Example sentences of "[conj] could [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will Cleveland turf out its only Tory or could Tim Devlin again snatch victory ? |
| 2 | Nor could visits be paid to her . |
| 3 | Nor could Unionists , who had flocked to the colours in 1914 , accept for long inequality of sacrifice when the nation 's greatest need was manpower . |
| 4 | Nor could leaders of the Conservative party offer active support for the idea , for it implied lack of confidence in the leadership of Baldwin no less than in that of MacDonald . |
| 5 | Though schools could reclaim VAT , universities and students could not , nor could parents buying books for children . |
| 6 | Nor could doctors after a 999 crew rushed her to hospital in Bath . |
| 7 | Nor could Chamberlain ever show how a preference within the low tariffs , which were the most that Britain would conceivably tolerate upon her food or raw materials , could make the difference , as he constantly reiterated , between Imperial consolidation and Imperial dissolution . |
| 8 | Nor could reports be produced necessarily with much consultation in the holiday period . |
| 9 | But I do n't think they could believe what was happening — and nor could I. |
| 10 | Nor could I. Did you miss not 'aving me to talk to ? |
| 11 | They could n't understand it at the time , and nor could I. None of us has any religious sense , there were n't any fundamentalist kinsmen to pacify : the absence of a fellow in a frilly white frock would n't have led to the suppuku of disinheritance . |
| 12 | Nor could breakdowns of these awards in terms of age bands and entry qualifications be supplied . |
| 13 | Nor could capitalist or socialist states deal by themselves with the threat of a nuclear catastrophe , or the difficulties that were facing the developing countries . |
| 14 | ‘ Nor could I ! ’ |
| 15 | No longer would their errors be held to ridicule in respect of run-outs , stumpings and certain other contentious issues ( but not lbws or bat-pad catches — though there could be a case for relieving the umpires of the task of no-balling ) ; nor could players justifiably feel disgruntled for the superior eye of the camera would be deciding their fates with pronounced accuracy , ensuring that justice was done and seen to be done . |
| 16 | Nor could Jaq imagine that she could attain the full strength of a purestrain Stealer — though her own strength was formidable , even when unenhanced . |
| 17 | Nutty could not think of a good answer and nor could Mr Sylvester , so Nails was allowed to come . |
| 18 | Nor could outcomes be retrospectively measured against stated objectives , since the project was still in progress and would , in any event , be having an effect long after any official end to the programme . |
| 19 | Nor could men be sure , as faith diminished , that death would only visit them , or their loved ones , in God 's good time . |
| 20 | Nor could Hitler 's speech on ‘ Heroes ’ Memorial Day ’ — the nazified remembrance of the dead of the First World War — on 15 March do much to improve morale . |
| 21 | Nor could Irina and I after all those years . |
| 22 | Nor could Obispal exactly be viewed as incompetent , despite his last-moment slackening of judgement when he charged into that trap in the arcade . |
| 23 | Gorbachev had no doubt that the socialist choice in October 1917 had been the right one ; nor could Marx be blamed for subsequent developments he had obviously been unable to foresee . |
| 24 | Nor could peasant society be kept unchanged over 250 years . |
| 25 | Nor could colonization and controlled tenures satisfy the deep-rooted popular desire for outright ownership . |
| 26 | Nor could Creggan see that with that return of some sense of a spirit of life that can never die there came to the nearly lifeless wings of the close-caged Minch a sudden struggle and slight flutter of purpose — not much , but enough to make the Man look down in surprise and tighten his grip on the carrier cage . |
| 27 | Tottenham first team coach Doug Livermore called on his side to produce the form that could catapult them into the European reckoning . |
| 28 | In my mood of delight , I thought of it as a beautiful idea for these were roads that go nowhere , nowhere that could interest men . |
| 29 | Over and above setting a brief for the risk management team to identify , analyse and evaluate all risks that could impact on the balance sheet to a greater extent than , say , five per cent of gross profit , Ure recommends it could also be given the task of tackling risk areas where the organisation suffers continual losses . |
| 30 | It was clear that Jones could do much more detailed neutron measurements than could Fleischmann and Pons , but his data were n't particularly impressive . |