Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] could [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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1 | Conoco also disclosed it has started a review of offshore maintenance operations could lead to a jobs rundown . |
2 | Furthermore , a settlement arrangement was made whereby the creditor countries could exchange on a monthly basis their accumulations of the weaker currencies ( which they had been buying in the EC exchange markets ) for some other form of reserve asset . |
3 | THE ISRAELI government said yesterday that it hoped Middle East peace talks could resume after a UN statement welcoming its attempt to resolve the dispute over its mass deportation of Palestinian militants . |
4 | Scientists have been measuring the tide at Burnham-on-Sea , jotting down hours of sunlight , measuring the temperature to 14 decimal places and they have come to the conclusion that water levels could rise by a foot over the next 40 years . |
5 | Health officials are warning that so-called rave parties could lead to a drug epidemic . |
6 | In 1921 Bowley estimated that only 41 per cent of working class families could depend on a man 's wage and of the families drawing public assistance during the 1930s fewer than one half depended on only one wage earner . |