Example sentences of "[noun pl] could [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If section 9(4) was intended to have the effect contended for in the skeleton argument of Mr. William Charles , appearing for the Treasury Solicitor , appropriate words could easily have been found . |
| 2 | The sound in " key " is said further forward than that in " car " , but the difference is not contrastive , i.e. the words could never mean anything else if you should happen to use the " wrong k " . |
| 3 | Words could then be rated on their a priori distinctness as well as on their goodness of match . |
| 4 | Though his words could hardly be construed as an apology , and nothing had been resolved , Luce was so incandescent with happiness that she thought sleep would be impossible . |
| 5 | For the sensory input , the problem was to explain how mispronounced , or otherwise deviant words could nonetheless still be correctly identified . |
| 6 | Non-words and regular words could still be read aloud accurately ( because the non-lexical procedure can handle both these types of stimuli correctly ) ; but exception words would suffer . |
| 7 | Quakers had long distinguished between the policeman and the soldier , and the suppression of disorder among heathens was seen as legitimate in a way that prosecuting war between civilized Christian peoples could never be . |
| 8 | A job like laminating these legs could hardly be more satisfying . |
| 9 | Although the pins and needles in his legs could perhaps have been from loss of blood . |
| 10 | The need to emphasise that God would not maintain the system indefinitely no matter what restrictive practices and losses could hardly have been greater . |
| 11 | Fifty years ago , Debussy fans could only buy records of this or that piano piece from the Préludes , Estampes , Children 's Corner and so on , and I remember my pleasure as a child in acquiring HMV 's 12-inch shellac disc of Rubinstein playing the Prélude from Pour le piano ( labelled as ‘ Prelude in A minor ’ ) coupled with Ravel 's ‘ Forlane ’ from Le tombeau de Couperin . |
| 12 | Without amplification , cylinders could only be reproduced more loudly by altering the leverage between the stylus and the reproducing diaphragm . |
| 13 | Although the encoder illustrated is optical the position pulses could equally well be obtained using the waveform detection systems described later . |
| 14 | A further consequence for linguistic form exists in the examples ( 40 ) to ( 43 ) but , before that , let us turn to our second question ; we can now see why postnominals could often have an " aura " of emphasis , yet without this being clearly and consistently present . |
| 15 | Enter this month 's fabulous competition and beautiful , achievable styles could soon be yours ! |
| 16 | The contrast in styles could hardly have been more stark . |
| 17 | These lists could also be extended to include your collection of commercially produced effects , discs and tapes , and video recordings from which background sound could be dubbed direct . |
| 18 | Teachers , it was felt , were the guardians of a politically free curriculum : if they lost their entitlement to control the learning experiences of pupils , not only would their own professionalism be undermined , but , worse , schools could easily become the agents for transmitting ‘ state-approved knowledge ’ . |
| 19 | The growth of , usually , a flower is recorded in single frames spaced out over hours or days ; schools could even conduct this type of experiment with suitable 16mm or 8mm equipment . |
| 20 | NINE Darlington secondary schools could soon benefit from courses in food hygiene , according to the borough council . |
| 21 | In Committee there were substantial debates about how far the effectiveness of schools could fairly be judged simply by the publication of crude raw data on their results . |
| 22 | Chamden City Reserves could only find five players . |
| 23 | Steps could also usefully be taken to strengthen other allied offences such as incest and obtaining sexual intercourse by threat by including within their scope acts apart from sexual intercourse whether performed against males or females . |
| 24 | Her steps could no longer be heard below , once she reached the corridor . |
| 25 | Added to the stop-go harvest is the dramatically expanded linseed acreage which means combines could still be grinding away well into October unless August brings big changes . |
| 26 | Such a pattern of non-deglutitive , simultaneous repetitive contractions could easily be misinterpreted as a sign of primary or secondary oesophageal motility disorder . |
| 27 | In theory children over the age of 12 months could just use an adult seat belt . |
| 28 | And US Secretary of State James Baker acknowledged that his painstaking diplomacy of the last eight months could quickly unravel in a region where religion and history have fuelled five Arab-Israeli wars . |
| 29 | They asked if funds could possibly be made available for refurbishment or replacement of the battered furniture . |
| 30 | Even where books were appropriate and the student keen , a lack of funds could often limit purchase . |