Example sentences of "could [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , he could modify his model by supposing that the gradient has its high point at the back edge of each segment , and that bristles point up the slope , and it would work just as well . |
| 2 | ‘ They told me they could sack me , but I do n't care , ’ she said yesterday . |
| 3 | Magistrates said they could disqualify him from driving and asked Elsworth if he needed his licence for his job . |
| 4 | It could n't have been hit by a missile because we know there are no missile-carrying planes around — even if there were , a heat-seeking missile , the only type that could nail it at that altitude , would have gone for the engines , not the nose cone . |
| 5 | He therefore decreed that before either could reproduce they must fight to the death , with the flesh from the loser being fed to deserving men . |
| 6 | ‘ NatWest had been told that merchant banking was a good idea , but I do n't think they thought much beyond that , with the result that we could plough our own furrow , ’ he says . |
| 7 | Whilst accepting that this is an oversimplification of a process that includes a sophisticated method of calculating relative costs ( ie the weighted factors ) , it nonetheless indicated how the further education process could be improved , assuming that Colleges could enhance their income level once the majority of constraints on local operations were removed . |
| 8 | Worker bees are three times more closely related to their full sisters than to their half sisters , so workers could enhance their fitness by raising a full sister as the new queen when the colony swarms . |
| 9 | If I owe a client a duty to increase the value of his investment portfolio then if I fail to take action which could enhance its value I am positively harming my client 's interests . |
| 10 | Resolution 45/63 expressed concern at Israel 's continuing nuclear build-up and urged all states " not to co-operate with or give assistance to Israel that could enhance its nuclear weapons capability " . |
| 11 | Such a mechanism could enhance our national ability to compete with other world class research communities . |
| 12 | His victim took one disbelieving look at her unlikely rescuer and then , before Folly could reassure her , the girl had turned tail and was running nimbly down the street . |
| 13 | I would be grateful if you could reassure me . |
| 14 | I could reassure you with talk of progress and produce another pile of evidence to back me up : more family planning , more education , more employment , constitutional changes . |
| 15 | But while the pair had their differences , Bradl could laugh it all off in the end . |
| 16 | ‘ Maybe we could shield it . ’ |
| 17 | Yeah but that was proportional you could proportion it |
| 18 | Research can be carried out at all sorts of levels ; we could restrict ourselves simply to reading everything we can find and produce a piece of work which was wholly based on documentary sources and which did not involve us in attending any baptisms or asking anyone involved any questions . |
| 19 | And they wanted to know how they could immunize themselves , so that they would not succumb in their turn . |
| 20 | And on the M forty , between junctions four and five , that 's between High Wycombe and Stokenchurch , it 's down to two narrow lanes in both directions , and a contraflow system for a short stretch about midway between the two junctions , also that 's down to single line traffic at times , so that could slow you down quite a lot . |
| 21 | The independence which they had won was qualified , and in the long run the king lost little by this switch : he could still tax the clergy — and did so frequently — and he could convoke them when it would have been impolitic to convene the laity in parliament . |
| 22 | If Dad is a war movie buff you could treat him to the classic Bridge Over The River Kwai . |
| 23 | Instead of giving your mum chocolates ( or cake as they did in those days ) , you could treat her to a special melon basket , which can be prepared the day before . |
| 24 | That is why we could treat them as more Realist than the Realists . |
| 25 | ‘ Just think , ’ he told her , ‘ you could treat yourself to a trip down Bond Street and splurge on a few trinkets and some new clothes for your wardrobe . ’ |
| 26 | She fixed her hazel eyes on his and elaborated , smiling , ‘ You could treat yourself to a few trinkets with the change . ’ |
| 27 | Right Neil , the reason is , at one stage there was er centres all over the country that could treat it . |
| 28 | Well , in some countries this might be the only opportunity learners get to hear extensive chunks of the language , so you could treat it as a " language bath " session and concentrate on helping your learners come away with a general idea of the content . |
| 29 | If the deceased was prone to depression , the court could treat it as an example of the egg shell skull rule . |
| 30 | Then the receiver would know that this was a trustworthy messenger and could treat you accordingly . |