Example sentences of "could [pron] [adv] [vb infin] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , there is a a little orange leaflet which has been placed on the seats during the day that many of you , I hope , already have er , for anyone who has n't may I perhaps place these on the front table , there 's a the , there 's another supply over there and , could I please ask that some responsible representative from each district would please take a few more of these away with you so that they are distributed in district meetings in the near future , and attention drawn to them there er , if there are not enough copies er , then I 'm sure the provincial office on receiving a , a request from you will make sure there 's more that passed on to you . |
| 2 | And could I just say that I think that the issue of sustainability does also touch upon the need for the new settlement to be be located on a public transport corridor , preferably an existing public transport corridor , and I think again that argument for for s for somewhere where a rail link , preferably , could be provided , and that of course would tend to support all those factors tend to support a location on the Northern side of York rather than the Southern side of York . |
| 3 | Could I just say that readings taken in this adapted way are called decibels A-weighted , which is a bit sort of technical and silly , but it 's kind of important if you 're measuring the sort of sound that people listen to . |
| 4 | ‘ So before we go any further , could I just state that I am not personally responsible for burning any witches at the stake . ’ |
| 5 | Chairman could I also mention that the county council has a conference centre down in Havstock Park which I think is probably bigger er than this particular room erm may well also have catering facilities . |
| 6 | Chairman could I also confirm that the County Council would not be prepared to discount any particular sector in Greater York on the basis of one criteria , even if that was a valid criteria in the terms that er that Mr suggested . |
| 7 | Could I also say that Mr as perhaps inadvertently misguided us , there 's a hundred and forty two people work for L B A. I have seen the letters from the Chief Executive of L B A , Mr , to the Chief Executive of Hatfield in which he categorically states , people will be redeployed where possible within . |
| 8 | Could I therefore request that I be allowed to carry over 1 days in addition to the 9 days normally allowed ? |
| 9 | Please could you also ensure that the delay in making this request does not mean that the work is excessively held back . |
| 10 | Could she not say that it had been her own choice to leave the Longhills , that they were not suited to one another ? |
| 11 | He had changed his clothes , his hair , his moustache and his expression , but could she really believe that he had changed his most secret thoughts and beliefs ? |
| 12 | Could we not argue that the plant or animal responds to the rhythms in its environment anyway ? |
| 13 | ( That , after all , is what is meant by the external cause of a daily rhythm. ) for example , could we not argue that the plant could move its leaves in response to the sun ; the shore-dwelling creature leave its burrow in the mud when the tide recedes ; or the diurnal or nocturnal animal respond to sunrise and sunset ? |
| 14 | That being so , suppose we have another member of staff who is equally as effective as a teacher but who does not work up the lecture notes in the same way : could we not say that his or her teaching is integrated with research to the same degree ? |
| 15 | Law and morality were not yet clearly distinguished , nor could one even say that the whole of law or justice was to be found in any one court ; the Ecclesiastical Courts , and Local Courts of many different kinds , administered a justice which was not the justice of the Common Law Courts ; so the thought was natural that even the King 's justice was not exhausted in the power conferred on his courts . |
| 16 | Could he honestly believe that when I went off to work at nine o'clock each morning I was really heading for some regular-as-clockwork day-long love-nest ? |
| 17 | How could he think — how could he possibly expect that this one dramatic gesture would wipe out all that had already passed between them ? |