Example sentences of "could [coord] [vb mod] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is unrealistic to assume that all the Palestinians currently living in the Arab states , whether still in refugee camps or integrated into their host society , could or would want to return to a West Bank-Gaza Palestinian state . ’ |
| 2 | Mr Gorbachev may not have the authority to send Soviet troops to non-Russian parts of his own country at this point , so it 's very unlikely that he could or would try to send ground forces to the Persian Gulf . |
| 3 | The case turns on whether he could or should have seen the case in the back of the lorry when he was lacing it up . |
| 4 | Intimate searches must be authorised by an officer of at least the rank of superintendent who , under section 55 , must have reasonable grounds for believing that the arrested person may have concealed on him anything which he could and might use to cause physical injury to himself or others or that he might have concealed a class A drug . |
| 5 | 4.35 When calculating future loss of earnings and the incidence of tax upon them , it is proper to take into account steps which the plaintiff could and would have taken to minimise his tax liability ( Beach v Reed Corrugated Cases Ltd [ 1956 ] 1 WLR 807 at p814 ) . |
| 6 | It sometimes seemed that the Government was less interested in broadcasting from the point of view of fulfilling the three aims mentioned in the plan than in what it could and should do to publicize its own policies and activities . |
| 7 | She did not consider , though she could and should have done , that Bill 's very real affection for herself might temper any onslaught . |
| 8 | It is worth mentioning , however , that one of the emerging conclusions of the Welsh Affairs Committee inquiry ( though it is still early days ) is that CPRW could and should have done more to alert the Welsh Office to departures from planning policy and should have created more of a public stink over such abuses . |
| 9 | It could and should have led him to great opportunities . |
| 10 | Southend could and should have won it near the end when once again the Town defence got itself in a tangle … |
| 11 | Southend could and should have won it near the end when once again the Town defence got itself in a tangle … |
| 12 | Against Tipperary , Galway showed superb resilience and determination , quenching the fire and verve of Babs ' Keating 's side to such an extent that they could and should have won by a much greater margin . |
| 13 | After two successive narrow defeats games they could and should have won — Liverpool St Helens should put matters right when they entertain Nuneaton tomorrow . |
| 14 | Thus a false belief that a man is about to set off a bomb might well be reprehensible in a soldier , who therefore shoots him , when the soldier could and should have known that the man was not about to do any such thing . |
| 15 | The government could and should have required FGD on all its old power stations but it did n't . |