Example sentences of "could [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The warden and his wife , being owners of a Siamese cat , were not overjoyed to see Emily but they reluctantly fed her a saucer of milk , saying that she could stay for one night . |
| 2 | The Library could budget for phased installation of entry level systems within the next three years by spending a proportion of its budget in each of these years , and working on these systems would give us the expertise to proceed to development phase . |
| 3 | The other way in which he could compensate for unfavourable power relations was through effective public relations . |
| 4 | The windscreen in front of the ‘ cabin' looks just like glass , but is in fact edible and made out of melted glacier mint — a clever and original idea you could adapt for other cakes , for example for windows . |
| 5 | Editing could make for better sound . |
| 6 | The third duke , whose wife had left him , set up a lady friend here ; and what more perfect house could exist for romantic visitations ? |
| 7 | Tomorrow Hari would go to Ma Popits first thing and see what cast-off clothing she could buy for young Will . |
| 8 | The rest could wait for another day . |
| 9 | At times of high wages or low food prices , out-workers could opt for more leisure , but in times of slack trade they might well find themselves unable to get enough work to compensate for falling rates . |
| 10 | We know that there are in principle X young people who could qualify for that entitlement — that information is available from the census — but their choice whether or when to exercise it is not predictable . |
| 11 | The sweetener for those who find themselves paying more is that they could qualify for transitional relief which which will cover the increase . |
| 12 | I have already mentioned the stipulation that before I could qualify for married status I should have passed two language exams . |
| 13 | If you think you could qualify for this allowance or need more information of help in filling in the forms , contact the bureau . |
| 14 | Thus , although Franco 's own Minister of Industry and Commerce told him in early 1949 that , without more foreign aid , the Spanish economy could survive for six months at most , the Caudillo insisted that Spain had no need of the international community . |
| 15 | David Lee from ENERGIZE thinks Electro is on its way back , and could speak for many hours about the halcyon days before Electro meant toddlers break-dancing in the streets , title-dropping classics like Man Parrish 's ‘ Hip Hop Be Bop ’ , early Mantronix , and Shannon . |
| 16 | Once she got her bearings , she could head for Dead Rat and get Doc Threadneedle to sort out her skullplates . |
| 17 | There was nothing we could do for poor Victor at five in the morning ; we should meet for an early breakfast and decide then what to do . |
| 18 | Could do for some charity . |
| 19 | Her doctor had told her that there was nothing he could do for this problem , so she decided on private treatment from a doctor that a friend recommended . |
| 20 | You could look for all books in the subject area " feminism " , for example , or all books with " feminism " or " feminist " in the title . |
| 21 | Cincinnati Bell Inc reports that the Federal arm of its Cincinnati Bell Information Systems won a systems management contract that could run for five years and be worth up to $41m to support the Federal Transportation Computer Center in Washington DC : the centre supports Federal Highway Administration , US Coast Guard , Federal Transit Administration , Research & Special Programs Administration , the Federal Aviation Administration , and the Federal Maritime Administration . |
| 22 | First , we could search for some analogue of the potential function which proved so useful in electrostatics . |
| 23 | We are now involved in even bigger projects , and the successful candidates could work for such companies as Ernst Oil , Stavro Construction and Blofeld Engineering . |
| 24 | And erm being as he put a new table in the mill he thought we could work for thirty pound a week less , on this table . |
| 25 | At most observation posts , though , the Sections could work for several weeks without relief . |
| 26 | Amongst the villagers , the division on Friday night was between the men , who had been in the pub and could vouch for each other , and the wives , who had been watching telly at home and could n't , but who seemed knowledgeable , when pressed , about a number of ITV programmes . |
| 27 | They agreed to release him as an uncontested registration to enable him to find a county where he could hope for greater opportunities , and although we ca n't guarantee a first-team place , he 'll get plenty of chances if he does the business . |
| 28 | He stated that the Soviet Union had to negotiate the return of the islands before it could hope for improved co-operation with Japan . |
| 29 | One weakness of this study is that being retrospective , although the authors could control for inter-rater reliability in defining cases of schizophrenia , they were relying on diagnoses made by clinicians at an earlier period . |
| 30 | In particular , voters on social security receiving rate rebates could vote for increased services without having to pay for them . |