Example sentences of "[coord] 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 Cllr Eileen Devaney , chairman of the Consumer Protection Sub-Committee , said government statistics underplay the true level of injuries and could lull parents into a false sense of security .
28 When the hounds checked for the fourth time and could no. find again no matter how the huntsman held them round , Nora and Sir George withdrew .
29 Another letter was from Robert Stephenson , son of the great George , who was the engineer to the Chester & holyhead he was eager to advance the Conway tubular bridge , and could John meet him at Conway in the coming week ?
30 Some became sticky and could clump together in colonies .
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