Example sentences of "[noun] could [vb infin] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We could be in for some dramatic sea level changes because of climatic change ; volcanic action could have quite a bearing on that . |
| 2 | As it was certain that the aircraft could go faster an attempt was made on the world speed record . |
| 3 | Five years ago , he said , Ash could list only a handful of companies with smoking restrictions . |
| 4 | The RHA could foresee only a worsening of the position on mental health . |
| 5 | Properly targeted , together with training incentives , the Chancellor could do quite a lot at not a huge cost . |
| 6 | In the South Midlands and a few other areas where farm labourers could earn only a pittance crafts that employed mothers and daughters provided welcome extra income . |
| 7 | Soutine could speak hardly a word of French . |
| 8 | ‘ They say , ’ Eloise went on , ‘ that the value of the Russian works of art could make quite a difference to the total outcome , after taxes . |
| 9 | All too easily Soho could become less a way of life than an unbreakable habit . |
| 10 | He suggested that the military man could contact either a Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart or a Brigadier Bambera for clarification of his position . |
| 11 | Apart from the difficult steering in a heavy following sea our suspect could maintain only a speed of about five knots . |
| 12 | Michael Banks had been a man who inspired love , but even so Charles could produce quite a list of people who might have had a grudge against him . |
| 13 | These matches were required to show whether the All Blacks tight five were still able to cut the mustard , whether the loose forwards could combine , whether New Zealand could put together a backline attack without having Joe Stanley as the lynch-pin . |
| 14 | In a small organisation , the diversion of just two active members to such tasks could put quite a strain on its ability to maintain a twenty-four hour readiness system . |
| 15 | On this analysis , it follows that irrationality could mean either a reluctance to adopt the particular norms within a mode of thought ( i.e. a disinclination to fall in with the substantive rationality of the discipline in question ) or a determination , perverse or otherwise , to impose a constraint of some kind on the open discourse of the discipline ( in other words , to distort the procedural rationality of the academic community ) . |
| 16 | Now , the coal crisis is so acute that steam locos on the mountain could become just a memory unless the present oil firing experiments at Snowdon are a success . |
| 17 | Early trials suggested that Salters ' A-level chemistry application-linked material could provide both a foundation for the future and a complete course and that improved motivation and more autonomous learning styles reduced drop-outs . |
| 18 | If death could steal away a daughter , why not a son as well ? |