Example sentences of "[adj] that [pron] could [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Notwithstanding the problems it was clear that I could emulate to some extent the effect of the shoulder rotation ( shoulder torque ) and movement of the wrist ( wrist torque ) . |
| 2 | Breeze was fond of Schumann , but not so fond that she could listen to him now ! |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , ’ Athelstan added , ‘ is it possible that I could speak to one of the laundresses ? ’ |
| 4 | It was sufficiently central that I could get to my university department or the College in my electric wheelchair . |
| 5 | It seemed impossible that anyone could survive in the middle of that storm of blades . |
| 6 | Yet Tate , herself a Jamaican , found that her second-generation informants used Jamaican Creole as their in-group language , and sounded so authentic that they could pass for Jamaicans in Jamaica , in her judgement ( personal communication ) . |
| 7 | Harry was convinced that he could account for every train he had accepted . |
| 8 | If this was the only causative factor , there would be little that we could do about it , but there is another side to the coin . |
| 9 | In El Salvador , the peace agreement ended a 60-year period of military dominance by forcing the colonels back into their barracks , and giving guarantees to the left that they could participate in electoral politics without being killed . |
| 10 | It has been known for many years that recycling used materials helps make great savings , but it was not until recently that it was realised how much good that it could do for the environment . |
| 11 | Knowing that half of Scotland had left their cars sitting in the middle of roads to make sure that they could get to the gig is not so much my horror story as the police 's , she chuckled . |
| 12 | There was quite a wide space between stone and stone , but Jenny felt sure that she could jump from one to the other quite easily . |
| 13 | The situation had altered dramatically , but Nivelle remained confident that he could break through German lines with little loss of life . |
| 14 | Donald Goodenough , in his scholarly review of the very technical evidence on this issue comparing the recall of dreams by different personality types , comes to the conclusion that while repression may be responsible for the forgetting of some dreams , it is not feasible that it could account for the majority . |
| 15 | The power of the sword was so great that nothing could stand against him . |
| 16 | He did n't know whether to wake her , or even if that was possible if her sleep was so deep that she could crouch in a corner , weeping , and not wake herself . |
| 17 | He had never been used for a hit , and it was unlikely that he could get from Moscow to Tbilisi anyway . |
| 18 | It was inconceivable that she could take from Mrs Barnet anything that was rightly hers , nor did Ruth flatter herself that Joss Barnet 's interest in her was anything but transient . |
| 19 | Because I 've got some stuff for I B M compatible that she could play with . |
| 20 | He 's worried that it could lead to another tragic case like that of council worker Anna McGurk , who was raped and murdered by Andrew Hagans whilst he was on bail on another rape charge . |
| 21 | Folly was bitterly certain that she could guess at what . |
| 22 | And in common with Guinness ' reputation for innovative ads , the poster marked a revolution — it was the first from any company that featured characters so famous and recognisable that it could dispense with a proper caption , or a reference to the product . |
| 23 | Suddenly she was surprised that she could talk about Ian White without regret ; surprised to find that it did n't hurt any more . |
| 24 | ‘ That was very good of you , ’ whispered Isabel , rather surprised that she could speak at all . |
| 25 | All adults need to learn about solvent abuse and to be aware that it could happen to their children . |