Example sentences of "it could [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It therefore did everything it could to shipwreck such a process . |
| 2 | It could of course be argued that it may be the defendants themselves who are responsible for the high level of committals by exercising their right of election for jury trial . |
| 3 | It could of course be argued that the original developer is entitled to some remuneration for the cost involved in constructing the original road and associated services . |
| 4 | If Scotland were to have a Parliament with tax-raising powers , it could of course raise taxes that it wanted to raise , but the people of Scotland should be aware that there would then be no capping and no one to protect them from excessive expenditure decided by Strathclyde or Lothian . |
| 5 | We have suggested a position close to the kitchen window and it could of course be converted to a raised bed or pool at a later date . |
| 6 | In no other state was the influence of military attachés so great and so formalised as in Germany ; but in others it could on occasion be significant . |
| 7 | Although the local authority would be responsible for any damages in cases of negligence , it could in turn take disciplinary action against teachers . |
| 8 | With enough chips and a large enough training set , it could in principle recognise any class of retinal images with absolute confidence . |
| 9 | So it could in theory , but I can not conceive of a case where a doctor , faced with the refusal of a mentally competent 16-year-old to having an abortion , would terminate the pregnancy merely upon the consent of the girl 's parents . |
| 10 | If the government wishes to restrict monetary growth over the longer term , it could in theory attempt to control any of these four . |
| 11 | One former Edinburgh male compositor who worked at Constable 's told me in a letter that " we as apprentices … used to help the ladies by lifting the formes of type on to the stones , so as they could do corrections , and lift them down " It could in fact have perfectly well been done by a strong woman or by two women cooperating , and in any case took very little time . |
| 12 | We estimate that er of the er the current level of collected dose from medical radiology , about half of it could in fact be reduced by implementing the recommendations of the report . |
| 13 | The US airline Pan American , which had filed in January for protection from its creditors under Chapter 11 of the US insolvency code [ see p. 37953 ] , saw its prospects improve with an acceptance by the United Kingdom government ( confirmed on March 11 ) that it could in effect sell its rights to routes into London 's Heathrow airport to United Airlines for $290,000,000 ; United began its Heathrow services on April 5 . |