Example sentences of "it could [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could give your family a long-awaited and richly deserved holiday . |
| 2 | The District was painfully aware that it could ill-afford his loss , but because of its continuing impecunious position it recognised his services could not be retained . |
| 3 | But if the police handle things badly it could ruin my client 's reputation and start a lot of unwelcome investigation . |
| 4 | It could do her harm . |
| 5 | On the contrary , said the voice , it could do his case untold damage . |
| 6 | But it could do your confidence the world of good . |
| 7 | The following extract is exactly as written : ‘ When I tell you that something you use every day could be put to better use — and that using it better could help you to win greater influence , more respect and higher status , promotion and a larger income … it could widen your circle of friends and possibly even secure you fame and power — you might well be curious to know what that ‘ something ’ is … |
| 8 | ‘ My doctor thinks it 's rheumatoid arthritis , ’ she gasped , as Juliet and Jill Herbert helped her into bed , ‘ but I did n't think it could affect your chest like this . |
| 9 | This authority is taking a somewhat different view to that public inquiry than the erm the highways authority er after shire hill er erm so I I think if we were to take a decision tonight it could affect our position at the public inquiry adversely er and I would not want us to get into that situation so I think to some extent er councillor timing on this motions is wrong and we should n't be be er discussing it now . |
| 10 | It could revolutionise your life . |
| 11 | It needs a safe partner and if global ambitions make sense again , it could renew its interest in Standard Chartered , this time asking nicely . |
| 12 | At the time of going to press , the ITF confirmed that it was awaiting papers from Slovenia so that it could process its application to become an associate member . |
| 13 | It could change your life . ’ |
| 14 | And that was er Oh it could break your arm you know , this huge big flywheel and you were taking hold of one of the of the of the spokes and turning it , if it were to backfire suddenly , it could break your arm . |
| 15 | And that was er Oh it could break your arm you know , this huge big flywheel and you were taking hold of one of the of the of the spokes and turning it , if it were to backfire suddenly , it could break your arm . |
| 16 | For example , if , the expected payoff for type converges to but it could improve its payoff to by masquerading as a z = 0 player . |
| 17 | If it could bring its cost-effectiveness nearer the average , it could recruit up to the establishment that the Home Secretary has recommended . ’ |
| 18 | Even if she could have got him into one , which she very much doubted , there was no guarantee it could hold his weight without breaking . |
| 19 | It could abandon its isolation and make deals with other parties — in which case it would contradict its own anti-party rhetoric and make itself indistinguishable from other parties . |
| 20 | Derek Johns of Sheffield writes in to say that a company that has a rare new species named after it could find its share price sensitive to any environmental news . |
| 21 | But the company , which loses its ITV franchise at the end of this year , was anxious to find partners so it could keep its status as an independent producer . |
| 22 | It could take your breath away . |
| 23 | When the DUP began , the only formal channel through which it could pursue its politics was Stormont and Paisley and Beattie were outnumbered in a very short-lived parliament . |
| 24 | It could underline their responsibility for health rather than supply and encourage them to view managed units as a rather than the supplier of services . |
| 25 | And a belief that the Church ( if it could get its message right ) , more than the lawyers or the economists or the political leaders , was the chief hope for society and the world . |
| 26 | A wolf skulked past , sniffed at the totem , scrabbled in the hard snow for the corpse of the grandmother and dragged out one of her arms , limping into the night with this meagre feast , to find some place where it could chew its way to the frozen marrow . |
| 27 | In 1649 the government of the Republic was not at all sure that it could assert its authority over distant colonies ; it had too many problems close to home . |
| 28 | While television may not do much to add to the information available to voters , it could increase its impact . |
| 29 | Staff from our businesses and Estates met recently to see how networking works and how it could increase our share of business in the water industry . |
| 30 | The Racial Equality Council has been told it could lose its grant , leaving it 's six staff facing redundancy . |