Example sentences of "[noun sg] that could [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , he hoped they would provide the basis of a religion that could unite the warring factions of the Church . |
| 2 | Extreme right wing parties applaud Mr Heitmann 's views and some fear that could fuel the alarming spate of attacks on foreigners . |
| 3 | It could , in theory , be used as a switch that could outperform the electronic equivalent in many cases . |
| 4 | I was delighted with the attribution of a motive more understandable and more worthy than in biblical and Miltonic tradition and was lost in admiration of the boldness that could characterize the Supreme Being . |
| 5 | As he fielded questions at a press conference in his Yeovil constituency about his terms for a coalition in the event of a hung Parliament or whether Downing Street had been given his telephone number , the instrument that could receive the crucial call was being hunted down by aides . |
| 6 | He was at all times happy , said his lordship , to give his assent to any measure that could relieve the unfortunate debtor without giving an opportunity to the adulterer , the swindler etc. to take advantage of the same law — . |
| 7 | And the chances are that Best will be teaming up with another hero of the game , Rodney Marsh , for a double act that could rival the popular Saint and Greavsie . |
| 8 | It is an issue that could split the Conservative Party . |
| 9 | If those same atoms can also be switched off , they could form the digital ‘ ones ’ and ‘ zeros ’ of an atomic-scale data storage device that could store the complete works of Shakespeare on an area less than 1 hundredth of a millimetre across . |
| 10 | Even his cynicism could n't destroy the kind of male magnetism that could draw the innocent female into its web . |
| 11 | Myth and menace merge in India 's poll campaign : Tony Allen-Mills writes from Uttar Pradesh on a Hindu-Muslim row over a mosque that could influence the general election later this year |
| 12 | The Hospitals for Sick Children ( which should link with UCH/Middlesex and Royal Free paediatric services ) is recommended as a centre that could offer the full range of tertiary services . |
| 13 | The procaryotic cell began to change its form somewhere between 1.3 and 2 billion years ago , when it evolved a kind of brain , developing a small nucleus at the centre that could control the entire chemical manufacturing process . |
| 14 | A country that could boast the encyclopaedic knowledge of Lomonosov ( 1711–65 ) , the elegance of Karamzin 's ( 1766–1826 ) History of the Russian State , and above all the poetic genius of Pushkin ( 1799–1837 ) found its sense of cultural inferiority fading . |