Example sentences of "could [verb] [conj] the [noun sg] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Filtration can be a problem as bubble-nesting gouramis need relatively calm water to build in and anabantoid fry are very small and could disappear if the filter is too powerful . |
| 2 | Yes you could do but the point is the , it 's where a person injects , a drug addict always injects into a vein so therefore they get these pin marks over veins , not necessarily , the veins go between fingers and toes and wherever , but they go into a vein where the diabetic goes into the muscle , into the arms , round the stomach area or the thigh . |
| 3 | At the point of a successful match the worker is described in terms of the kinds of job he could do and the job is described in terms of the kind of worker needed to do it , Table 2.7 . |
| 4 | Any fool could see that the geek is Woody out of Cheers , but maybe Sid is too busy shooting baskets to watch it . |
| 5 | And if they could be given a a better appearance , then the the people who see them , the people who drive through on th main road , such as Road and Boulevard , they could see that the area is n't as run down as often the medium makes it out to be . |
| 6 | Larger schemes could follow if the experiment is a success . |
| 7 | The imposition of semantic or pragmatic restrictions could occur after the parse is completed to remove improbable combinations . |
| 8 | Personal liability on shares could occur whilst the company is still a going concern . |
| 9 | If these predictions were not to agree with observation , we could conclude that the universe is not in the no-boundary state . |
| 10 | Finally , the distinction between health and social care is proving much less clear in practice than in concept , and long running boundary disputes between agencies could erupt unless the problem is considered specifically in joint planning forums . |
| 11 | A feigning could indicate that the poet is actually interested in creating a false portrayal of his love . |
| 12 | If the equilibrium price has moved substantially and suddenly , the limit pricing system could mean that the market is effectively closed for several days at a time . |
| 13 | To this , a sophisticated advocate of the import-target approach could reply that the balance is not the issue . |
| 14 | ‘ You could say that the engine is wonderful but the chassis is a bit rusty . ’ |
| 15 | You could find that the overlap is as little as 50 per cent . |
| 16 | One could argue that the similarity is coincidental ; alternatively , one could claim that similar conditions have evoked a similar response to two events separated by half a century . |