Example sentences of "[that] could [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any bacterium that could tap a different source of food would obviously be very successful and eventually some did . |
| 2 | However , there are many red flowers that could make a successful choice . |
| 3 | Yet he accepts that these countries need small , defensively equipped armies that could make a potential attacker think twice . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Sergeant Juron had entrusted d'Arquebus with a heavy bolter that could loose a single hellfire shell as well as ordinary explosive bolts . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It would be a tremendous blow if Boro lost Pears for a game that could guarantee a Premier League place . |
| 15 | Proportional representation , for all its ‘ fairness ’ , would destroy forever any future chance of real leadership and provide a power base for any extremist minority that could muster a dozen seats . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ We are one of the few clubs that could maintain a big staff and keep everybody happy . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It is an important experiment and one that could play a key role in securing public approval , or disapproval , for genetic engineering . |
| 23 | 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 . |