Example sentences of "[noun pl] that could [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the number of people in Europe has increased , animals that could cohabit with humans thrive while others are marginalised . |
| 2 | A tall , prematurely white-haired man in a navy blue suit , with eyes that could focus on you as if you were a fly that had settled on a distant door-knob , he could dominate a large room while seated behind a desk at one end of it and without raising his voice above a conversational level . |
| 3 | She studied his profile in the dim light , his firm jaw and sensitive mouth , his brown eyes that could freeze in anger and burn with emotion , those incredible eyelashes ; in that moment she knew what love was , knew she wanted to spend the rest of her life with him . |
| 4 | If a particular group is disproportionately represented in prison , are there other , independent variables that could account for the correlation ? |
| 5 | There are , says Gilkes , several other CPU technologies that could benefit from Tadpole 's notebook treatment , but they 're not public yet , though they will be by year-end , he advises . |
| 6 | Robert Bosch GmbH and Northern Telecom Ltd say they are in discussions that could lead to a 50-50 joint venture to develop , manufacture , and market transmission equipment — yes , Bosch 's main business is motor components , but we 're talking data transmission here — under the global CCITT standard , including Synchronous Digital Hierarchy systems : Northern Telecom says the deal would complements its strategic tie with Matra Communication SA . |
| 7 | The trio spread out across the acres of plasteel , holding their lasguns ready — three hunters awaiting the flushing of birds that could fly through the void . |
| 8 | Attalli says the bank has enough money for the basic task of investment in private industry and in infrastructure projects ( ’ in fact , there is more money than projects , ’ he complains ) , as well as for training and education , but there are areas that could prove to be capital-hungry and ultimately create as many problems as they are intended to solve . |
| 9 | Adding the percentage of retrospective completions and the percentage of errors ( discrepancies ) provides an estimate of the maximum percentage of errors that could occur for the entries in paper and pencil diaries such as those used in clinical trials : 2%+15%=17% for the morning and 9%+15%=24% for the evening . |
| 10 | The league programme had not been free from the upsets that could arise from the organizational confusion of most Edwardian football clubs . |
| 11 | When the Secretary of State made his recent announcement in the House of the second wave of trust applications and approved in principle applications for the four London teaching hospitals he said that , in the interim , until the review was completed , they would benefit from the advantages that could flow from greater local hospital management devolution . |
| 12 | The second group contains elements that could overlap with other familiar schemas ; for example , " Mars ' is a lexical realisation of a real object in our world knowledge , " human colony " is close to past imperialist notions on Earth , and " Envoy " could also plausibly be the name of an Earth-bound ship . |
| 13 | Erm I did say at the time if the Council agreed it was we would approve the new application it would only be if the original was rescinded and I did speak to the Town Clerk so there 's no need , I 'm not making a big issue , but I think the Council should be aware and the Town Clerk I believe has notified because again this is one of those things that could happen at a later date and as we all know if we have n't made these things perfectly clear . |
| 14 | One of the worst things that could happen to a pupil was to leave something in the dining room by mistake after dinner . |
| 15 | In contrast , a few people pointed out the disadvantages that could arise as a result of being disabled when interacting with patients or clients . |
| 16 | The aim of the test is to detect conditions that could develop into cancer . |
| 17 | What we were looking for in Committee , and what the children 's legal aid centre was looking for , was a declaration that the Government 's signature to the United Nation convention on the rights of the child would be enshrined in the spirit of law in this country and that there would be independent panels that could look after the welfare of the children to ensure that their welfare was the primary consideration . |
| 18 | Since the carriers risked their ships , it was assumed that they would select and supervise their crews with enough care to prevent the damages that could result from improper management and navigation of the ship . |
| 19 | In preparation for the complete reconstruction of the Frauenkirche , the Landesamt fur Denkmalpflege has made an appeal for any documents , photographs , letters or memoirs that could help in their task . |
| 20 | Some remaining Texas Instruments employees will be involved in transition efforts that could continue for up to several years , while others will be offered positions elsewhere inside Texas Instruments . |
| 21 | Then think of all the sounds that could be " suspect " with this sound , i.e. all the sounds that could vary from this sound with just a slight change of some of these features . |
| 22 | Comment in particular on the sort of problems that could arise in translation from differences in the way the notion in question is expressed in the two languages . |
| 23 | We can now deal with the main problems that could arise in the new community care system . |
| 24 | The statement added the IAAF had stressed the serious problems that could arise from interference by civil courts , and such interference posed a grave risk and could ‘ create serious damage to major sports everywhere , particularly in the US for the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 . ’ . |
| 25 | He invited the Committee to Pay particular attention to the role of the party group in decision-taking , problems that could arise from councillors ' conflicts of interest , the merits of full-time councillors , and the relationships of officers to councillors and political groups ( Widdicombe 1986:17 ) . |
| 26 | As in an Indian raga , a particular sequence of notes serves as the basis for variations that could continue to infinity ; eventually , however , it returns to its theme . |
| 27 | It would therefore be possible for a young school-leaver to begin acquiring qualifications that could lead in the end to gaining a technical degree qualification . |
| 28 | ‘ I am enumerating the items that could stand against you should the will be contested , ’ said Mr Aycliffe patiently . |
| 29 | Whatever the size of style of your home , there are bound to be rooms that could benefit from better organised — or just more — storage space . |
| 30 | It illustrated up-to-date transport , such as rotor powered ships , the rotors being driven by the wind , and buses that could run on railway lines . |