Example sentences of "it could [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | But it is also beginning to realise that , unless it is careful , it could also face opposition from more unexpected quarters . |
| 3 | It could also make process of up-dating too demanding to sustain . |
| 4 | It could also carry pollution monitors , crop sprayers or telecommunications equipment . |
| 5 | It could also throw light on the process by which they trap carbon dioxide in the atmosphere . |
| 6 | It was , therefore , given wide powers of managing and disposing of land ; but it could also develop land itself . |
| 7 | It could also house hay ( cut grass ) and threshed straw . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | This service is intended for people who are hard of hearing but it could also help language learners follow the programme . ) |
| 10 | It could also cause liver and kidney malfunction and attack the central nervous system . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It could well make life more awkward for ministers . |
| 13 | Stress will certainly affect the levels of a number of hormones circulating in the bloodstream and it could well alter brain metabolism . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It could conceivably trigger recession in other countries . |
| 16 | Whenever Preston said anything that sounded remotely like Famous Last Words , he always said something else quickly , something so trite and meaningless that it could never tempt Fate . |
| 17 | What this adds up to , then , is the claim that if there existed an organism which either could not act or whose actions made no difference to its perceptions then not only would that organism not be cognisant , it could never become cognisant . |
| 18 | It could only mean trouble . |
| 19 | In May , 1992 , the regional health authority informed Riverside Health Authority ( the district health authority ) that the unit 's transfer was being reconsidered and it could only commit capital to the unit if the case load was increased and if the unit could withstand a reduction of charitable funding . |
| 20 | In either event , I believe that it could only cause confusion if we were dealing with more than one previous life at a time . |
| 21 | Early in the 1630s Calvert announced his conversion to Catholicism and , though Charles I valued his services and asked him to stay at court , he decided it could only cause trouble if he did so . |
| 22 | Cargo shares were of course proportioned to rank , but for the more senior officers it could almost guarantee wealth . |