Example sentences of "[conj] they could [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as with a cash ratio , the authorities could impose a statutory liquidity ratio or they could merely allow banks to set their own prudent liquidity ratio . |
| 2 | I made the mistake of telling two non-hill-walking friends that they could easily manage Creag Meagaidh . |
| 3 | He and his family would retire for a while from public gaze , so that they could privately give vent to their grief at the loss of that larger-than-life figure who had seemed immortal … |
| 4 | So easily did the rational fear of not being able to exchange their products so advantageously merge , for a whole generation , into the absurdity of supposing that they could somehow have access to a source of wealth other than their own production . |
| 5 | This should alert us to the fact that the canons are incomplete records , and that they could even overlook matters of royal concern , like Guntram 's foundation of the monastery of St Marcel . |
| 6 | Despite all the responsibilities and experience of these delegates , it is sad that they could only view research as relative to one problem , admittedly an important one , rather than to key issues of the service . |
| 7 | The selectors , though , clearly consider that they could still have need of the towering mass of Dooley 's physical presence . |
| 8 | There is a minority who feel that they could never accept women priests . |
| 9 | She helped Jenna out and they could both hear Alain on the phone in another room . |
| 10 | Butchers are , on the whole , an ingenious breed , and they could probably get hold of some if you pressed them . |
| 11 | In polluted regions of the Northern Hemisphere , seasonal increases in ozone concentration have been observed ; such changes could arise from photochemical reactions , but they could also involve transport from the ozone-rich stratosphere . |
| 12 | Alton Ants ( sponsored by Booker & Bolton Solicitors ) have found improved form , but they could never master Meon 's six foot-plus shooter . |
| 13 | A proclamation was issued in 1718 against " unlawful Clubs , Combinations , etc. " of wool combers and weavers : … which had illegally presumed to use a Common Seal , and to act as Bodies Corporate , by making and unlawfully conspiring to execute certain Bylaws or Orders , whereby they pretend to determine who had a right to the Trade , what and how many Apprentices and Journeymen each man should keep at once , together with the prices of all their Manufactures , and the manner and materials of which they should be wrought ; and that , when many of the said Conspiritors wanted work , because their Masters would not submit to such pretended Orders and unreasonable Demands , they fed them with Money , till they could again get employment , in order to oblige their masters to employ them for want of other hands . |
| 14 | But after the initial training is complete , there is a question mark over whether they could still receive benefits while building the homes . |
| 15 | He should hide such thoughts for they could well call Alexander back from Hell to exact his vengeance . |