Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roh also indicated that the two Koreas ' plans for reunification could be combined in a three-stage formula , starting with the South Korean plan based on a Korean community , and proceeding to a confederal republic of Koryo , as proposed by the North . |
| 2 | More fundamentally , the view that pressure for change could have been indefinitely held in check by resolute repression overrates the resources available to unrepentant autocracy . |
| 3 | The park authority say that the upgrading of the towpath for cyclists could have an adverse effect on the landscape and ecology of the area and be in conflict with other towpath users . |
| 4 | An extra teaspoonful for luck could well be disaster . |
| 5 | Just as ideas of precedence between states could be adjusted in practice to cope with the growing importance of the Dutch republic or Savoy , so governments which really wanted to negotiate could always find ways of doing so which side- stepped difficulties of ceremonial and procedure . |
| 6 | The green of the spring grass and of the new leaves upon the trees was so intense that even riding through it for hours could not dim John 's sense of wonder . |
| 7 | These back developments known as courts could be found in most of the older city streets of my boyhood . |
| 8 | The one- off payment could be increased to £300 , with an alternative rate of £400 for those wishing to contribute four yearly instalments of £100 , perhaps by Deed of Covenant . |
| 9 | Implications for funding could then be deduced and a national policy for training senior house officers established . |
| 10 | ‘ The energies expended on continually fighting for funding could have been put to more practical use but the decision vindicates that effort , ’ she said . |
| 11 | Questions about objects could be : What is it ? |
| 12 | An Executive circular of 28 July pointed out that anything in the nature of a campaign for Unity could not be accepted . |
| 13 | However , those who came to Remaisnil for meetings could not but be struck by a paradox ; they were expected to remain in the château for meals and afterwards , until they retired to bed . |
| 14 | In many cases , things that can be defined as entities could also be defined as attributes , and vice versa . |
| 15 | The co-ordinating council of the officers ' assemblies set up in January [ see p. 38730 ] sent a message to the summit calling on delegates to agree on the draft proposals on military issues , to halt troop withdrawal from eastern Europe until social protection for servicemen could be assured , and to maintain the military at an adequate level for defence . |
| 16 | Complacency about recession could destroy the Tories yet : they have been given a sharp warning by the electorate and they disregard it at their peril . |
| 17 | Clause 5.1 for instance could be of concern not only to the tenant but also to the tenant 's mortgagees . |
| 18 | An application for a change of use for instance could , if successful , saddle the landlord with a detrimental use which may only be reconverted by another planning permission . |
| 19 | Hitler recognized that enthusiasm and willingness for self-sacrifice could not be conserved , and were bound to fade when confronted with ‘ the grey daily routine and the convenience of life ’ . |
| 20 | For example , a social welfare budget might be created in that the taxes conceived of as paying for programmes could be allocated in line with the volume of social welfare benefits provided . |
| 21 | Invoices passed for payment could be prelisted in computer prior to posting . |
| 22 | Those looking for value for money could find the answer in Waitrose 's deep-filled short pastry mince pies . |
| 23 | Before opening his own gallery in the late 1980s , the Teheran-born Baghoomian was known to have operated a cash business in a SoHo basement where artists desperate for money could bring their works . |
| 24 | It is argued that the doctor would have the information to decide from where the best value for money could be obtained . |
| 25 | Barbara Stocking , author of the King 's Fund report The Future Shape of Acute Services , points out that pumps which deliver measured doses of cancer therapy , antibiotics , drugs for pain relief and clotting factors for haemophilia could now be used at home . |
| 26 | The great dream for Germany could be the great nightmare for Germany 's Third World population . |
| 27 | Mr Gorbachev , and others , should remember that a shrinking of American protection for Germany could raise the tricky issue of how Germany will defend itself — including the until now unthinkable thought of German nuclear missiles . |
| 28 | Only the right hon. Member for Sparkbrook could describe that as a pointless publicity exercise . |
| 29 | Under the Covenant of the League , disputes between nations could be settled by discussion and arbitration . |
| 30 | By definition the gene must promote the reproductive success of the selfish organisms at a cost to itself but a gene for altruism could evolve in a population of selfish individuals a population of altruists , in whom a gene for selfishness appears by random mutation . |