Example sentences of "[pron] could [vb infin] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the legal rules about the control of water pollution are expressed through the discretion of field officers it is important to understand their working definitions of pollution in terms of the kinds of events , activities , or social settings which could give rise to action on their part , whatever its ultimate conclusion . |
| 2 | His mother the dowager Queen Isabella survived until 1358 and if she could transmit title to Edward III , why could not Jeanne of Navarre , Louis X 's daughter , or any of the daughters of Philip V do likewise ? |
| 3 | Reluctantly she decided she must see it through , for Peter , and in some way for herself — she had to prove to herself that she could come face to face with Marc again and survive the ordeal . |
| 4 | This was fun ; with any luck she could say goodbye to facials , mud-packs and manicures . |
| 5 | He was searching for a complete lyricist who could add flavour to songs he was intending to be covered by bigger artists . |
| 6 | With grants available to all who could gain entry to university or polytechnic , initial teaching training courses came to be filled , in part , with young people whose ‘ A ’ level grades were not high enough to gain entrance on conventional university course . |
| 7 | Or , you could fix floor to ceiling mirror panels to the walls , either at right angles to the window , or on the wall opposite . |
| 8 | So you could relate positivity to achievement and see what you have access to that might express that . |
| 9 | IT was the idea that he could offer comfort to others in bereavement which inspired John Johnson , of Winchester Road , Four Marks , to have his collection of prose and poetry published . |
| 10 | After thirty years , he could come face to face with the soldier who had spared his life . |