Example sentences of "could [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , he could modify his model by supposing that the gradient has its high point at the back edge of each segment , and that bristles point up the slope , and it would work just as well . |
| 2 | Whilst accepting that this is an oversimplification of a process that includes a sophisticated method of calculating relative costs ( ie the weighted factors ) , it nonetheless indicated how the further education process could be improved , assuming that Colleges could enhance their income level once the majority of constraints on local operations were removed . |
| 3 | Worker bees are three times more closely related to their full sisters than to their half sisters , so workers could enhance their fitness by raising a full sister as the new queen when the colony swarms . |
| 4 | If I owe a client a duty to increase the value of his investment portfolio then if I fail to take action which could enhance its value I am positively harming my client 's interests . |
| 5 | Hundreds of children are being forced to stay at home because its feared high winds could damage their school buildings . |
| 6 | The things they could learn could damage their nature in its essence . |
| 7 | Thus , whilst women who smoke may know that smoking could damage their health , there is no evidence that they experienced smoking as having any immediate impact on their self-perceived strength and fitness . |
| 8 | Medical advice is that men who drink more than 21 units a week and women who drink more than 14 units could damage their health . |
| 9 | THE brand new cars that are two years old , slimmers ' meals that are full of fat , holidays at the seaside that could damage your health . |
| 10 | writing to me could damage your health . |
| 11 | Marketing their clubs as exclusive establishments with a championship-standard course and a five star hotel-standard clubhouse , the money men felt they could pitch their joining fee at £10,000 or £25,000 and even charge £1,000 annual dues on top . |
| 12 | More importantly , the weakness of such pure positivism is that it detaches law from any rationale which could explain its bindingness . |
| 13 | It has been suggested that seasonal migrations could explain their presence , but this hypothesis is untenable . |
| 14 | Millimetres in size , perhaps interstitial in sediments , their inability to fossilize or leave obvious traces could explain their absence from Proterozoic rocks . |
| 15 | What else could explain her presence now , in his car ? |
| 16 | But so far — and this may be what you 're driving at — we have n't found evidence of anything that could explain her murder . ’ |
| 17 | The case , heard in February 1929 , revealed that , since his association with Arsenal began in 1910 , Sir Henry had placed some £15,000 of his own money at the club 's disposal ( a bounty which could explain his campaign against rising transfer fees ) . |
| 18 | Has he asked them how this initiative could affect their livelihood . |
| 19 | The opening up of BBC and ITV to independent producers and the ending of closed shops is already undermining the power of those who work within broadcasting : this could affect their ability to influence content , and also the training and employment practices of the broadcasting institutions . |
| 20 | The RTC , on the other hand , said in court papers that such a decision could affect its ability to recover money on behalf of failed thrifts . |
| 21 | As explained in Chapter 8 , the NAI addresses the needs of people ; in the context of the FAOR package , it is concerned with clarifying the interests and preferences of those who will use any designed office system , and how they could affect its success . |
| 22 | NEVER write on the will itself , or attach anything to it ( even with a paper clip ) as this could affect its validity in the future . |
| 23 | At this point in the exercise , the use of the instruments had revealed a number of factors in terms of the requirements of the IPS , and the problems that could affect its implementation and effectiveness . |
| 24 | It 's the sort of fruitless post-mortem that bridge-players do but the point of the incident is that it showed the extent to which Hunt 's temper could affect his judgement , for in motor racing , as Nigel Mansell was to find out a decade later , to lose one 's cool harms only oneself . |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . |
| 26 | It is important that this form is completed accurately ; if you fail to do so and , in particular , if you conceal any medical condition which could affect your work , your continued employment could be placed at risk . |
| 27 | Few people relish the though of a visit to the dentist , but neglecting your horse 's teeth could affect your riding and the horse 's condition and comfort . |
| 28 | He also has to check that there are no major road or other Local Authority plans that could affect your property . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | But the prospects that the North-west economy might not be as buoyant next year could affect our performance in 1990 . ’ |