Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [noun pl] could [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | in bathrooms or kitchens , where steam or cooking fumes could set them off . |
| 2 | Birkeland commented that it was not useful to blame poor populations for exploiting the few resources that they had , when fishing or mining reefs could earn them millions of dollars . |
| 3 | c The increased use of condoms due to the spread of AIDS is causing farmers to worry that discarded condoms could choke their grazing bulls . |
| 4 | The experts who provided the rules and facts used by the system , the knowledge engineers who formalized the knowledge , the programmers and analysts responsible for designing the inferencing and interface programs could find themselves liable if the advice generated by use of the system is incorrect . |
| 5 | I wanted to prove that a man using only natural supply and watering points could cross it without a camel or motor vehicle . |
| 6 | ‘ Jazz exploded in London in the mid-Eighties , but only a handful of people got a deal out of it , ’ says Geoff , who got into hip hop via rare groove and whose CV includes organising CND and Artists Against Apartheid benefits , putting on jazz rap weekends to try and prove bands could carry it off live as well as on record , DJing at Camden 's Jazz Cafe and , until recently , booking the bands there too . |