Example sentences of "and could [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That would cause an outcry and add several percentage points to inflation , and could easily check spending and strangle the recovery in its cradle . |
| 2 | Although I dreamed and could thus distinguish sleep from death , although I woke up again each morning , the fear remained , and my sister 's death only served to strengthen it . |
| 3 | In an age when much more business is project-oriented when it is increasingly a case of throw it at the wall and see what sticks ( perhaps in the public sector they really wish they did n't have to be so careful with the dosh and could similarly try things out more just to see what might work ) , the role of the chief exec is to empower the team and keep informed of progress ( half a side of A4 and no hyperbole please ) . |
| 4 | They had done very little swapping of horses , mainly because Nails refused to and Hoomey , having become accustomed to the feel of Bones 's hulk beneath him , was terrified by what he called the ‘ slippery ’ ponies — Midnight and Firelight — and could not make Spot move at all . |
| 5 | BIRD 'S CUSTARD : In 1837 , Alfred Bird hit on the formula for Bird 's custard because his wife had digestive troubles and could not tolerate eggs . |
| 6 | For example , the doctor who used crutches said that he would find surgery difficult and could not visit patients at home because of access problems . |
| 7 | Because SOEs were created for multiple reasons , most faced conflicting pressures from various constituencies and could not reconcile multiple , and conflicting , objectives . |
| 8 | These groups might enter into semi-permanent contracts with academics who had similar interests , and develop rules about who could and could not take part in a ‘ course ’ in a particular ‘ subject ’ and how that ‘ course ’ should be conducted . |
| 9 | This patient , HCEM , had no spontaneous speech , could not write and could not name objects . |
| 10 | they could parse accurately and analyse poetry , but they spoke the perverted Lancashire dialect of the towns , had a narrow vocabulary , and could not understand diction … |
| 11 | Although many boatmen 's wives acted as crew they were not recognised as such and could not get compensation for injury or sick pay . |
| 12 | It was clear to me that we dared not and could not use money from the Department . |
| 13 | In Cocks v. Thanet DC the House of Lords made clear that those aggrieved by local authority decisions must proceed by way of judicial review and could not use procedures available in private law between landlord and tenant . |
| 14 | She laughed and cried at the same time , and could not let Oliver go . |
| 15 | It should be clear from what is said above that from the purely practical classroom point of view , generative phonology has little to offer and could well create confusion . |
| 16 | Last August Australia sent three naval ships to the Gulf ; Bob Hawke , the prime minister , made it clear in December that they would be put under American operational control and could well see combat . |
| 17 | The other two national winners are Tracy Young , who was born with two holes in her heart and could n't walk til she was five — her prize was for her personal achievement in ballroom and latin dancing … and Ronnie Broomhall who is the first person in the country with learning difficulties to become a qualified amateur gymnastics coach . |
| 18 | Everything seemed in order until a week before your departure when the hotel contacted Saga to say it was overbooked and could n't accommodate Saga 's clients . |
| 19 | And er there was only one who could n't take part and he was in the fire brigade and could n't take part because they were er his employers . |
| 20 | 'Course , we did n't have telly in those days , and could n't afford holidays or anything like that . |
| 21 | He loved soccer and could n't remember baseball ; neither could he remember California , except for a vague recollection of sunshine and a white house and what seemed an enormous swimming pool , although Clare laughed and told him it had really been quite small — for LA . |
| 22 | But the patient was having treatment and could n't see visitors so he had an hour to spare . |
| 23 | K2 had the necessary experience of working with Chameleon and could also boast skills in software design that have , according to Stan Taylor , senior manager of European information systems at Intergraph , ‘ been of great benefit to the company . ’ |
| 24 | Mr Singleton knew other talented people , among them an extremely obliging fellow who could treat a sheet of notepaper to give it the feel and appearance of age , and could also produce ink of a quality used in the past . |
| 25 | Most politicians themselves saw matters in this light , and could harshly rebuff freeholders and their relatives who believed otherwise . |
| 26 | The need to obtain an entry visa from an embassy often situated far away could be dangerous and could therefore hinder departure . |
| 27 | We pointed out to the companies that they let the contracts , and could therefore require trade union representation as a condition of awarding them . |
| 28 | But French premier , Pierre Mendès-France , won various concessions : the French army would not now be placed under federal European controls ( instead the European Army was abandoned ) ; German forces would voluntarily desist from using certain categories of weapons , including atomic , bacteriological and chemical devices ; Britain would maintain its current level of forces in Europe , and could therefore help France in controlling Germany in future . |
| 29 | Some of these are complete movements , and could possibly represent blanks that he had managed to fill , as Shedlock suggested . |
| 30 | My pupil was a girl called Adèle , seven or eight years old , who was born in France and could hardly speak English . |