Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adv] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In particular , several scientists supported a hypothesis put forward by John Woods , senior marine scientist at the UK Natural Environmental Research Council ( NERC ) , who suggested ( in a paper presented to the British Association for the Advancement of Science on Sept. 14 ) that the ability of ocean plankton to absorb CO2 could fall drastically once temperatures began to rise . |
| 2 | Fears are now rife that the price could plunge well below 30p by the end of the year . |
| 3 | Sorry I do n't think even the BBC could look that far North after all they 're having probs seing past London and Scumchester . |
| 4 | I could see right away Tom was looking for his caddie , and so I thought , ‘ This is it — do or die . ’ |
| 5 | Coventry possessed two big ones with assets totalling £321 , while the little village of Burnham Sutton , Norfolk , had no fewer than four , though they could scrape together only £11 . |
| 6 | First , emphasize the importance of extinct groups ( n =29 , marked with an asterisk ) , many of which are generally regarded as major bodyplans , but may have morphological characters that could reveal more clearly relationships between disparate extant phyla . |