Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] could [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If being Maori were a significant variable this might arise because of an inherent effect of being Maori or because there are other confounding variables that have not been considered that could explain the difference between Maori and non-Maori children . |
| 2 | Terry captures the fresh , close-cropped looks that could blight the careers of a generation of older , taller and more exotic models . |
| 3 | The IRA has always known better than to attack the security forces of the Republic , since it would instantly lose whatever support it has and could provoke the Irish government to order internment , as it did in the distant past . |
| 4 | Secondly , in order to maximize the use of scarce capital resources , industries were selected that could utilize the backlog of technological change that had been developed in the Western economies . |
| 5 | The sunburn redness may not reveal itself until later in the day and by that time , the damage will be done and could ruin the rest of your stay . |
| 6 | The writers , while condemning the failings of the old nobility , notably their decadence and degradation , thought that their way of life could be revitalised and could become the foundation of a civil life that stemmed the rising tide of democracy and , as they feared , mob rule . |
| 7 | Middle Eastern states , whose oil based economies could be destroyed by test-tube fusion , will have nothing more to lose and could exploit the weapons potential of test-tube fusion devices to keep the oil burning . |
| 8 | The first is problematic in the light of the theory that living organisms ‘ see ’ with their eyes ; the second was problematic for the supporters of Galileo 's theories because it clashed with the ‘ force of a vacuum ’ theory accepted by them as an explanation of why the mercury does not fall from a barometer tube ; the third was problematic for Roentgen because it was tacitly assumed at the time that no radiation or emanation of any kind existed that could penetrate the container of the photographic plates and darken them ; the fourth was problematic because it was incompatible with Newton 's theory . |
| 9 | Jarvis grinned but could see the wisdom of it . |
| 10 | Building on this , targets and benchmarks could be introduced that could overcome the lingering tendency to see risk management as simply an overhead ( ’ even though , ‘ Ure said , ‘ it costs nothing to sit down and work out threats and actions ’ ) . |
| 11 | In the distance she could hear a train coming and could see the yellow lights of the oil lamps in the signal box . |
| 12 | A good many parents know exactly how she felt and could echo the same sentiments . |
| 13 | I listened and could hear the sound of voices , German voices , getting louder , or closer . |
| 14 | Japanese computers use the QWERTY keyboard to input Japanese to the system : this appears as the kana syllabary on the screen , and then by various methods ( such as pressing the space bar ) a list of possible kanji ideograms that could represent the kana text is displayed for selection . |
| 15 | The models used are well chosen for the remedies studied and could stimulate the development of further experiments along similar lines . |
| 16 | Jessica felt her eyes close but could see the light , two hot white searchlights , hot red spots . |