of their sentences.A hundred prisoners work on the nearly forty acres of lawns , borders and market gardens.Their skills won them a silver medal at Chelsea for this display of garden design.And at Leyhill , they 've created a spectacular show … with drifts of brightly coloured pelargoniums competing for attention with giant cannas … and a fine show of roses.New borders are being created all the time … giving the prisoners an opportunity to express themselves and learn techniques that could help them go straight when they 're released : |
| 9 | Battling Nottingham turned the table upside down with a priceless 18–9 win against Northampton that could keep them in division one and deny their visitors the championship . |
| 10 | From April 1st anyone found not to have followed guidelines on making VAT claims and payments will be liable to a penalty that could cost them and extra 30% plus interest on any unpaid tax . |
| 11 | The principal concern for companies is first that they should be kept in touch with prevailing opinions on environmental issues that could affect them ; second , that any misconceptions on technical or other matters should be corrected . |
| 12 | It had freed itself from the stairwell and could smell them , not far above it and within easy reach . |
| 13 | So , sometimes we have to do things with horses that could make them anxious , and we have to work at keeping their anxiety level down . |
| 14 | Now they 're faced with a court order that could force them to leave within 28 days . |
| 15 | Now they 're faced with a court order that could force them to leave within 28 days . |
| 16 | The career support scheme , which would be voluntary , would put people seeking advice in touch with others who had already experienced their particular problem and could give them the benefit of their knowledge . |
| 17 | Grammar schools already had adequate facilities or could build them from scratch . |
| 18 | It also means that the feral dogs are acquiring genetic material that could turn them into dangerous carnivores in grand style . |
| 19 | And in their spirit lay the dormant power that could make them proud , free men again ! |
| 20 | WOODY ALLEN went shopping yesterday after a judge told him he could not see his children for Christmas but could send them presents . |