Example sentences of "it could [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 31 | It could present a legal problem resulting in the council spending more on those costs than it saved in the first place . |
| 32 | It could prompt a big swing to the Socialists in the second round or it could push left-wing voters to give up altogether . |
| 33 | Yet they reckon it could set a bad example elsewhere in Eastern Europe ( Czechoslovakia ) as well as in bigger , more important places ( India and , when their worries turn that way , the Soviet Union ) . |
| 34 | It was not only Virgin 's reputation that was being challenged — Branson had no doubt that the contract signed with Sting was fair ; but if a court ruled otherwise it could set a precedent which other acts , and their lawyers , would be looking to exploit . |
| 35 | And it could prevent a lot of embarrassment to everyone concerned . |
| 36 | He did not know that Mme Bluot had asked me not to walk in that direction ( ‘ It is a street so disreputable , madame , it could lead a child astray . ’ ) , |
| 37 | Sotheby 's was selected because the auction house could move faster than the Public Library , the original lender-to-be , and because it could offer a ‘ very favourable ’ interest rate , which neither of the parties will disclose . |
| 38 | A spokesperson for Mogul said , ‘ I would not say it could form a cyanide mixture — I would n't say the material was poisonous , although it is not something I would want to drink myself ’ . |
| 39 | Further , it implies that the kingfisher need not be able to articulate the image of the stickleback into independently recognized component parts : it could perceive a fish without being able to perceive a fin . |
| 40 | It could explain a wide range of phenomena . |
| 41 | It could blast a hole in a neutron star and it was all hers . |
| 42 | Those that wanted little more than routine audits have been redirected to other firms , allowing Robson Rhodes to concentrate on those with which it felt it could build a long-term relationship as ‘ a business counsellor ’ . |
| 43 | During the four weeks of hearings , the Authority admitted that if a waste store was eventually built under Mullwharchar , it could involve a continuous mining operation extending over fifty years . |
| 44 | Alternatively , it could involve a change in the relative expression of the different subtypes of AMPA receptor , GluR 1–4 ( ref. 47 ) . |
| 45 | It could involve a civil engineering student considering the social effects of a new construction — in other words , taking on a sociological perspective ; it could be a student of English trying to answer the question ‘ What is literature and why do we assume that it is a good thing ? ’ — and so embracing the thinking of moral philosophy ; it might be a student in the performing arts trying to understand how and why a particular tradition had evolved — so embarking on a historical study ; it could be a chemistry student being invited to consider the effects on the natural environment of industrial or agricultural chemicals — so adding a biological approach to the subject ; or it might be a social science student keen on human perspectives being encouraged to look at underlying statistical patterns . |
| 46 | This could involve use of the local environment , making use of a relevant local site or sites in the locality , or it could involve a visit to a major historic site , building or museum which offers an example of the best of its kind . |
| 47 | It can carry voice calls and transfer data or graphics on the same call , or it could carry a videophone call with a ‘ reasonable ’ quality picture . |
| 48 | So their affair was begun , their part-time affair , as Maria took to calling it , at first only to herself , but then aloud in Luke 's presence when she discovered that it could bring a quick frown to his face . |
| 49 | ‘ . The transformation of the industry would undoubtedly be both costly and painful but it was the only means by which it could ensure a future for itself . |
| 50 | If stepped on , it could blow a foot off . |
| 51 | HUDDERSFIELD have an electronic scoreboard at Leeds Road — and it could blow a fuse when the Aussies play us next month ! |
| 52 | It seems reasonable to think that The Facts is imagined , and that it could promote a benevolent view of the literal or faithful — as opposed to the fantastically transgressive — imagination , which may or may not , in any given case , be directly concerned with the facts of the author 's own life . |
| 53 | However , to the group as a whole , the variable costs amount to only £70 ( £30 + £40 ) and it could earn a positive contribution by accepting the order . |
| 54 | If you get results it could earn a job analysis what would we do ? |
| 55 | On a nearby site there are several masts which have increased in number over the years and if this application is granted it could create a precedent and make other future applications difficult to refuse . |
| 56 | Mr Simon Hughes , Liberal Democrat spokesman , challenged the Government to say how it could reconcile a state-run loan system with its privatisation programme . |
| 57 | Repressive public sanctions would make the move into prostitution a different kind of choice than when it could constitute a temporary and relatively anonymous stage in a woman 's life . |
| 58 | It could sustain a more rapid development of the ‘ productive forces ’ contribute to the greater satisfaction of social needs and produce a high level of employment which would increase the social power of the working class . |
| 59 | It could imply a disordered experience of time , or , to the contrary , a re-ordered temporality as was the case in the experience of new recruits to factory work . |
| 60 | They discourage any ideas on the part of the Soviet Union that it could risk a nuclear attack on Europe without involving the United States . |