Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Questions of construction may be involved on what is said in Parliament and I can not see how if the rule is modified in this way the parties ' legal advisers could properly come to court without having looked to see whether there was anything in the Hansard Report on the Bill which could assist their case . |
| 2 | This latter idea was rejected by Iran , which maintained its insistence on negotiations on Resolution 598 in its entirety and under UN mediation , despite Hussein 's Dec. 2 suggestion that the committees could eventually lead to meetings " at leadership level " . |
| 3 | I would like to think you could perhaps mention to Peter if you see him in the next couple of days , I do n't know whether he pops into the office but we , it would be nice if you could if you could mention |
| 4 | Trie tried to persuade Sue to ask er them if the they could all change to Word at work . |
| 5 | Prisoners offered the choice very rarely preferred death to the colonies but , because they were essentially treated in the same way as indentured servants , they could only go to America if a merchant was willing to take them on the basis of a calculation that he could sell their services at the other end . |
| 6 | It will be noted that section 37(3) refers to ‘ assets located within that jurisdiction ’ , a reference which reflects , but does not directly confirm , the understanding of the position which prevailed in 1981 , that an injunction could only attach to assets within England and Wales . |
| 7 | No such act of measurement could change what those spins already were ; it could only bring to light a state of affairs which had existed from the moment of separation . |
| 8 | It i my Lord Mayor , it is indeed colossal cheek and pure hypocrisy on the part of the Tory Group , and particularly on the part of Councillor , to be putting forward the resolution congratulating schools on their success in responding to the introduction of Local Management , when they and the Government , between them impose such conditions that could only lead to chaos and disorder . |
| 9 | They must n't go down this road again , it could only lead to disaster . |
| 10 | These could only amount to obiter because , of course , the courts found that there was no tax charge . |
| 11 | Oh yeah , cos when we lived at you see you could just go to sleep and that 's it you knew that nowt was gon na happen . |
| 12 | Could just go to sleep and enjoy a good night 's kip and wake up in the morning . |
| 13 | To be quite honest I could just go to bed . |
| 14 | As the hon. and learned Member for Burton said , that reversal could easily lead to miscarriages of justice that we could sort out now . |
| 15 | The trading employees in India were not paid salaries in the modern sense of income they could live on ; they got small retainers , starting at perhaps £5 a year , and it was taken for granted that they would supplement their retainers by trading , sometimes acting as agents buying the goods that would eventually be exported by the Company ( though this could easily lead to fraud ) , but more often dealing for their own account . |
| 16 | Confusion between the sources of faunal diversity could easily lead to mistakes in interpreting its meaning . |
| 17 | These multitudinous associations — and more could easily come to mind — prepare us for a sentimental reunion scene ( if it is Emma ) or an adoption scene ( 'Let me be your father' , etc . ) . |
| 18 | They may not be used extensively now , but countries could easily turn to halons as a replacement for some CFCs . |
| 19 | That was something he could hardly mention to Lorton . |
| 20 | She was a wreck and had planned to go and do something about it once dinner had been prepared , but now that would have to go by the board — there would be no time — and , besides , she could hardly appear to Luke 's business partner and his wife in one of Luke 's towelling robes , could she ? |
| 21 | If then you have invited the artists of Europe to send in plans for a Plan which we have no intention of executing , two questions will arise — the first is who will pay the Premiums which you propose to offer for these Plans , seeing that we could hardly propose to Parliament to vote Premiums for Plans that are not to be executed , and secondly whether the Artists of Europe will not think that they have been trifled with in being asked to send in Plans for an undertaking which the Govt had on consideration determined not to attempt . |
| 22 | Oliver had his own ideas on this , which he could hardly put to Mrs Figgis-Hewett ; they involved her dramatic appearance before the dinner began when he had worked out she could have added something to Sir Thomas 's drink in the confusion . |
| 23 | For example , on completing the examinations , a new Fellow can expect upwards of £25,000 a year in Central London which could rapidly increase to £40,000 a year or more . |
| 24 | Show how the rate of interest could still rise to r 2 and investment still only fall to I 2 if this curve were to shift . |
| 25 | ‘ Of course we could always go to Lazonby , ’ he suggests . |
| 26 | The bespectacled , quietly-spoken American sitting next to me immediately piped up with the appalling suggestion that I could always go to Beachy Head . |
| 27 | They certainly did n't choose to drop out of society like their New York City equivalents who could always return to daddy 's money ; rather , theirs is a quest to reflect the plight of the dispossessed and let them know they 're not alone , to offer the disaffected hope , and to somehow go beyond merely preaching to those who already understand . |
| 28 | AT LEAST Barnet players could always turn to Barry Fry , but now he 's gone , they are prepared to follow him out of the club in a mass exodus . |
| 29 | The area health authority and Department of Health and Social Security on the other hand contended that under the common law a minor of sufficient intelligence and understanding could always consent to treatment and that the effect of section 8 was to produce an irrebuttable presumption that a child of 16 or 17 had such intelligence and understanding . |
| 30 | Moreover , once the King went to the States there was no way he could ever return to Iran except as a parcel from the CIA . |