Example sentences of "[conj] could [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Towns could take some space at a normal street comer to give ‘ more chance to be seen and to see others ’ ( a ) ; or could create a vest-pocket park ( b ) ; or a play area ( c ) ; or an island in a cul-de-sac for the local children ( d ) . |
| 2 | Not that the James Committee was convinced that the CNAA would or could accept a validating role for the colleges and the field of study . |
| 3 | How many readers knew that , or could name a single book of his ? |
| 4 | Any bacterium that could tap a different source of food would obviously be very successful and eventually some did . |
| 5 | However , there are many red flowers that could make a successful choice . |
| 6 | Yet he accepts that these countries need small , defensively equipped armies that could make a potential attacker think twice . |
| 7 | An experience at Scout camp one summer , finally alerted me to the dangers that could befall a young lad if he was n't too careful . |
| 8 | None of these measures to protect and augment the inheritance , however , were proof against the greatest misfortunes that could befall a noble family in the fourteenth century , failure of heirs and political miscalculation . |
| 9 | Sergeant Juron had entrusted d'Arquebus with a heavy bolter that could loose a single hellfire shell as well as ordinary explosive bolts . |
| 10 | The thousands of items on her shopping list are brought in from all over the world in quantities that could feed a small town — 70 tonnes of sausages , 300 tonnes of tomatoes , 250,000 pints of milk , six million eggs and 350,000 litres of fresh orange juice . |
| 11 | ‘ Before we rush forward with plans that could lay a heavy burden on societies around the globe , we must have a basic understanding of how much environmental benefit that money is buying — and whether there is a less-expensive , possibly more effective alternative available , ’ he said . |
| 12 | The proponents of unitary authorities in the Royal Commission on Local Government in England accepted a need for a wider authority for some services in the metropolitan areas and for an authority that could prepare a strategic plan for conurbations . |
| 13 | Music theatre , a happily hazy term that could cover a whole spectrum of musical activity from a single singer and a handful of instruments , through semi-staged dance to fully-costumed and appointed chamber opera , was the answer . |
| 14 | It therefore appears that the number of configurations that could form a black hole of a given mass , angular momentum , and electric charge , although very large , may be finite . |
| 15 | After a careful examination of all these factors , the Layfield Committee concluded : ‘ a local income tax ( LIT ) on personal incomes , levied according to where people live , is the only serious candidate for a new source of local revenue that could give a substantial yield and at the same time maintain or enhance accountability ’ ( Layfield 1976 : 190 — 1 ) . |
| 16 | When we are handling a horse , especially a young one , we need to be careful that we do n't do anything with it that could become a bad habit . |
| 17 | It would be a tremendous blow if Boro lost Pears for a game that could guarantee a Premier League place . |
| 18 | A study investigating the occurrence of all cancers , not only leukaemia , and the incidence of other illnesses and conditions that could have a genetic cause among children of workers in the nuclear industry is underway . |
| 19 | ‘ We have discovered something that could have a significant impact in treating Parkinson 's , ’ said Frank Collins , vice president of neuro-science for Synergen Inc . |
| 20 | Although British Government officials are hopeful that the threat of Mr Clinton setting up substantial trade barriers is receding , there is still no progress on the GATT trade agreement that could establish a sound basis for international commerce for the remainder of the century . |
| 21 | It was suspected that there must be a link between the murders and Dovaston set out to find it by devising a computer programme that could provide a statistical profile of who the murderer was likely to be . |
| 22 | There are other dangers , but a garden that is free of thorny shrubs of thorny shrubs , spiky perennials and tempting berries may also be devoid of birds , insects , form and texture ; denying the very stimulus that could woo a young mind into contemplating the magic of its surroundings . |
| 23 | It is an important experiment and one that could play a key role in securing public approval , or disapproval , for genetic engineering . |
| 24 | She watched his forearms , strong and muscular , sweating slightly , and those capable fingers that could wield a delicate scalpel as efficiently as a ten-ton tractor . |
| 25 | League leaders Bayern Munich travel to Karlsruhe today , and could open a two-point lead over second-placed Werder Bremen , who trailed by goal difference following a 4–0 defeat of Saarbrueken on Friday . |
| 26 | If applied on an institutional scale it could abolish the deficit of cadaveric transplants and could go a long way towards solving the moral problem that continues to exercise me and my colleagues . ’ |
| 27 | Supper was becoming a fashionable word and could cover a snacky situation better . |
| 28 | They are already in use in Australia , America , Brazil and Tanzania , and could make a major contribution to managing insect-borne diseases and crop pests , according to Dr Janet Hemingway of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine . |
| 29 | The establishment now of a co-ordinated network of Regional INSET ( in-service training ) offices , or officers , with the primary function of advising and promoting self help , would be timely , in view of the stimulation to training that has been engendered by the introduction of the pre-licentiate scheme , and could make a major contribution towards combating the inefficient and inequitable distribution of training . |
| 30 | As she endeavoured to come to terms with the realities of her marriage and royal life , there were moments in those early years when Diana sensed that she actually could cope and could make a positive contribution to the royal family and the wider nation . |