Example sentences of "[noun] could [vb infin] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No manmade nuclear repository could hope to cope with this kind of natural event either . |
| 2 | By this means a male pensioner could choose to provide for any dependants after his death ( Rhodes , 1965 , p. 51 ) . |
| 3 | ‘ I do not see what Sid could have to do with this affair , ’ said Auguste , illogically shocked . |
| 4 | In the seventeenth century at least both the Dutch republic and Sweden could claim to rank as great powers in their own right . |
| 5 | The two submarines which had lain alongside Omega at the start of her watch now stood off in the loch , still as two sentries , awaiting Taureg 's arrival , and she wondered how any man could volunteer to serve in such a craft ; how he could live in quarters so cramped , with no privacy at all . |
| 6 | Japanese girls could expect to live to 81 , compared to 78 in England and Wales . |
| 7 | No one like himself , a partial cripple , with a badly scarred body — his limp was paining him this week — and with a ruined face into the bargain could hope to aspire to such a Bird of Paradise ; he could only imagine what she looked like in the clothes she normally wore . |
| 8 | Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise for another 18 months and they are acutely aware that fear of unemployment could hold back spending and delay any economic recovery . |
| 9 | Specific antibody production could help to distinguish between intracranial mass lesions caused by T gondii reactivation and those caused by other processes such as lymphoma or progressive multifocal encephalitis , thus limiting the need for brain biopsy . |