Example sentences of "[noun prp] could [vb infin] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Half a century later Dr Barnardo could write in similar tones : ‘ The East End of London is a hive of factory life and factory means that which is inimical to home … |
| 2 | The pragmatic short-term remedies suggested by W. J. Wilson ( 1987 ) in his study of inner cities and public policy in the United States could serve as one starting-point for discussion of policy in Britain . |
| 3 | Glenn Hoddle could play in that position over there . ’ |
| 4 | But Marseilles could do with another writer . |
| 5 | For a trusted confidant contemplating moving on , Branson could go to considerable lengths of generosity , flattery or playfulness to persuade them to stay . |
| 6 | Rhee issued a press statement raising publicly whether South Korea could rely on American assistance in the event of North Korean aggression . |
| 7 | Maggie could kill at sixty paces with one look . |
| 8 | But analysts are concerned that the latest cuts at Thomson could lead to lower profits all round . |
| 9 | Ben could think of better ways of spending his free day — a round of golf — even doing the garden — but according to Louise , and he had to agree with her , you did n't ditch a friend because a friend ditched you . |
| 10 | In winter 1980–81 a Western specialist on South Asia , Selig Harrison , suggested that a formula involving the emergence of a provisional government in Afghanistan might win Soviet acceptance if could provide for arrangements under which Moscow could withdraw from that country in a phased fashion over several years and if the new Afghan government could return to the pre-1973 Soviet-tilted brand of neutralism . |
| 11 | Temple could write with perfect confidence in his audience that though he would not ‘ strain the reader 's capacity by asking him to imagine a native Governor of a Colony or Protectorate ’ or even a native Colonial Secretary of Nigeria — a proposal which ‘ does not come within the bounds of practical politics ’ — he counted it an advantage of Indirect Rule that under it ‘ the native can and does fill not only positions of great responsibility but the highest positions , positions which place him on the social scale on an equality with the King 's representative himself ’ . |
| 12 | Gary could remember with utter clarity the first time that some other kids had called him a Spade . |
| 13 | Police campaigners including Tory MPs say Sheahy could run into political trouble . |
| 14 | He had not thought it possible that an innocent girl like Cora-Beth could think about such things , let alone voice them . |
| 15 | Some foreign ministry officials ( like Briand 20 years before ) saw European unity as the only solution : France and Germany could join in European institutions as equals , with no need for special controls on Germany ; but at the same time German economic independence would be restricted and German resources would be used for the good of a greater whole . |
| 16 | It was only a few years since Schiaparelli had been a living pan-cultural matrix , a cosmopolitan crossroads of the solar system , where all the client races of Capella could co-exist in noisy harmony , or pass through , haggling , to the caravanserais of the south . |
| 17 | Jane recommended scoop-necked bodies worn under silky shirts , which Helen could team with flowing trousers or skirts for a stylish but relaxed look . |
| 18 | You could safely disregard Paul 's opinion that marriage was a prerequisite of life at the top , because Owen could think of notable exceptions , Kitchener included . |
| 19 | ‘ People like Tommy Wright , John Sheridan and Ian Snodin could play in any company . |
| 20 | The Department of the Environment ( DoE ) had foreseen difficulties with the Directive , and now asked the Department of Health for advice on nitrate levels , most probably so that the UK could argue for laxer standards . |
| 21 | If opinions like those of Shchapov could emerge in remote Kazan " — they were partly generated , it seems , by members of the local ecclesiastical hierarchy — it was hardly surprising that the more sophisticated radicals to be found in other places expressed even greater disillusionment with the government 's performance . |
| 22 | Well , there was n't much Maureen could do about this injury , but the wound did heal up nicely and she cared for the bird for over a year . |
| 23 | I am simply denying that God ( whatever we may mean by God ) could be of such a kind that God could intervene in human history , or be revealed through particular events in history , or through a particular person , in a way in which God is not potentially present to us in and through all acts and persons . |
| 24 | At the point of full divergence , Britain could call on other EMS central banks to hold the pound within its agreed trading limits . |
| 25 | According to one authoritative study , stocks of civil plutonium separated from spent reactor fuel in Britain , France , Russia and Japan could grow from 72 tonnes in 1990 to more than 250 tonnes by 2010 . |
| 26 | Mr Major could come to more grief this weekend . |
| 27 | We were heading away from the Fraxilly sector , so Famlio could search in that area all they wanted . |
| 28 | COMPANIES in the offshore oil business were urged yesterday to change their thinking on ways of operating so that the North Sea could compete with other areas seeking shares of limited investment funds . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's a calculated decision for everyone involved , but Paul could play in that game , ’ said Tottenham manager Peter Shreeves . |
| 30 | Together with the wealth of music and dance recitals staged regularly by smaller groups throughout the city , these have succeeded in consolidating the reputation of Britain 's second city as an international musical centre , recalling memories of an earlier era , when composers of the stature of Mendelssohn , Dvorak and Elgar could rely upon regular patronage from the enlightened city fathers . |