Example sentences of "the [noun sg] that could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Discounting is based on the recognition that money received one year hence is worth less than money received today because of the income that could have been earned by investing the capital now . |
| 2 | Modifications to the waveguide that could influence biosurface immunoefficiency are listed . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | A series of appalling disasters in the public services , notably the Kings Cross underground fire and the rail crashes at Clapham and elsewhere underlined the damage that could result from the public sector being run down . |
| 5 | The latter part of this subclause is inserted to try to avoid the difficulty that could arise where a landlord declines to accept rent in order not to waive a breach of covenant by the tenant , which it has been suggested could have a similar effect of releasing the guarantor , but this is not certain . |
| 6 | I thought of the Weddell Sea , the ice and the ghost of that Flying Dutchman , visualising the friction that could develop in the close confines of a yacht . |
| 7 | But you can bet he knows retsina , the national wine with what even locals call an acquired taste ; ouzo , the aperitif that could blow off your sunburn if you do n't watch your step ; the taramasalata fish roe dip ; vine leaves stuffed with mincemeat , rice and herbs ; and keftedes meatballs . |
| 8 | I was delighted with the attribution of a motive more understandable and more worthy than in biblical and Miltonic tradition and was lost in admiration of the boldness that could characterize the Supreme Being . |
| 9 | As he fielded questions at a press conference in his Yeovil constituency about his terms for a coalition in the event of a hung Parliament or whether Downing Street had been given his telephone number , the instrument that could receive the crucial call was being hunted down by aides . |
| 10 | Freud 's finding was that guilt is , starts off as an aggressive drive in the id that could go anywhere , preferably towards other people , but the superego uses some of this aggression and destructive energy arising in the id and then turns it back against the ego , and uses it to punish the ego , so the aggression , instead of going into someone else or into the outside world , is turned back against the self and to that extent is self-destructive . |
| 11 | It is quite possible that the expansion of the social services may have used up some of the labour that could have been absorbed by the manufacturing sector but there was no scarcity of labour as such in the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 12 | This is nothing compared to the violence that could erupt when Israeli troops withdraw from Gaza and the West Bank town of Jericho , leaving PLO fighters newly recruited as Palestinian police to face Islamic and nationalist guerrillas hardened by five years of the intifada uprising against Israel . |
| 13 | Look for bits of the programme that could stand on their own . |
| 14 | This is the manifesto that could ensure that no British election was ever the same again . |
| 15 | Now , along with the manager and the players , Harford and his diligence on the training pitch face the test that could shape the rest of Blackburn 's season . |
| 16 | For the man at the centre of the police inquiry will be sitting on the committee that could decide their fate . |
| 17 | THERE is no competition attached to the following remarks , mainly because it would be easy enough to cheat , but I would be glad to have any suggestions about the question that could have received the answer quoted . |
| 18 | But more than anything it 's the climate that could see Ireland suffer in the initial stages . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The closing stages then saw both sides strive , apparently in vain , to get the score that could settle the match which had been finely balanced throughout . |
| 21 | Only five weeks after the October revolution , he had narrowed the group that could exercise the right to the labouring masses . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The flower-plots represent the colour that could have been but have been taken over by a dull shade of moss . |
| 25 | But Laird 's trade unionists are still bitter about the council 's decision to object to the proposed Point of Ayr gas terminal the development that could offer a lifeline to the yard if it wins approval . |
| 26 | By driving his own cars when he was past his peak as a driver , he lost out on the development that could have been contributed by a second opinion . |
| 27 | 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 … ] |
| 28 | RONNIE Rosenthal last night hailed John Barnes 's comeback as the factor that could kick-start Liverpool 's title challenge . |
| 29 | We campaigned ferociously to ban the stuff that could kill people in minutes with its toxic fumes . |
| 30 | There is no other organization within the movement that could provide such a level of debate on this particular matter . |