Example sentences of "could have given a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Election experts could legitimately point to the fact that a system of proportional voting could have given a very different result . |
| 2 | We can not remember anyone ever asking us these questions and we are not sure we could have given a reasonable answer until we had been married nearly twenty years . |
| 3 | Tolkien could have given a lecture about all these at any time . |
| 4 | The scientists involved , including Douglas Higgs , the chief scientific officer for the Crown during the Maguire trial , had not told the trial that substances other than nitroglycerine on the defendants ' hands could have given a positive reading , or that " rogue " positive results could occur , nor had they disclosed this to the May inquiry . |
| 5 | Although they only took 20 minutes to arrive , if George could have given a map reference , as well as his address , they could have got there that much sooner . |
| 6 | Well if you asked me that ten or fifteen years ago I think I could have given a rather easy answer erm namely that development studies was concerned with the problems of countries in Africa , Asia and Latin America , and how they could erm accelerate their economic , social and political development to provide better living standards for all their population . |