Example sentences of "[noun sg] could [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the Opposition could facilitate a change in the law — it would be widely welcomed , as is clear from what has been said in the debate tonight — I am sure that my right hon. and hon. Friends would be willing to do what they could to assist . |
| 2 | When he heard the right hon. Member for Manchester , Gorton ( Mr. Kaufman ) suggest that Labour could replace a Trident submarine with , for example , a Trafalgar class submarine on the order book , Mr. Hutton described his right hon. Friend as ’ ignorant and ill informed ’ . |
| 3 | Darlington Tory candidate Michael Fallon said Labour could spend a quarter of the £1m in borough council coffers on housing , but also had outstanding debts for constructing council properties . |
| 4 | In a large area , small trees such as Pyrus salicifolia or Salix exigua or the larger but equally silver , Pyrus nivalis could make a centre piece . |
| 5 | Will he confirm , therefore , that it will be open to hostile and foreign bids and that such a bid could provide a foothold in the Welsh water industry for further takeovers ? |
| 6 | The BBC 's Ski Sunday made Val d'Isere its TV curtainraiser , and for once the Criterium of the First Snow could boast a carpet of real snow . |
| 7 | Thus a hard-worked journalist could receive a press release by fax , use FAXgrabber to convert the faxed release to text , and then place it into his story without having to go through the process of re-typing much of the information . |
| 8 | The Department of Energy 's research station at Harwell estimates that industry could exploit a heat pump market of between £500 million and £1000 million over the next 10 to 15 years . |
| 9 | Finally , the exporter could open a dollar account at his own bank in Germany , ( or with BAB in New York ) and then use the proceeds of his exports to pay for imports from the USA and other countries . |
| 10 | Alternatively , the exporter could seek a loan against it or negotiate it to another party in settlement of a domestic trade debt . |
| 11 | Used carefully , however , over an extended period , Indian patronage could permit a politician to capitalise upon feelings of gratitude aroused by acts of seemingly disinterested friendship several years earlier , acts which would in fact be quietly brought to mind by a shrewd politician 's regular enquiries about the activities of his young friend in India . |
| 12 | He held this to be valid even though the condition could mean a restriction on a use which would not amount to development . |
| 13 | While the average return may be acceptable , the element of variability could imply a risk of financial loss that is unacceptable . |
| 14 | Gifts for the cracker could include a badge , sweets , or a keyring . |
| 15 | He insisted that his new administration could command a majority in the country 's 38-member legislature . |
| 16 | Loss of momentum could mean a return to the stagnation which prevented the Community evolving in the 1970s . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ A small club could arrange a split with the player . |
| 18 | Loss of weight could signify a variety of conditions , from worms to a tumour , and again I ca n't point to anything specific . |
| 19 | Overall , Nasa suggest that this spring could see a reduction of between 30-40 per cent in the ozone layer over the northern hemisphere . |
| 20 | Optical discs , for example , are made of insulating material ; although they can be coated with a thin metal film and put under an STM , an AFM could examine a product without destroying it . |
| 21 | The increased detection of anti-HEV in adults in our study could reflect a cohort of Turkish residents infected with HEV in the past and a younger generation unexposed to virus , due perhaps to improvements in sanitation . |
| 22 | The knocking of their hammers on the rock could lead a man to good ground , but their knocking on wood foretold possible imminent disaster . |
| 23 | The loss or disappointment could concern a person or object , a role or an idea . |
| 24 | Such substantial additions to the diet happen only among the largest specimens , such as Nepenthics rajah of tropical Borneo , whose pitcher could encompass a rugby ball . |
| 25 | Experiments and modern calculations suggest that the Sutton Hoo type boat could average a speed of 3 knots for little more than six hours , so that a crossing of the North Sea from Holland to East Anglia could have been achieved in about 14 days , although if sails were available the time would be considerably less ( Green 1963 ) . |
| 26 | What imaginative job search agency would have foreseen that a champion sheepshearer could become a master garment cutter ( and , later , much more besides ) but Bernard and Laura did . |
| 27 | Loss of control in the self ( particularly the ‘ selves ’ of powerful individuals ) , or loss of control in a wider social or political fabric could produce a domino effect bringing the whole into chaos . |
| 28 | If in partnership , the purchaser 's solicitor could ask another partner in the firm to undertake this responsibility , whilst a sole practitioner could approach a solicitor in another firm . |
| 29 | The segments are harder to explain in the chaetognath model , and the midline trace could represent a septum or part of the gut . |
| 30 | Britain 's force could make a contribution here . |