Example sentences of "[noun] could [vb infin] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The 5-0 defeat at Liverpool on Saturday could prove to be a watershed , just like our 9-0 defeat a few seasons ago . ’ |
| 2 | Bill 's loyalty to his apprentice had been ill rewarded this evening and no trainer could afford to be sentimental . |
| 3 | Looking at those lists provides interesting reading and bears out the used-car trade 's view that having a lead-only car could prove to be a liability . |
| 4 | I had wondered how a man in his right mind could want to be with me and decided that no girl in her right mind would want to be with him . |
| 5 | In the run-up to the general election his endorsement of independence could prove to be the SNP 's greatest asset . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The point of that story was that Scrooge could afford to be generous . |
| 8 | The seventh LDC could prove to be a watershed in the contentious history of ocean dumping . |
| 9 | ‘ Only Howard Baker could manage to be in the same room as God and not to notice him ! ’ cries Rayner Keat . |
| 10 | It may , however , be that even without this provision , a landlord who had granted a licence to a tenant signed by an authorised director could expect to be estopped from denying its effectiveness . |
| 11 | This new right could prove to be of particular utility in medical negligence claims . |
| 12 | He waited to be instructed what else a Rifleman could do to be less like a fish out of water in a battalion of Grenadiers . |
| 13 | She showed no inclination to argue further , but lay back in her chair , smiling at Robert , and I saw that it was not , as I had believed , understanding and acceptance that her smile revealed , not that their marriage was so secure it could sustain itself in the face of any disagreement , but that Lili could afford to be pleasant because she had no scruples . |
| 14 | Had problems occurred , the peripheral configuration could have been reconnected to the 600J so that service could continue to be provided until the problems were resolved and the cut over completed on the next weekend . |
| 15 | Dr Richard Webb , an American nuclear physicist who had worked on the early submarine PWRs , produced scenarios which showed that a land area about the size of the British Isles could have to be abandoned in the wake of a catastrophic accident . |
| 16 | In the areas of evaluation , widespread dissemination of case studies could prove to be a very useful practical exercise . |
| 17 | For a flying delivery to be effected the Vulcan Display Team crew could need to be kept would need to be kept current on XH558 ( they must at least fly every 28 days under current procedures ) which would necessitate check-flights until a buyer is established . |
| 18 | Information processing executives could expect to be asked how their deals compared to the deals others were getting . |
| 19 | On that evidence , therefore , and in spite of last night 's ominous phrases that the government would not tolerate ‘ chaos and anarchy ’ , it seems that the statement is more likely to be a specific warning — that people breaking in to armouries to steal weapons or ammunition could expect to be met by physical force — than a sign that the military are planning a political takeover . |
| 20 | Not only did they make the move , but they also managed to negotiate some funding and an arrangement whereby their staff could continue to be trained on E&Y courses . |
| 21 | Thus the Alliance in West Ham could claim to be ‘ non-political and non-sectarian ’ and |
| 22 | They stopped beside the resting horses and looked down on the vale of Grasmere , a prospect described by great poets as an unsuspected paradise , depicted by painters as a jewel set in nature , sought out by the fashionable , protected by the sensible , evoker of sublime epithets , a small , ovaloid dream lake ringed by mountains proportioned in a measure which touched the intelligence as much as the eye ; if any one place deserves the description , then Grasmere Vale could claim to be in the very eye of the Romantic storm , in its beauty , its seclusion , its inhabitants and its capacity to draw in and draw out some of the greatest artists of the era . |
| 23 | Brian could afford to be affectionate , from over a hundred miles away . |
| 24 | The wait would be well worth it for such a blind release ; and in this motley crowd , drawn from a dozen hamlets outside in addition to the town , her companion was nameless and faceless as a hunted man could wish to be . |
| 25 | So the legal and moral aspects of not prolonging life could continue to be discussed notwithstanding Dr. Arthur 's trial , but the prosecution itself could not be the focal point of the discussion . |
| 26 | 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 . ’ |
| 27 | There was little doubt that Britain could continue to be successful , but certain adjustments were thought necessary to bring this about . |
| 28 | To begin with I found the subject somewhat tedious , but as the weeks passed I became fascinated by how meticulously recording each transaction could prove to be so beneficial even to our little business . |
| 29 | More and more governments now demanded diplomatic services systematically and even rigidly organised , in which efficiency carried more weight and merit could expect to be rewarded more effectively . |
| 30 | The Sapphire could prove to be not only a big hit with disabled people , but also a major success for the Coventry company which manufactures it , as ordinary wheelchairs become a thing of the past . |