Example sentences of "could [vb infin] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Experiments using the simulation model are thus made possible ; an example given earlier showed how a planner could modify a river-basin simulation model to allow for the expansion of an urban area . |
| 2 | It is also possible that small intestinal overgrowth with deconjugating bacteria was present in some cases , which could counteract a concomitant effect of ileal dysfunction on bile acid synthesis . |
| 3 | Rangers could spring a surprise by playing England winger Andy Sinton , who resumed light training yesterday — just 10 days after sustaining a shin injury from Bury defender Lee Anderson 's horrific over-the-top tackle . |
| 4 | Large corporations in business make pitiful efforts to persuade men to attend lectures on retirement , as if a few hours of instruction could shield a man from the cold wind of eternity . |
| 5 | Similarly , in his novel First Men in the Moon ( 1901 ) , HG Wells fantasized about a substance called cavorite , which could shield a spacecraft from the pull of gravity , thus allowing its propulsion units to work very much more efficiently ! |
| 6 | Marlborough 's campaigns have commanded the admiration of military analysts ; his successes showed that Britain could conduct a war on land , and made it clear that the balance of power would be maintained and Louis XIV would not be able to establish France as the dominant power in western Europe in the way that had seemed probable in the 1680s . |
| 7 | Their willingness to do so was confirmed by Libya 's foreign minister , Ibrahim Bechari , who said that Western investigators were welcome in Libya and that the Libyan judge looking into the allegations , Ahmed al-Zawi , would like to have more US or Scottish evidence in the case so that he could conduct a solid interrogation of the two men . |
| 8 | The PLP could conduct a poll of its members to test which man had the greater support . |
| 9 | Cluster groups of schools could conduct a joint review , sharing their experiences . |
| 10 | Health Department guidelines supported by the college say that HIV-infected health care workers could conduct a normal delivery as long as it did not involve invasive surgery . |
| 11 | Lands officers in the Road Service division objected because they claimed the one foot high flower beds could restrict a driver 's vision . |
| 12 | Currently , we 're extending our service into commercial kennels — I reckon we could service a kennel of , say 50 dogs for around £20 a week . ’ |
| 13 | All she wanted was not to know again , so that she could stay a little child and never have to grow up and face the world without her mother to wake her in the mornings and teach her things and tell her stories and pass on all her wisdom about the world and men and how babies came and why the best any woman could hope for in this life was to be able to make one man happy . |
| 14 | We could stay a few extra days and make a holiday of it . |
| 15 | I wish you could stay a bit longer . |
| 16 | Mr Singleton knew other talented people , among them an extremely obliging fellow who could treat a sheet of notepaper to give it the feel and appearance of age , and could also produce ink of a quality used in the past . |
| 17 | Neither did I. I never imagined that a father could treat a dying child as cruelly and wickedly as we later discovered Heathcliff had done . |
| 18 | He would never know the truth , because there were many ways a woman could fool a man . |
| 19 | It could not only prove dangerous to expatriates inadvertently breaking local laws but could damage a company 's reputation and its business dealings . |
| 20 | Poulson and Associates made it clear that they were not a ‘ financial development company ’ but that they could locate a suitable such investor for the scheme . |
| 21 | Sir Paul would be grateful if Commander Dalgliesh could spare a few minutes to see him . |
| 22 | ‘ Wonder if you could spare a moment ? ’ he said politely . |
| 23 | And now , ’ he went on curtly , ‘ if we 're not to continue discussing your family heirlooms , do you think you could spare a moment to run through some figures with me ? ’ |
| 24 | Helen , never taking her eyes off Alexandra , craned sideways so that she could wind a finger round and round in a hole in her black stocking . |
| 25 | It could explain a wide range of phenomena . |
| 26 | That could explain a lot actually See old London 's Burning last night ? |
| 27 | If both these exclusions were accepted , the throne was Philip 's , if it were allowed that a woman could transmit a right but not exercise it , the throne was Edward 's . |
| 28 | Philip of Valois 's claim , however , had the virtues of clarity and logic , whereas Edward 's claim , as French lawyers pointed out at the time and French historians have not hesitated to remark since , rested on the unsatisfactory assumption that a woman could transmit a right which she could not exercise . |
| 29 | Again , in the use of spears , the Christian knight , crouched behind his kite-shaped shield , atop his massive war horse could topple a lightly armed man completely out of the saddle — and probably spear him through in the process . |
| 30 | It is not difficult to imagine how a disorder such as irritable bowel syndrome could affect a patient psychologically . |