Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] could [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A misrepresentation or misdescription could result in the landlord being unable to enforce the terms of the agreement . |
| 2 | He puts himself in good light by adding that he gripped me tightly round the shoulders in reassurance , that he gave me brandy , that we talked long after the starlings had ceased their chatter , that we walked down into the street and discussed in jogging stride what guilt or shame or desire could do to the human soul . |
| 3 | A novel or a film which merely alludes to a crime committed by the author or subject could fall within the scope of ‘ Son-of-Sam ’ legislation and there will be considerable room for debate as to whether ‘ a piece of art , a musical composition , or a poem is an expression of the criminal 's thoughts or feelings about his crime . ’ |
| 4 | I not too bothered that Scum Could get to the league cup final and FA cup final ( as long as they lose ) , I hope they do with several replays along the way . |
| 5 | Contrasted in this way it seems improbable that madness and creativity could spring from the same source . |
| 6 | To calculate unc Feynman tells us that we should think of all the different ways in which an old-fashioned electron with classically picturable simultaneous position and momentum could travel from the source through slit 1 and onto the specified point on the second screen . |
| 7 | But with the exception of Georg Joachim Rheticus ( 1514–74 ) , who had been seduced by the harmony that an exchange of earth and sun could bring to the sequence of planetary periods , the Lutheran circle inspired by Philip Melanchthon ( 1497–1560 ) played down the cosmological aspects of De revolutionibus no less than Catholic observers . |
| 8 | Furthermore , if hood could belong to the set , there seems to be no reason why good should not also have belonged to it ; yet , as far as we know , it never did . |
| 9 | Mr Major took a gamble by playing the Unionist card and warning that devolution and nationalism could lead to the break-up of the UK . |
| 10 | Beside her Kim was struggling to hide his feelings , but Lan could tell from the paleness of his face that he was apprehensive and on edge . |
| 11 | He devised an experiment to ascertain whether salivation could occur in the absence of any obvious physical cause . |
| 12 | It would be a long time before revolution could succeed in the New World . |
| 13 | Olivetti said that stringing 24 CPUs together was as high as Pyramid could go with the R3000 . |