Example sentences of "they could [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The return of Tony Hanson to the team that lost in the last five seconds at Broxbourne could be the inspiration , but with Doncaster playing second placed Oldham and Plymouth at fourth placed Brixton , the two teams above them could well lose ground . |
| 2 | Any one of them could still deny Opel the title but it wo n't happen — not if Ulster engineering skills prove to be the deciding factor . |
| 3 | The flashes of hostility between them could only make things worse . |
| 4 | Butchers are , on the whole , an ingenious breed , and they could probably get hold of some if you pressed them . |
| 5 | I made the mistake of telling two non-hill-walking friends that they could easily manage Creag Meagaidh . |
| 6 | There they could easily obtain coal which was used as fuel and as a raw material , various salts from a mine below the works and from brine wells , and large amounts of water from the River Tees . |
| 7 | They could even study community charge registers . |
| 8 | This should alert us to the fact that the canons are incomplete records , and that they could even overlook matters of royal concern , like Guntram 's foundation of the monastery of St Marcel . |
| 9 | According to officers stationed at Darlington , the silent majority now support Mr Thompson 's plans and believe they could even speed response times to house fires in the town . |
| 10 | He should hide such thoughts for they could well call Alexander back from Hell to exact his vengeance . |
| 11 | In polluted regions of the Northern Hemisphere , seasonal increases in ozone concentration have been observed ; such changes could arise from photochemical reactions , but they could also involve transport from the ozone-rich stratosphere . |
| 12 | They could also describe children being sent individually or in small groups , to forage for information on particular topics , and in the case of the school which monitored library use , the school could demonstrate that the range of subjects thus represented was considerable . |
| 13 | They could also play Argentina or the Soviet Union at this stage . |
| 14 | They could also consider options looked at but rejected by the NGC , including upgrading the East-West Stella Harker line across the Pennines and linking it into the North-East system . |
| 15 | A proclamation was issued in 1718 against " unlawful Clubs , Combinations , etc. " of wool combers and weavers : … which had illegally presumed to use a Common Seal , and to act as Bodies Corporate , by making and unlawfully conspiring to execute certain Bylaws or Orders , whereby they pretend to determine who had a right to the Trade , what and how many Apprentices and Journeymen each man should keep at once , together with the prices of all their Manufactures , and the manner and materials of which they should be wrought ; and that , when many of the said Conspiritors wanted work , because their Masters would not submit to such pretended Orders and unreasonable Demands , they fed them with Money , till they could again get employment , in order to oblige their masters to employ them for want of other hands . |
| 16 | I was watching Sky replays of the incident over tea and snickers at half time , and heard the pundits blathering about a handball by Rod Wallace which they could clearly see happening , but I could n't . |
| 17 | They could either become clients of European nations , or resist them by adopting European ideas and methods ; in either case the cultural dominance of Europe was implied . |
| 18 | She helped Jenna out and they could both hear Alain on the phone in another room . |
| 19 | Thirdly , they could progressively develop programmes of recurrent or continuing education for mature adults who wish to alternate work with education . |
| 20 | So easily did the rational fear of not being able to exchange their products so advantageously merge , for a whole generation , into the absurdity of supposing that they could somehow have access to a source of wealth other than their own production . |
| 21 | And in 1836 a deputation of Birmingham reformers saw O'Connell on apprenticeship ; they could already assume help from Birmingham and Black Country MPs . |
| 22 | He and his family would retire for a while from public gaze , so that they could privately give vent to their grief at the loss of that larger-than-life figure who had seemed immortal … |
| 23 | Luke found he was staring at Jake Endo 's sandals , wondering how much they could possibly have cost . |
| 24 | Now I 'm not quite sure whether it 's because we 've known , like Naomi , we 've we know periods of barrenness and leanness that his blessing seems so much more , I do n't know if that 's what it is , or whether it is just because his blessings are so bountiful , but she is overwhelmed by God 's goodness and by God 's blessing to her they could now experience God 's blessing . |
| 25 | They could only speak Greek to the Romans , and it was for the Romans to decide whether they wanted an interpreter . |
| 26 | Despite all the responsibilities and experience of these delegates , it is sad that they could only view research as relative to one problem , admittedly an important one , rather than to key issues of the service . |
| 27 | They could only accept evolution if it were a process that gave rise to regular , predictable developments in accordance with some preordained plan that could be seen as originating in the mind of God . |
| 28 | They could only see Blefuscu 's warships coming closer , as I was swimming and my head was occasionally under the water . |
| 29 | Previously they could only buy shares in Brazilian companies through Brazilian-administrated funds . |
| 30 | But after the initial training is complete , there is a question mark over whether they could still receive benefits while building the homes . |