Example sentences of "[noun] could [vb infin] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Marie could hear again Gazzer 's facetious voice . |
2 | A customer who produced a credit card could take away goods without payment on the implied promise to pay within a month , and if they did ( which the vast majority did ) they would not be charged interest for being lent the amount they would otherwise have had to pay across the counter . |
3 | It is debatable whether a shareholder could proceed under ss.459–461 of the Companies Act 1985 , as amended by CA 1989 , alleging that a minority ( including himself ) has been unfairly prejudiced by those in control of the company , for their failure to call the insider to account to the company . |
4 | The union has obtained a document produced by Lothian health board which says that trusts could save over £5m if they cut unsocial hours payments . |
5 | Only long cloaks blowing , up on top of the young dunes , a gaze of strange cold eyes , a flash of spear-points — then the rain drove across , and Ruth could see only night . |
6 | Intuitive reckons sales of the Workbench could generate around £500,000 this year . |
7 | Actually , they hold around 70% and under the plan could keep only 43% . |
8 | As Lord Hill replied to an outraged Lord Derby , whose TWW had ‘ stood on its record ’ and been brusquely dismissed , newcomers such as Harlech could offer only promises , ‘ but if promise is never to be preferred to performance , then every television company will go on for ever ’ ( Sendall , 1983 , p. 359 ) . |
9 | Anita Culley , who for the last six years has co-owned Walworth Castle with her husband , said the new plans could cost around £750,000 . |
10 | Heated in the Montgolfier-style , air would lift about 15lbs for every 1,000 cubic feet of volume , while the same volume of hydrogen could lift about 70lbs of payload . |
11 | Equestrianism : Big Ben could strike again EQUESTRIANISM |
12 | He confirmed that the Scottish Office money could cover only cash flow difficulties from the oil funds — not the producers . |
13 | On a good day a driver could make over $2.75 ; if he has a month of good days he earns more than a civil servant . |
14 | In 1984 , the Education ( Grants and Awards ) Act was passed to enable the DES to allocate directly a small proportion ( up to 1% ) of the Block Grant to support specific educational projects which the Secretary of State judged to be particularly important ; a grant could cover either 50% or 70% of the costs of a project ( 60% from 1990–91 ) . |
15 | The head of the voting commission for northern Bosnia , for example , said the Serbs could keep only 20% of Bosnia . |
16 | Successive NFER analysis demonstrated that the most effective selection process could select only 90% of children adequately — 10% would be misplaced . |
17 | It was in any event difficult to see what compromise could satisfy both Buenos Aires and London . |
18 | Before either the Rector or his wife could speak again Louisa hurried from the room . |
19 | Nigel Hawkins of Hoare Govett estimates initial dealings will see prices at between only 110p to 125p , while Robert Giles of Laing & Cruickshank believes the opening price could level around 105p to 110p . |
20 | Using these maximum amounts , one Briton could save about £180 on wine alone . |
21 | England in 1920 , it testified to a similar recognition by him that the amateur ideal in the arts , however admirable in the abstract , and however rich its achievements under earlier structures of society , under the conditions of mass democracy could mean only amateurishness in technique , and thin-skinned insolence in debate . |
22 | Replacement could cost about £5 million . |
23 | Rachel looked up quickly but before her father could explain further Jennifer intervened , manoeuvring her chair closer to the table . |
24 | When I spoke to him that Saturday evening he said he had me in mind but the paper could pay only $15 per week . |
25 | The overlord Greg Dyke , having paid a minimum of £11m a year for exclusive rights to the League ( at the current rate of inflation , the four-year , index-linked bill could soar over £50m ) , hit his audience target of eight million when Manchester United beat Liverpool thrillingly on New Year 's Day . |
26 | A church could derive both prestige and wealth from possessing the relics of a major saint , whose devotees were expected to be generous in their donations of land and precious metal . |
27 | He did not have the military power to offer protection to Englishmen overseas ; if the Spanish from the south were to attack English colonies , they would have to defend themselves or rely on English diplomacy , because Charles could send neither ships nor troops across the Atlantic for help . |
28 | Lucien could smell only incense . |
29 | Science could offer both sanctuary and its own brand of sanctification . |
30 | It must also be said that Herbert Casson 's admiration for youth could outbid even Baden-Powell 's undying romanticism : For page upon page , across three issue of Teacher 's World , Herbert Casson went on like this , at the same unrelenting pace . |