Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [pron] could [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There remains , however , a wide range of views covering more obviously political aspects of the phenomena which could only be described together as ‘ elitist ’ if we accept that term as a residual category . |
| 2 | No matter how she might have to count the pennies she could always spare a few for the bright yellow flowers which reminded her of home . |
| 3 | The schools themselves could never have flourished so significantly without the presence in the town ( at roughly the same time as Gratian ) of the great father-figure of the Roman law school , Irnerius , and the group of glossators or commentators who gathered under him . |
| 4 | The police and officials have succeeded in delineating fans ' territories in a way that the fans themselves could never have done . |
| 5 | It was in fact the visitors who could easily have been in front , but for some brilliant tackling by Jason Miller , who on four occasions , kept out both Terry Patterson and Chris Loud . |
| 6 | In the circumstances they could hardly refuse our request for a special audit — indeed , they appeared to welcome it , saying that although they were going through a difficult time they had nothing to hide , and were confident that the bank would wish to continue its support . " |
| 7 | ‘ In the circumstances I could hardly refuse . ’ |
| 8 | When a Russian sub surfaced it would be paint-bombed by US helicopters : ‘ From the colours they could then track each submarine on their satellites . ’ |
| 9 | From what I have read and seen of Crumlin Road Prison , the conditions there could hardly be more austere , particularly for remand prisoners ( who , let it not be forgotten , are innocent until proven guilty ) . |
| 10 | If he drove on regardless of the conditions he could well be convicted . |
| 11 | A greater burden was placed on the rates which could only be met either by cuts in services or increases in rate demands . |
| 12 | Thus the intrinsic value of something follows from its intrinsic nature , so that nothing exactly like it could be of a different intrinsic value , while yet it is not one of the features one could properly list in indicating what something else would have to be like to be just like this thing . |
| 13 | Through the trees she could sometimes see the roofs of houses . |
| 14 | When he was handed the fags he could hardly believe his luck , he smiled broadly , revealing rows of black and yellow teeth , repeating over and over , ‘ Merci , merci . ’ |
| 15 | Colonel Burrows rallied her troops ; the people in the property council , the villagers who could now sit in comfort . |
| 16 | I was so glad of the company of Plato and Socrates , and the journeys I could still make to hear Mr Acton 's good lectures . |
| 17 | He walked to the small , single window and pushed it open , gazing up and outward into the night , at the friends he could never meet . |
| 18 | At Woodchester and , to a lesser extent , at Stonesfield , we find such a variety of motif and patterning that the pavements themselves could well mirror a page ( or the page ) of design : at Woodchester especially , they comprise an array from which all other instances of closely related pavements could have been taken . |
| 19 | So if the teacher wanted to find out about the courses they could either contact the University or their own organisations , erm the D E S or the , the Local Education Authority . |
| 20 | The men themselves could hardly bear to be above ground ; at least down below they had each other . |
| 21 | If you could let me know the publisher of the patterns and the numbers I could perhaps write to the publisher for copies . |
| 22 | Changing direction , she hurried towards the place , and found it to be a large open space , surrounded by little shops , their shutters closed now , but by the legends she could just see painted above their doors they were given over to trade . |
| 23 | There were no stores like the ones she could now see flashing past the cab window , fine jewellers and milliners , bookshops and department stores , their windows displaying a variety of goods Ellie had only ever seen in the pictures of second-hand magazines . |
| 24 | However , after some time had passed , and I had exhausted the tasks which could usefully be achieved with the implements I happened to have at hand , Miss Kenton was evidently still outside . |
| 25 | Even in the streets I could always find him . |
| 26 | It was all terrifically exciting and when I got the parts I could hardly believe it . |
| 27 | There were no circumstances which could ever prove too much for him , not because of his strength , but because of God at work in him . |
| 28 | In practice , apart from the navy , the United States had no forces it could immediately deploy in the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East . |