Example sentences of "an [noun sg] that could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The going concern ED proposed that auditors should obtain a statement from the directors confirming their considered view that the company is a going concern ; that , in forming an opinion on whether the company is a going concern , the auditors should look ahead one year from the date of the directors ' approval of the accounts ; and that , even if disclosures in the accounts of any matters giving rise to an uncertainty that could affect the company 's ability to continue as a going concern are adequate , the auditors should draw attention to the matters in their report . |
| 2 | The main thrust for use of videos as an aid came from the three Welsh areas — just under three-quarters seeing it as an aid that could improve training . |
| 3 | After all , it was one of the aims of the quota legislation to foster an industry that could promote Britain just as American films promoted America and , with only ten British films a year grossing £100,000 at the local box office , the financiers backing British film companies began to push for expansion . |
| 4 | With its strong guild , its suspicion of machinery , it remained representative of an older industrial civilization that persisted alongside the drive of the cotton men , and represented an attitude that could delay the modernization of the economy . |
| 5 | It is an issue that could split the Conservative Party . |
| 6 | This was obviously an issue that could have affected other EPHs , and , after consultation with the OIC and the responsible officers at the department headquarters , it was agreed to pursue the development of a user requirement that would reflect the needs of this establishment and others within the local authority as a whole . |
| 7 | Doctors had known for 50 years about an enzyme that could dissolve the ligament without cutting . |
| 8 | ‘ I have an offer that could interest you , ’ is enough to relax his guard . |
| 9 | The President may be watching to see how long Mr Buchanan remains a contender , delaying as long as is necessary making an appointment that could fuel his opponent 's campaign . |
| 10 | The proponents of unitary authorities in the Royal Commission on Local Government in England accepted a need for a wider authority for some services in the metropolitan areas and for an authority that could prepare a strategic plan for conurbations . |
| 11 | It was not however for geographical reasons an acknowledgement that could have been applied across the Atlantic ; and subsequent history in the British Isles emphasised a rider or refinement without which the axiom itself is not complete . |
| 12 | An operation that could have ended the War early , failed . |
| 13 | It was argued that a lengthy period within a mental hospital could itself produce symptoms of social disorientation , apathy , loss of initiative and so on , which amounted to institutional neurosis , an illness that could persist long after the original illness had cleared up . |
| 14 | With more efficient use of the existing electronic information resources in our Town Halls this is an approach that could bear much fruit . |
| 15 | Then , in an aside that could have been uttered by one of her own vampires , she adds , ‘ If I fail I will destroy myself . ’ |
| 16 | This work was claimed to provide an analysis that could produce a phonologically distinct representation for all English short vowels , long vowels and diphthongs . |
| 17 | She questioned him , trying to find out if he had an infection that could account for the temperature . |
| 18 | He let go then of every dignity but the dignity of defiance , and fought like a wild-cat , lashing and struggling and biting , wearing himself out uselessly in an effort that could gain him nothing . |
| 19 | This is an idea that could overtake current government policy that Bosnia should be a state of three faiths and three peoples , and provide the ideology for future Bosnian-Muslim terrorists . |
| 20 | It is also the source of an idea that could save Russia . |
| 21 | It sounds like an idea that could catch on . |
| 22 | Occasionally I 'd get up in the morning and there he 'd be in the kitchen , eating furiously , as if he did n't know where his next grub was coming from , as if each day was an adventure that could end anywhere . |
| 23 | an element that could come into it . |
| 24 | Although President Bush has been opposed to any such deal , Miami lawyers acting for Gen Noriega and leading US senators have been exploring the possibility of an agreement that could lead to a ceasefire and freedom for the American hostages . |
| 25 | John Dykstra , with Richard Edlund and others , was able to set up a camera rig that moved very precisely in metal tracks , with the camera on an arm that could move up and down , while the camera itself could pan from side to side or tilt up and down or any combination or roll over to the side and also change focus as needed . |
| 26 | It 's an injury that could disable somebody for life . |