Example sentences of "[noun sg] could [vb infin] a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , in the use of spears , the Christian knight , crouched behind his kite-shaped shield , atop his massive war horse could topple a lightly armed man completely out of the saddle — and probably spear him through in the process . |
| 2 | Generally speaking , the home materials industry could support a greatly expanded building programme without an appreciable increase of labour or capital . |
| 3 | If it is excreted by a saturable process then in patients with renal failure the same degree of increased delivery of pepsinogen I into the serum could produce a more marked increase in its serum concentration . |
| 4 | Compared to dormitory life and low student stipends , even what was once considered demeaning work could offer a much more comfortable life . |
| 5 | Certainly such management could furnish a more effectual remedy for the evils of our ways than many bills passed in the House of Parliament . |
| 6 | The theory behind the stock editor approach was that one person ( or group of people ) working full time on the bookstock could achieve a more penetrating and unified approach , and that the stock editor could pay more detailed attention to such matters as checks on withdrawals , coverage of specialist reviews , and the perusal of lists of secondhand books . |
| 7 | Gold and silver coins tended to be used as bullion and their metal value was an important consideration in a time of inflation , but a base metal coin could have a very long life . |
| 8 | This unit on writing and printing could form a very useful bridging unit either between Key Stages 1 and 2 or between two core units . |
| 9 | Its considerable size — population about 2,500 — certainly can not be the whole explanation , for a much smaller place could display a more distinctive social structure . |
| 10 | Other institutional supports for citizenship could include a more responsive system of local government , and national and regional assemblies if these were to be set up . |
| 11 | As the family grew up the wife could take a less active part in the farm work especially when the son left school but occasionally they found it difficult to settle back into a domestic routine . |
| 12 | The company name could have a little more prominence . |
| 13 | The promotion of energy conservation and energy efficiency could play a much bigger part in cleaning up the environment than any other measure the government can take . |
| 14 | Six years later , when the launching of the European Economic Community with the same six member states had in a sense superseded the ECSC , the Authority could make a reasonably positive report . |
| 15 | Nothing will now take health out of politics but a commission could produce a more efficient service with the potential for advances in training , employee involvement and swifter decision-making . |
| 16 | As the Investors Chronicle of 18 September pointed out , most building societies do not tell their savers when one of their accounts ceases to be marketed to new investors , even if the existing investor could obtain a much better rate of interest by switching to another account with the same society . |
| 17 | An initially subordinate lizard with an intact tail could intimidate a previously dominant lizard which had a third of its tail missing . |
| 18 | Collecting information to input onto a database could offer a very valuable means of " taking something back to the classroom " from a field visit or museum visit for this age group ( see Figure 2.8 ) . |
| 19 | It may overlook the fact that science could become a very rebellious offspring ; and , as an apologetic strategy , it could easily backfire if science ( as some believe it has been ) were to be devalued in public estimation through association with polluting and exploitative technologies . |
| 20 | The company could use a little good news . |
| 21 | However , a country could have a moderately high average level , while some sections of society still had very short life expectancy . |
| 22 | Chomsky points out that the principles of operant conditioning were originally derived from experimental studies of animals , in which the ex-perimenter could achieve a very high degree of control over variables which were presumed to influence behaviour . |
| 23 | Among the Western barbarian nations , however , Christianity could play a more creative role . |