Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I could stay here all day , ’ Athelstan said , leaning back against the wall . |
| 2 | Although we could not remove all homophones , we could treat differently certain classes of words which are frequently accessed erroneously . |
| 3 | A suboptimal ultrasonographic localisation could explain less satisfactory results obtained in some other centres . |
| 4 | A few earned 18s or more , and a handful , who became readers could earn even higher wages , though rarely anything like 32s in the period up to 1910 . |
| 5 | She was only twenty-eight , but , having been deserted by her husband and left with children of one and two years old , she could earn only 2s 6d ( 12½p ) a week by taking in washing . |
| 6 | Retrospective evidence from 1840 suggests that up to 1796 when it came into use , a master weaver could earn around 12s 6d ( 62½p ) a week , but from this he had , essentially on the old two-man loom , to pay a journeyman 3s 6d ( 17½p ) and his board , and a further 2s ( 10p ) to a child assistant . |
| 7 | She sounded perversely proud of her increased value , and again I thought it best not to inform her that a bubblehead like Donna could earn twice that fee in a single night . |
| 8 | They could earn far more money in these positions than if they remained inside the universities , be assured of good meals daily and sometimes also have accommodation provided . |
| 9 | they could eat as many sweets as they wanted |
| 10 | So Left-wing Labour MPs were aware that devolution could make yet more obstacles to the achievement of their long-term aims . |
| 11 | Overall the Profitboss is openminded to the possibility he could make even more profit . |
| 12 | A piece of thick , stiff cardboard about 40 cm × 15 cm for each tank — you could instead modify the design , using pieces of hardboard or preferably thin plywood , in which case you could make slightly larger aquaria ; a roll of transparent plastic sandwich bags ; one large , wide rubber band for each tank ; Bostik or other glue suitable for gluing the cardboard — if you are using plywood or hardboard , use a wood glue and small panel pins to fix the sections together ; a supply of jars or plastic containers with screw-on or snap-on lids . |
| 13 | Therefore an arbitrageur could make virtually riskless profits by exchanging sterling for Deutschmarks , Deutschmarks for dollars and dollars for sterling : . |
| 14 | If he did n't get this across to her properly and she chose to be obstructive she could make so many complications that the very project could be damaged . |
| 15 | For example the pattern recogniser could make much better use of partial information , and more accurate information is needed from higher levels of analysis . |
| 16 | The IMF 's programme in Trinidad and Tobago is a case in point and in his resignation letter Budhoo asserts : ‘ We manipulated , blatantly and systematically , certain key statistical indices so as to put ourselves in a position where we could make very false pronouncements about ( the ) economic and financial performance of that country . ’ |
| 17 | We could make more efficient use of power generation too . |
| 18 | Illustrations , I could put some illustrations in , I could use more , I could use colour , I could make more detailed illustrations , yes |
| 19 | In the late 1960s theorists began to acquire a more precise concept of the role of the W particle in weak interactions , and could make more precise predictions about its mass . |
| 20 | Of course , other concepts , other properties and attributes , could make more significant use of the properties of number systems other than their ability to classify . |
| 21 | Fund-holding GPs in the first year were less afraid to switch contracts to better units or consultants , could make more flexible contracts , demand more attention , and use their funds to encourage consultants to come to the surgery rather than rely on patients to go to outpatients in the hospital . |
| 22 | If you could make only one comparison — |
| 23 | He was almost illiterate and could make only one speech , which he had painstakingly learnt by heart . |
| 24 | He could make as many journeys as he liked . |
| 25 | At one time my major ambition was to have my father buy me an excavator so that I could make really big dams . |
| 26 | Only industry could absorb locally this surplus the land would not support , and in the early half of the nineteenth century there was none . |
| 27 | It was hard to believe that a monosyllable could convey so much terror . |
| 28 | They had few doubts that the Army could recruit as many regulars as it really needed , within reason , provided the country was prepared to pay enough for them . |
| 29 | However , that leaves the galleries open to pressure , when they come to the Minister and make points such as that which I made at the beginning of my speech — saying , for instance , that last year the Tate gallery could buy only one work of art . |
| 30 | Last year , lack of cash meant that Russia could buy only 80,000 tonnes . |