Example sentences of "that [noun sg] could [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , whilst women who smoke may know that smoking could damage their health , there is no evidence that they experienced smoking as having any immediate impact on their self-perceived strength and fitness . |
| 2 | ‘ They said on the radio that toothpaste could make you ill . |
| 3 | I would not forsake ye , I would not forsake you for sweetest of scenes : For sweetest of gardens that nature could make me I would not forsake ye , dear valleys and greens : Tho' Nature ne'er dropped ye a cloud-resting mountain , Nor waterfalls tumble their music so free , Had Nature denied ye a bush , tree , or fountain , Ye still had been loved as an Eden by me . |
| 4 | He had no idea where he was , except that it must be somewhere in the wilds of Wales , well hidden from any possibility of rescue ; and he took his first unwilling look about him in the conviction that captivity could mean nothing better than solitude , close confinement and squalor . |
| 5 | We had some wonderful family holidays during this time — usually in easy reach of London so that Father could join us from his business , as a leather factor , at weekends . |
| 6 | He would stay young for ever , and enjoy every wild pleasure that life could give him . |
| 7 | A second reason was closely related to this , namely an anthropocentrism which came close to asserting that man could do whatever he liked with creation . |
| 8 | Stockbroker Hoare Govett believes that radio could increase its share by 5 per cent by 1995 . |
| 9 | ‘ But assuming that the Queen 's health continues to be good , Prince Charles will be well into middle age himself , and will be very aware that history could repeat itself if he puts William through all those ghastly years of waiting that he has gone through . |
| 10 | Having set out to demonstrate how , through its understanding of the structure of history , Marxism was in a position to forecast the future , he came to the conclusion that there was no guarantee that history could promise anything better that what had just passed . |