Example sentences of "[noun] could [adv] [verb] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Surere could never make love to a woman . |
| 2 | The research could also provide help to companies who want to introduce microcomputers in similar situations to BTR Farington . |
| 3 | Dunbar could scarcely take exception to that , and changed the subject . |
| 4 | In any case primaries could well give rise to organized campaigning , too expensive to be envisaged by all but the well-heeled . |
| 5 | As well as staging concerts and cabaret the venue could also play host to conferences and banquets . |
| 6 | The regular clergy remained a major source of friction , however , and the claims of Benedictine and Cistercian monasteries and nunneries could often run counter to the interests of secular nobles . |
| 7 | If even one base pair change in DNA can profoundly affect the body , the inclusion of a whole length of foreign genetic material among our own genes could easily give rise to metabolic imbalances and disturbances . |
| 8 | The shortfall in Northern Ireland of no more than four members could hardly give rise to serious objection . |
| 9 | An emperor could also delegate authority to his officials through the medium of jade symbols . |
| 10 | Proof that investing in energy saving measures could actually make sense to an electricity producer came from an American expert . |
| 11 | In 1974 , Anthony Wigram founded Conservative Action for Electoral Reform and urged the adoption of proportional representation because " the present electoral system could easily give power to a Socialist Party controlled by an extreme left wing group . " . |
| 12 | Such an agreement could easily give rise to the inference that they intended the passing of property to be similarly postponed ( see Underwood v. Burgh Castle Brick & cement Syndicate , above ) . |