Example sentences of "[noun sg] could [vb infin] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Intuitive reckons sales of the Workbench could generate around £500,000 this year . |
| 4 | Actually , they hold around 70% and under the plan could keep only 43% . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He confirmed that the Scottish Office money could cover only cash flow difficulties from the oil funds — not the producers . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | Successive NFER analysis demonstrated that the most effective selection process could select only 90% of children adequately — 10% would be misplaced . |
| 10 | It was in any event difficult to see what compromise could satisfy both Buenos Aires and London . |
| 11 | Before either the Rector or his wife could speak again Louisa hurried from the room . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Using these maximum amounts , one Briton could save about £180 on wine alone . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Replacement could cost about £5 million . |
| 16 | Rachel looked up quickly but before her father could explain further Jennifer intervened , manoeuvring her chair closer to the table . |
| 17 | When I spoke to him that Saturday evening he said he had me in mind but the paper could pay only $15 per week . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Lucien could smell only incense . |
| 21 | Science could offer both sanctuary and its own brand of sanctification . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The type of off-farm work occasionally dictated the enterprises that the farm could have as time off at critical periods could clash with the off-farm employment . |
| 24 | The railway could take both passengers and freight off the roads reducing the need for a bypass . |
| 25 | Making non-exempt dental patients pay in full for treatment could raise nearly £200m a year ; so could charges of £10 a day for stays in hospital . |
| 26 | Gillroy could hear both Darwin and Koepang , but they could not hear him . |
| 27 | The launch of the world 's first infrared satellite could change completely astronomers ' ideas of the skies at these wavelengths |
| 28 | Although he had influenced popes and kings , he ended his life as a disappointed man , mourning the passage of a simpler world in which a bishop could serve both church and monarchy . |
| 29 | Later still he got an oil engine ; and people at that time could buy both coal and oil from the miller . ’ |
| 30 | The ten inch babes from the livebearing mother could reach around 6′ . |