Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [verb] could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had the government of Kenya sold the confiscated tusks on the open market , the money generated could have been used to encourage systematic conservation . |
| 2 | Members of the Legislative Assembly in July , 1990 , rejected a call from the civil servants ' association to accept an effective salary reduction by giving up overtime and other allowances , so that the money saved could go towards a delayed pay rise for civil servants . |
| 3 | As far as national activities are concerned we have the greatest difficulty in getting a delegate to attend the tri-annual meeting in Birmingham this year and many members thought the money spent could have been put to better use . |
| 4 | The money spent could pay for a whole dinner party . |
| 5 | In the context of a head 's report dealing with special needs the decision required could relate to anything from the building of a new unit to the provision of additional welfare or teaching assistance for an individual pupil . |
| 6 | The action proposed could throw families out in the street . |
| 7 | For a country accustomed to oil self-sufficiency the need to import could have a damaging effect on China 's ambitious economic plans . |
| 8 | It 's so laid back you feel the church spire could yawn and settle in the grass for a snooze , and when a local bids you good-morning , a feels truly sincere . |
| 9 | The Law Society and The Bar have today finalised an alternative package of measures which they are urging the government to accept in place of the Lord Chancellor 's proposed cuts to legal aid eligibility , which the Society calculates could mean that up to 12 million people would be unable to afford legal aid . |
| 10 | The high take-up of leisure group Rank 's scrip dividend alternative to its cash payment which the City believes could save the group £90m , boosted the stock 14p to 773p . |
| 11 | The amount involved could have funded a dozen or so investigations of the social implications of the reduced rail network , or it could have kept open one of Serpell 's threatened stations — Stratford-upon-Avon , for example — for a year . |
| 12 | It may be said that the Financial Secretary 's reference to the taxpayers being liable to tax as under the pre-existing law ( i.e. , under the Finance Act 1948 , section 39 as re-enacted by the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 ) shows that he was saying that the position was unchanged : nothing the Minister said could effect the proper construction of legislation already on the statute book . |
| 13 | Here again , however , difficult practical problems may be encountered , since we do not know exactly how many dies a coin die could make . |
| 14 | Equally , a failure to tip could cause any recommendation the conglomerate makes to be without an adequate basis in view of all information known at law by the firm about the issuer . |
| 15 | Investigators say a fire in which a man died could have been started deliberately . |
| 16 | Investigators say a fire in which a man died could have been started deliberately . |
| 17 | An agency costing £6 million a year to run could bring hundred-fold benefits . |
| 18 | There is no precipice except in the painting ( though no doubt Junge could have painted the downward view if asked ) and Deborah Kerr has to act shock/horror , which she is perfectly capable of doing , and does splendidly . |