Example sentences of "[conj] could [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may be because its members had , or could soon sink roots into , some sort of community belonging to a structured society . |
| 2 | Nor could much video information be stored on the disc . |
| 3 | Peter Brown , chairman of the Thomas Coram foundation , said : ‘ Unless the human imperative of individual dereliction is addressed alongside the more visual investment in environmental dereliction , and however well we spend it this means more money , the country will find itself in a downward spiral of inner-city social decay that could well substitute Drug Alley for the Gin Lane of Coram 's and Hogarth 's day . ’ |
| 4 | By then Kismayu was established as a tinderbox that could again plunge Somalia into civil war . |
| 5 | Whether there was any political party that could comfortably find room for him was a difficult question . |
| 6 | We normally start with the part that could possibly give problems : in this case , the wc ; the rest can be done another day if absolutely necessary . |
| 7 | Professor Anthony Kay describes a case in which the council avoided investigating what many would have expected to be the central issue — was the accused doctor offering a treatment that could undoubtedly do harm but for which there was no scientific evidence of benefit ? |
| 8 | Meanwhile , Neil Kinnock , leader of the one party that could actually bring PR about , is refusing to say where Labour stands on the issue . |
| 9 | Moreover , peasant resistance appeared to be the only social force that could conceivably transform Russia . |
| 10 | The main requirement , says Candle was for a system that could intelligently suggest answers to bottlenecks or problems , and if required implement the necessary changes . |
| 11 | It is difficult to envisage a suite of characters that could consistently differentiate specimens such as Mauer , Arago and Vértesszöllös from the primitive Neanderthals whose remains are concentrated in the ‘ Pit of the Bones ’ at Atapuerca . |
| 12 | That would cause an outcry and add several percentage points to inflation , and could easily check spending and strangle the recovery in its cradle . |
| 13 | Although I dreamed and could thus distinguish sleep from death , although I woke up again each morning , the fear remained , and my sister 's death only served to strengthen it . |
| 14 | In an age when much more business is project-oriented when it is increasingly a case of throw it at the wall and see what sticks ( perhaps in the public sector they really wish they did n't have to be so careful with the dosh and could similarly try things out more just to see what might work ) , the role of the chief exec is to empower the team and keep informed of progress ( half a side of A4 and no hyperbole please ) . |
| 15 | It should be clear from what is said above that from the purely practical classroom point of view , generative phonology has little to offer and could well create confusion . |
| 16 | Last August Australia sent three naval ships to the Gulf ; Bob Hawke , the prime minister , made it clear in December that they would be put under American operational control and could well see combat . |
| 17 | K2 had the necessary experience of working with Chameleon and could also boast skills in software design that have , according to Stan Taylor , senior manager of European information systems at Intergraph , ‘ been of great benefit to the company . ’ |
| 18 | Mr Singleton knew other talented people , among them an extremely obliging fellow who could treat a sheet of notepaper to give it the feel and appearance of age , and could also produce ink of a quality used in the past . |
| 19 | Most politicians themselves saw matters in this light , and could harshly rebuff freeholders and their relatives who believed otherwise . |
| 20 | The need to obtain an entry visa from an embassy often situated far away could be dangerous and could therefore hinder departure . |
| 21 | We pointed out to the companies that they let the contracts , and could therefore require trade union representation as a condition of awarding them . |
| 22 | But French premier , Pierre Mendès-France , won various concessions : the French army would not now be placed under federal European controls ( instead the European Army was abandoned ) ; German forces would voluntarily desist from using certain categories of weapons , including atomic , bacteriological and chemical devices ; Britain would maintain its current level of forces in Europe , and could therefore help France in controlling Germany in future . |
| 23 | Some of these are complete movements , and could possibly represent blanks that he had managed to fill , as Shedlock suggested . |
| 24 | My pupil was a girl called Adèle , seven or eight years old , who was born in France and could hardly speak English . |
| 25 | So now when our crews came back from their missions and we heard snatches of their conversations about long lines of refugees , about cities being devastated , and miles and miles of fires , I remembered Kings Cross and could only feel pity for what these civilians were now enduring ; French , Dutch , German or whatever . |
| 26 | Her mother never tired of speaking of her own father , Don Humberto , who had been a gentleman adventurer and a favourite at the court of King John , but she had never met Dom João and could only assure Sara that if he was at all like his grandfather or his Uncle Pedro ( the one who had died at sea ) he would be a man of great charm , intelligence and wit . |
| 27 | The bill , which makes it an offence to carry a knife and puts the onus on the carrier to prove he had good reason to carry the knife , will have its third reading on Friday and could now become law before summer after the Scottish Office accepted a Labour amendment that the act should come into force on the day it is passed rather than at the end of a two month period . |
| 28 | The shop , now double the size it was a year ago , was ‘ very healthily up ’ , and could now take advantage of the last minute frenzy by being able to accommodate more people inside . |
| 29 | This monumental image was designed to stir up emotions of awe and respect , but could scarcely evoke feelings of warmth and affection . |
| 30 | She guessed he found it intriguing to be able to talk about his consuming interest in the sport with a girl who not only knew what he was talking about , but could actually offer opinions that were interesting . |