Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] could [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a period of further study could qualify for a discretionary grant , but , because of poll tax capping , almost no one in my borough will receive one . |
| 2 | If it was felt that these conditions would be insufficient to prevent ‘ serious public disorder ’ , then the chief officer could apply for a banning order — from the Home Secretary in London , or from the local council in any other part of the country . |
| 3 | The soft conventionalist could search for a more abstract consensus yet . |
| 4 | Widows , the only social position that a traditional society could envisage for a husbandless adult woman , have always been considered as inauspicious and undesirable people . |
| 5 | It was amazing , she thought when he had left the room , what food , wine and a sensational smile could do for a girl . |
| 6 | They were paid about double what a skilled man could expect for a fifty-hour week in return for working part-time at something that they enjoyed . |
| 7 | I suggested , as a very moderate compromise , that any aggrieved applicant could ask for a review of his or her file by the incumbent Chairman of the Bar . |
| 8 | But within a few years the Americans were using new machines , a fraction of the size , that an unskilled woman could operate for a fraction of the pay , and upon which she could spin as many stockings an hour as the Black Beauty — and without seams . |