Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adv] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the 80s most of our terminals and computers could transmit just under 10,000 bits of information per second . |
| 2 | Author Michael Holden warned that common species such as cod , plaice and haddock could disappear in under five years , unless drastic measures were taken to limit catches . |
| 3 | Certainly , little fragmentation could exist beyond about 20 km because of the high pressure of the overburden . |
| 4 | If the agricultural seats are added to the middle-class strongholds , it can be seen why Conservatism was so strong between the wars , for the party could count well over 200 seats as unshakably safe and on 300 as reliable enough to be won except in a very bad year . |
| 5 | So in a group you do n't need one of everybody you could have just half of these but everybody could fall in maybe two roles within that group . |
| 6 | Analysts believe the FT-SE 100 could fall by about 150 points if Mr Kinnock gains power ; if Mr Major holds on , the index could jump 300 points or more , especially since the resultant strength of sterling might produce room for an interest rate cut . |
| 7 | Before Diana I could survive on about ten books a year . |
| 8 | A twenty-strong animal pack-train could carry only around 3 tons and even a wagon , hauled at walking pace by six or eight horses , was restricted to 3 tons up to 1765 and 6 thereafter . |
| 9 | WC apps : 9 Winners : 1930 , 1950 If they really have got their act together and manage to cut out the cynical stuff , Uruguay could achieve much more this time . |
| 10 | If we had a rational energy policy , we could ensure not only that coal had a role to play now , but that it could continue to play an important role in the future . |
| 11 | ‘ But I knew I wanted to do more cakes and could do much more interesting things . |
| 12 | It was clear that Jones could do much more detailed neutron measurements than could Fleischmann and Pons , but his data were n't particularly impressive . |
| 13 | But ca n't could n't you perhaps develop then the the er stage door club could do more perhaps more meals and maybe erm have tickets that take in the cost of a meal so you actually . |
| 14 | So men could see once more each other 's face . |
| 15 | If we wished for a more restful effect we could use far less harmonic change , holding chords for several beats ( Example 35 ) : This shows how a broad area of melody can be accompanied by the same harmony . |
| 16 | The move towards much more efficient methods of heating like convector heaters right on through to central heating , so that you could use more just that back parlour where the cooker was that kept the place warm . |
| 17 | On other flights , Soviet cosmonauts could work only about four hours a day . |
| 18 | For instance , they could launch technically more advanced satellites and devise market-orientated ways of selling the data around the world . |
| 19 | The sizes may be all wrong ; the style may be inappropriate ; and you could have just as many problems with your new colour schemes . |
| 20 | I 'm a car owner who 's actually thinking of selling my car because I do n't use it much in Glasgow I do n't need to , I can actually walk to work and to come to somewhere like Edinburgh tonight I would much prefer to use the train , but I think we could have much more adequal plans to do with pedestrianizing city centres so that cars were banned from them altogether , they could bring back trams which are much less in terms of pollution , they might not make us big profits for the company 's but they are a very good way , we , a lot of European cities still use trams . |
| 21 | She shrieked when he went near her with the scissors , and had to be held down by the nurse so that he could take off about twelve inches of her golden curls . |
| 22 | The presence of such energetic ladies as Bessie Pullen Burry in the Britons , of Nesta Webster and Catherine Stoddart in the Duke of Northumberland 's publishing concerns , as well as Rotha Lintorn Orman 's role in the British Fascists and Mary Allen 's , Mary Richardson 's and Mrs Dacre-Fox 's membership of the BUF , suggested a peculiar side-effect of the suffragette movement ; political commitment and involvement could develop in very different directions from the dedicated socialism of Sylvia Pankhurst or the militant conservatism of her mother and sister . |
| 23 | He was immensely strong and could ride up almost any hill — he also had scant respect for " rests " so that you needed a vigorous constitution to enjoy it . |
| 24 | If you If you paid it The Co was up on the Tuesday , you had to have it paid Most people tried to pay it for the Thursday and that was the turn of the leaf , on the Thursday and if you paid that then you could go straight away that day and get your new quarter stuff , for the next quarter . |
| 25 | The Gotobeds were n't hard people , the young ladies gave him sweets and toys and made a real pet of him , but they could n't comfort him , and in the end they said he could go back home one day . |
| 26 | IN the first six months of 1992 , 35,750 households lost their homes ( which could mean nearly as many repossessions as last year ) ; and , even worse , at the end of June 1992 , 305,140 households were in arrears of six months or more , compared to 275,350 at the end of 1991 , suggesting a rising trend . |
| 27 | Here he could live in virtually complete seclusion , at a fraction of the cost it would take in northern Europe or Canada ; where the people were unconcerned as to who you were or what you did ; and where breathtaking vistas opened up for the seeing — both external and internal . |
| 28 | ‘ If the going is suitable , Whaat Fettle could come back here next Thursday for another handicap chase , ’ added the trainer , joining Martin Pipe on the 33 mark for the season . |
| 29 | For if they pitch fares too high they could drive away even more passengers . |
| 30 | ‘ We could get in as third-placed team if United win the Rumbelows Cup and the League . |