Example sentences of "[det] [conj] could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pattern generated by co-operative behaviour could distinguish one social group from another and could mean the difference between group survival and communal death … |
| 2 | Willi had carefully seated Georg and Suzi on the same side of the table , but at opposite ends , so that they could not see one another and could relax . |
| 3 | Goering had boasted that no enemy 'plane would fly over the Reich and here they had shown that they could not only do this but could attack the capital itself . |
| 4 | It was important to remember that it was only a few hours since Floy and Snodgrass had left Tara , the Shining Citadel , the Bright Palace , and that there was not very much that could have gone wrong for them in those few hours . |
| 5 | It had not been easy without existing contacts in the region , and their reports would have to be treated with caution for a while , but on the whole he felt he had achieved as much as could have been expected . |
| 6 | Coverdale Page are about to embark on a US tour and UK dates will be announced after that and could include Belfast . |
| 7 | If she does not , they will have the consolation of knowing that they did all and more than could have been expected of those unfamiliar with the assistance which the court can give in such situations . |
| 8 | They ran about in a panic , those that could climb taking to the rigging , those that could swim going over the side . |
| 9 | The cattle that survived this vicious circle of pasture depletion were no doubt those that could make the most of small areas of rough grazing and it is likely that small , thrifty cattle were positively selected in preference to larger improved types which needed better feeding . |
| 10 | They spread round vicious tales about the priests , yet they had read nothing ( those that could read ) on religion . |
| 11 | They ran about in a panic , those that could climb taking to the rigging , those that could swim going over the side . |
| 12 | Those that could moved away , and those that were confident that the local authority would offer them something better refused to accept them . |
| 13 | No , Stephanie thought later , it had been no more and no less than could have been hoped : a reasonable coming together of people close to each other , not by choice , reluctant in many cases . |
| 14 | The industry howls , then writes its own code to pre-empt any that could change its marketing practices . |
| 15 | At this moment she looked to Joe like a witch and her voice and words sounded as ominous as any that could have been uttered by an authentic witch , as she hissed at him , ‘ I am more concerned about what happens to you than what a lot of stupid men do in their aim to kill each other . |
| 16 | A list thus compiled will derive from choices more intelligently made and more efficiently expressed than any that could emerge from a primary ; and if in recording regional judgements it should not be entirely pleasing to a party 's national headquarters , so much , most provincials would say , the better . |
| 17 | In the Wessex Dairies case , it was found that on the last day of his employment as a milkman the defendant , whilst on his round , informed customers that he would soon cease to be employed by the plaintiffs , that he was going to set up business on his own and could supply them with milk . |