Example sentences of "[noun sg] [that] could [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he added : ‘ There must be a better way of meeting those concerns than taking action that could lead to the break-up of the United Kingdom . ’ |
| 2 | Hopes and expectations were high ; Britain was desperate for a car that could compete at the top level with Alfa Romeo and Ferrari , and BRM , with the backing of British industry , was the car to do it . |
| 3 | I thought of the Weddell Sea , the ice and the ghost of that Flying Dutchman , visualising the friction that could develop in the close confines of a yacht . |
| 4 | Clausewitz , the great German philosopher of war , used the term " friction " to cover all the hassles and difficulty that could interfere with the smooth running of a plan . |
| 5 | A single thread that could tower to the silver eye of the moon — if you could convince the spider of its need to do it . |
| 6 | So we should not be dogmatic , and assume that the kind of life we have on Earth is the only kind that could exist in the entire Universe ; and ‘ living ’ clays may flourish elsewhere , perhaps even on Mars ( as suggested by Professor Hyman Hartman of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ) . |
| 7 | they become the high-risk seed money that could lead to the investment of private funds on a commercial basis ; and |
| 8 | I have not met many Scottish people who wish to be left exposed to the nuclear blackmail that could come from the huge nuclear arsenal which will remain for many years on the continent and in Russia . |
| 9 | Any political decision that could lead to the closure of either Devonport or Rossythe would also put the defence of this country at risk . |
| 10 | A series of appalling disasters in the public services , notably the Kings Cross underground fire and the rail crashes at Clapham and elsewhere underlined the damage that could result from the public sector being run down . |
| 11 | In Italy integration was viewed as a counterbalance to the possible domestic instability that could arise from the presence of a large and hostile Communist Party . |
| 12 | Johnson had great difficulty finding a robot that could cope with the laser 's accuracy . |
| 13 | DOCTORS hope to announce an experiment next month that could lead to the use of animal organs for human transplants within the next five years . |
| 14 | She questioned him , trying to find out if he had an infection that could account for the temperature . |
| 15 | Two witnesses have come forward with information that could lead to the killer 's arrest . |
| 16 | So the parable envisages a situation that could arise in the early Church and advises that human judgment makes mistakes . |
| 17 | A situation that could occur during the lifetime of a product , system or plant that has the potential for human injury , damage to property , damage to the environment or economic loss . |
| 18 | The following examples illustrate the type of situation that could call for the utmost in tact and diplomacy . |
| 19 | A feature on the noises made by muscles in action had several member of staff listening to their own thunder by covering their ears with their thumbs and tightening their hand into fists The magazine also revived all the explanation that could account for the Loch Ness monster , an overture to the silly season , though there was little evidence that there would be one this year . |
| 20 | The granting of patents on plants rewards a technology that could lead to the genetic pollution of nature , an outcome that is clearly not in the public interest . |
| 21 | Crucial to this development was that the war , by increasing the number of taxpayers and creating a fear of inflation among the equally increased number of small savers , offered important opportunities for a party that could pose as the defender of low taxes , low public expenditure , and monetary rectitude . |
| 22 | Staining also appears adjacent to the midline in r5 ( Figs 1 e and 2a ) , a region that could correspond with the location of motor neuron cell bodies . |