Example sentences of "it could [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Cabinet did what it could both to promote talks and also to set up emergency procedures under the Civil Contingency Unit chaired by Merlyn Rees , the beleaguered Home Secretary . |
| 2 | Beveridge , however , studied the German experiment more closely during the next year and concluded that the contributory insurance principle could not only reduce costs ; it could also eliminate reliance on means tests . ’ |
| 3 | It could also involve talks to youth groups and others by both players and staff . |
| 4 | But it is also beginning to realise that , unless it is careful , it could also face opposition from more unexpected quarters . |
| 5 | It could also make loops , which , although they could be sewn in during making up , would spoil the smoothness of the work which is the main purpose of partial knitting . |
| 6 | It could also make process of up-dating too demanding to sustain . |
| 7 | It could also carry pollution monitors , crop sprayers or telecommunications equipment . |
| 8 | It could also throw light on the process by which they trap carbon dioxide in the atmosphere . |
| 9 | While it might be used by management to deploy resources more effectively , it could also give opportunities for diversions from tedious duty — for example , by allowing outside officers to join in dramas outside their own subdivisions . |
| 10 | City dwellers , they knew that curiosity did n't only kill the cat like the old proverb said , it could also kill people ! |
| 11 | It was , therefore , given wide powers of managing and disposing of land ; but it could also develop land itself . |
| 12 | It could also house hay ( cut grass ) and threshed straw . |
| 13 | Rosehaugh Stanhope , developer of Broadgate in the City , said it could house all those affected , and Olympia and York , developer of Canary Wharf , said it could also provide space . |
| 14 | It could also get £140,000 in grants and investment from the council and the local equivalent of GLEB if it moved north . |
| 15 | This service is intended for people who are hard of hearing but it could also help language learners follow the programme . ) |
| 16 | It could also cause liver and kidney malfunction and attack the central nervous system . |
| 17 | Similarly , the value of a reinvestigation could be weakened if , instead of co-operating , the suspect leaves his explanation for the trial , when not only can it not be investigated but when it could also cast doubt on the value of any re-investigation that has taken place . |
| 18 | It could also include interests and hobbies . |
| 19 | It could also include Hungary , Czechoslovakia and possibly others — at least as associates if not yet as full members . |
| 20 | It could also find applications in coal mining , geothermal wells , and for pipe conduits under roads , where it is not practical to drill straight down . |
| 21 | Their attempt to cause trouble is not only a sign of division within the party ; it could also pose problems for Solidarity . |
| 22 | It could well make life more awkward for ministers . |
| 23 | Stress will certainly affect the levels of a number of hormones circulating in the bloodstream and it could well alter brain metabolism . |
| 24 | During the process of privatisation it will clearly not be a good idea to publish the amount received for each company , as it could well affect prices in subsequent sales . |
| 25 | Clearly , 1992 will pose many opportunities ( and threats ) to companies within the EC , but it is felt that things will not change overnight ; it will be more of a slow transitionary period and it could well take decades before we see an integration similar to that in the USA today . |
| 26 | Environment minister David Maclean praised the conference of EC enforcement agencies and said it could well have benefits for industry across the region . |
| 27 | The Commission normally takes two months to investigate charges , after which it could either instruct Britain to set its VAT rates in conformity with European legislation or proceed to put into effect the long awaited 7th Directive on fiscal matters . |
| 28 | He said Darlington had attracted a lot of new companies and businesses and if the town was downgraded it could actually deter others from coming to the town . |
| 29 | I know this might sound obscure , but erm , I read somewhere when that erm , if you actually bring in protectionism , it sounds like it could actually increase trade . |
| 30 | It was reported in October 1989 that the Justice Department had advised the FBI that it could legally arrest fugitives in foreign countries without the consent of those countries and whether or not those arrested were US citizens . |