Example sentences of "could [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such occasions , when he could worship the Saint in question on his or her ( he had no sexual bias in these matters ) day , in a church dedicated to him or her , in an atmosphere of tallow and incense , surrounded by flickering shadows and gorgeous vestments dimly perceived — these were the red — letter days of Mr Makepeace 's life . |
| 2 | Taking place at the same time as the development of graphics capabilities was the introduction of printing devices that could reproduce the images created on the screen . |
| 3 | One of the best known followed his offer of £500 to anyone who could reproduce the box used in his box trick . |
| 4 | You could enhance the experience ( and deepen your breathing ) by vaporising any of the following ‘ respiratory ’ essences into the room : myrrh , frankincense , pine-needle , cedarwood , juniper , cypress . |
| 5 | This could enhance the formation of polar stratospheric clouds , which convert potential ozone-depleting species to their active forms . |
| 6 | A recurrent criticism of historical approaches in physical geography up to the 1950s was that they had insufficient knowledge of environmental processes to fall back upon which could enhance the understanding of landscape . |
| 7 | It is certainly desirable that relationships between geomorphological processes and climatic parameters are established using the results of process studies and then extended towards the global scale , and such relationships could enhance the understanding involved in climatic geomorphology . |
| 8 | But a small extra quantity of water could enhance the greenhouse effect to the point where present conditions would result . |
| 9 | It has recently been suggested that the synthesis of TNF-α is greatly increased in inflammatory bowel disease and that TNF-α could enhance the functions of natural killer cells , lymphokine activated killer cells , and polymorphonuclear neutrophils . |
| 10 | When historians contemplate the widespread monastic reforms of the tenth century , they often see these reforms as an ideal instrument by which kings and bishops could counteract the power of the lay aristocracies in the regions . |
| 11 | He then made two transfer requests and Wilkinson seized the first opportunity he could to unload the controversial star . |
| 12 | He was asked if he could reassure the expected 135,000 British tourists to his country of their safety — Britain is the most important country to South Africa 's lucrative holiday trade . |
| 13 | Secondly , in order to maximize the use of scarce capital resources , industries were selected that could utilize the backlog of technological change that had been developed in the Western economies . |
| 14 | we said , well it 's not really worth , from your company 's point of view , such an expensive piece of equipment for a I mean , was doing the process thing then , you know , we could utilize the equipment elsewhere . |
| 15 | This could restrict the list of prospective bidders and push Ferranti down a distress sale path . |
| 16 | There are also trading barriers such as a lack of detailed marketing and distribution and other sorts of business information , which could restrict the ability of companies to conduct cross-frontier operations . |
| 17 | This is self-explanatory and the tenant should be cautious of allowing the landlord to include various prohibited users which may not affect the tenant 's business but could restrict the persons to whom the tenant may wish to assign or sublet the premises . |
| 18 | What kind of citizens charter is introduced on the back of denying you the right to even challenge the people who are providing the services , or could restrict the right of your family to be together , or the right for you to travel to the country where you 've been living ? |
| 19 | To return to the second point about church growth made at the end of the second chapter , ‘ demand ’ is not the only factor in church growth ; one must also consider supply , and the Free Church was gradually coming into the position where it could service the new demand . |
| 20 | We could stay the night there . ’ |
| 21 | Yes , I could stay the night , as I was homeless and compulsorily brought here , but in the morning , as I was over twenty-five , I must report to the billeting Officer . |
| 22 | Generally Ruth slept up here , although now and then she would come politely to ask Rachaela if she could stay the night on Emma 's sofa . |
| 23 | When Nenna told them that she had urgent business on the other side of London and that she would have to ask whether Martha and Tilda could stay the night , Rochester accepted without protest , and they went over , taking with them their nightdresses , Cliff records , the Cliff photograph and two packets of breakfast cereals , for they did not like the same kind . |
| 24 | However , there had always been a doubt as to whether or not Rodrigo could stay the mile and a half at Epsom . |
| 25 | He could treat the loser and afterwards pay for drinks all round . |
| 26 | You could treat the fish with ‘ dips ’ out of the pond , but all you can hope to do at this point is to control the spread of secondary infections , such as ulcers and fungus and bacterial infections . |
| 27 | Or one could treat the hypothesis as a provisional truth-claim . |
| 28 | It could treat the programme in sections and set tasks that help the learner identify the main points made in each section . |
| 29 | I would be grateful if you could treat the report as reasonably confidential at this stage . |
| 30 | If you record the drill , then , in the production stage you could treat the drill as a transform drill , so that the LH would say list 1 , you produce list 2 , and vice versa . |