Example sentences of "[noun sg] that could [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just now he 's working on a deal that could give him a big say in the life of a lady who 'll ‘ definitely ’ be in the Top Ten within weeks . |
| 2 | So I drove to Portsmouth expecting a great camel of the ocean , a small luxury liner even , at least a boat that could hold its head up in the seafaring world . |
| 3 | Masters of their art , Stock , Aitken and Waterman realised that day they had unearthed a talent that could outshine anything , even in their empire . |
| 4 | The burgesses of the ‘ husband town ’ allocated such divisions on behalf of the Crown , the arable land being measured to assess its user 's liability for military service : a ‘ husbandland ’ was the area of ploughland sufficient to provide a man with a living that could afford him a horse and harness when called on in a Border emergency . |
| 5 | His is an example that we should , perhaps , consider carefully in our own day , when occasionally an inherited prejudice or imagined superiority makes us dismiss the religions of people who have followed other venerable and inspiring forms of faith that could revitalise our own tradition . |
| 6 | They 're obsessed by the shit out of which we 're shaped ( surgery ) , the shit that could befall us ( horrible accidents ) , the shit in our souls ( the drives and impulses we suppress and expel in order to constitute ourselves as normal , but which sometimes break free in perversion or psychosis ) . |
| 7 | WILLEM GERHARDUS HILLS filled his lungs with Yorkshire night air , raised his tracksuit collar against the biting cold and announced a decision that could change his life . |
| 8 | For the man at the centre of the police inquiry will be sitting on the committee that could decide their fate . |
| 9 | It could n't have been hit by a missile because we know there are no missile-carrying planes around — even if there were , a heat-seeking missile , the only type that could nail it at that altitude , would have gone for the engines , not the nose cone . |
| 10 | Some commentators suggest that the power deters supporters from rebellion since they would be reluctant to create a situation in which they could be faced with an arduous election campaign that could jeopardise their seats . |
| 11 | A deadly charm that could humiliate her because it could easily make her melt and beg and forget a lifetime of rigid adherence to propriety . |
| 12 | She had dark curly hair with no sign of grey , and a certain shyness that could make her manner seem brusque . |
| 13 | As her first movie The Delinquents — aided by some pre-release hype over Australian clerics calling for sexy scenes between her and handsome co-star Charlie Shlatter to be cut — opened around the world at the end of 1989 , Kylie was planning a move that could set her on that same yellow brick road to showbusiness immortality . |
| 14 | ‘ Secret people , ’ she said , ‘ who do not seem to have any business that could take them into the forest . ’ |
| 15 | She should have left Rome as she 'd planned , she should never have looked into her heart and discovered a truth that could destroy her . |
| 16 | However the European Commission and most E C governments refute this and contend that legislation is needed to ensure that workers are not kept in the dark about decisions taken elsewhere in the community that could affect their livelihoods . |
| 17 | Peter had grown afraid of emotion ; he considered it messy stuff that could lead one into a fatal labyrinth of self-forgetfulness . |
| 18 | THE brand new cars that are two years old , slimmers ' meals that are full of fat , holidays at the seaside that could damage your health . |
| 19 | SEMINAR ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY in conjunction with MESSRS DUNDAS AND WILSON CS at SALTIRE COURT , CASTLE TERRACE , EDINBURGH on THURSDAY 14 JANUARY 1993 AT 1800 [ the seminar that could save you thousands … ] |
| 20 | ‘ I watch everything I can because I feel this is a tie that could set us up for a good run in Europe , ’ added Creaney . |
| 21 | Preston 's Auntie Ethel and William 's mother , Elaine , had been best friends at school , which was why Preston had been detailed as William 's Minder — another one of Auntie Ethel 's great ideas , like the newspaper that could defend you against muggers . |
| 22 | what it serves to emphasize in the present context is that the user of the STV is inevitably denied knowledge that could influence his preferences . |
| 23 | They merely assumed that inhibition generates the incest taboo without pointing to any behavioural mechanism that could translate one into the other . |
| 24 | The President may be watching to see how long Mr Buchanan remains a contender , delaying as long as is necessary making an appointment that could fuel his opponent 's campaign . |
| 25 | WALES prop Mike Griffiths is facing a suspension that could rule him out of the clash with world champions Australia , after his dismissal in CARDIFF 'S match at Aberavon yesterday . |
| 26 | Causal attention to the way that a breeze moves the leaves on a tree would seem to make it quite unrealistic to think of having a theory that could predict their motion … |
| 27 | A sadness that could make her give up acting for good . |
| 28 | Maybe you would have been safer if you 'd not chosen a career that could involve you with mine . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I have an offer that could interest you , ’ is enough to relax his guard . |
| 30 | That kind of damp , chill August day only Blighty can produce , a large , scrubby field , a bill that could make you weep it was so poor . |