Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [prep] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prices have fallen from £700 per drive to under £300 in the past two years and could fall to perhaps £100 , forced down by competition from Asian producers . |
| 2 | Woolfson estimates the League could benefit by around £2 million if Barnet collapse . |
| 3 | German engineering output could grow at about 5% . |
| 4 | I wondered if we could look at particularly customer relations producing some sort of voucher worth fifty pound or hundred pound or twenty five pound and er we have a stock of those printed up you know |
| 5 | No other writer of the late fourth or early third century could compete with either Ephorus or Timaeus about the Celts . |
| 6 | No longer did his back trouble him , and yes , he felt he could bowl at least 20% faster , as ‘ Inti ’ had suggested . |
| 7 | VAT on gas and electricity bills in a full year in 1995 could cost at least £130 per annum for average usage , while an extra 1pc on National Insurance contributions could cost an extra £200 . |
| 8 | Porch kits start from under £1,000 ; a purpose-made brick-built porch could cost from about £1,500 . |
| 9 | ‘ I wish I could walk at least part of it , ’ she said wistfully . |
| 10 | Its trouble was that it could lead to just-so stories rather than to information ; it was more provisional than some kinds of science . |
| 11 | The soft drinks giant poured the cash into a two-year deal — for what was the Rumbelows Cup — with another three-year option that could amount to around £8million . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , if oil prices remain low , America 's visible-trade deficit could shrink to around $40 billion in that period . |
| 13 | Perhaps you could say to both daughter and stepdaughter that you are finding it hard to cope with your husband and need to ease up on the child minding . |