Example sentences of "could and [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | As would have been expected , the construction with the bare infinitive expresses direct perception of an event — to be more precise , the possibility of direct perception ( because of could and might have ) . |
| 3 | Parsons 's efforts to build a general theory of action , though criticised in some quarters , did at least provide an ambition for social research as something it could and ought to contribute to . |
| 4 | He would not miss so plain a possibility , but he could and would refrain from entertaining and proceeding on it until more is known . |
| 5 | It is a conclusion that need not worry supporters of inequality but which should cause concern to those who believed that social services could and would create a more equal society . |
| 6 | The missing reliquary , it seemed , was back where it belonged , just as a witness had been found who could and would confirm exactly how it had been made to disappear . |
| 7 | His dark eyes shone as he realized he was part of a British medical team that could and would meet any emergency that came along . |
| 8 | A man who could and would talk the hind legs back on to an injured donkey , provided it had decent proletarian credentials . |
| 9 | There was a confused position and Baldwin was entitled to continue until the oppositions could show that they could and would defeat him in the House of Commons . |
| 10 | Not that there was any more purpose in his life than there had been yesterday ; but the events of the previous twenty-four hours had shown him that Ra could and would produce the unexpected at the most surprising moment , and he could not suppress the hope that his chance meeting with Merymose might lead somewhere . |
| 11 | Only a small proportion of our patients could and would participate in the study . |
| 12 | Not the end if she could and would destroy the man 's marriage . |
| 13 | He believed the Lord could and would save him , and he committed himself to the Lord and trusted him to save him . |
| 14 | 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 ) . |
| 15 | I want to touch briefly on four areas in which the Government could and must do better , in addition to the initiatives mentioned by my right hon. and learned Friend and the preventive programmes , such as that mentioned by the hon. Member for Westminster , North ( Sir J. |
| 16 | But Familymakers believes with proper emotional support most of them could and should settle into a new family . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | They could and should do better for that money . |
| 19 | Wilberforce J held , among other things , firstly , that the retention provisions , which operated after the end of the employee 's employment , substantially interfered with his right to seek employment and therefore operated in restraint of trade ; secondly , that the transfer system and the retention system , when combined , were in restraint of trade and that , since the defendants had not discharged the onus of showing that the restraints were no more than was reasonable to protect their interests , they were in unjustifiable restraint of trade and ultra vires ; thirdly , that the court could examine a contract between employers only and declare it void on grounds on which such a contract would be declared void if it had been a contract between an employer and employee , and that it was open to an employee to bring an action for a declaration that such a contract was in restraint of trade , inasmuch as it threatened his liberty of action in seeking employment , which was a matter of public interest ; and , fourthly , that it was a case in which the court could and should grant the plaintiff the declarations sought . |
| 20 | The reason I pressed Dr Goode on the degree to which he could and should rely on Dr Carrington 's decision is because both morally and legally , such a decision can be relied upon only if made by someone who 's lucid and fully aware of what he 's doing . |
| 21 | Parliament may have intended that the English court could and should bring before it , and make orders against , a person who has no connection whatever with England save that he entered into a transaction , maybe abroad and in respect of foreign property and in the utmost good faith , with a person who is subject to the insolvency jurisdiction of the English court . |
| 22 | That kind of detailed examination could and should go on . |
| 23 | ‘ I was hoping he could give advice on how women could and should react after they had been attacked . ’ |
| 24 | The production of a new horticultural journal is not a practical proposition but we feel that we could and should develop links with commercial journals , and that assistance with the preparation of copy for publication should be available . |
| 25 | Furthermore , all three activities could and should work to the advantage of environmental conservation by encouraging people into new landscapes and thus heightening their environmental awareness so that they themselves become part of the environmental protection movement . |
| 26 | Both sides of the House could and should support most of its provisions , but where improvements are necessary we shall be pressing them on the Minister , and I hope that we shall receive as fair a hearing from him as I have tried to give his Bill this afternoon . |
| 27 | Does the Prime Minister agree that although there is scope for compromise on many matters at Maastricht , the one issue on which it is impossible to compromise is the difference between those who believe that Britain could and should join in a single currency and those who believe that we should not do so at any price and that we should never even have joined the exchange rate mechanism ? |
| 28 | He is n't the first man to leave his wife and , though I understand your instinct to protect your sister , surely she could and should fight her own battles ? ’ |
| 29 | At two and a quarter hours it will test the bladder control of the average child , and some scenes could and should have been shorter . |
| 30 | The government could and should have required FGD on all its old power stations but it did n't . |