Example sentences of "[noun sg] could [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sorceress could see into the future , and she could see how her curse might again fall on us . ’ |
| 2 | Public and private institutions could , it decided , act in ignorance , and great harm could flow as a consequence , and succession and family law arrangements could potentially be prejudiced . |
| 3 | The department could look at the value of making use of the local environment as a resource for its teaching . |
| 4 | The commercial use of our facilities for filming/photography etc. in future could come under the remit of the Business Development Director , in liaison with Public Services . |
| 5 | Axelrod and Hamilton point out that reciprocal altruism could evolve without the need for individual recognition in a sessile organism ; in principle , it could evolve in a plant . |
| 6 | By definition the gene must promote the reproductive success of the selfish organisms at a cost to itself but a gene for altruism could evolve in a population of selfish individuals a population of altruists , in whom a gene for selfishness appears by random mutation . |
| 7 | Anyone who heard some of the more extravagant pictures of apprenticeship painted by some of those at the original Edinburgh meeting , must feel slightly uneasy that the Association could turn into a Don Quixote tilting lances at imaginary windmills , pursuing ‘ causes ’ that are not a reality , and being antagonistic for the sake of it . |
| 8 | Three foreign entrants have already withdrawn and a meeting tomorrow of the British Wheelchair Racing Association could call for a boycott by all British competitors . |
| 9 | Nooty could climb like a squirrel . |
| 10 | Hubbell and Foster argue that such thinking could lead to a return to the classical views of rain forest and speciation espoused by Corner , Fedorov and van Steenis . |
| 11 | Oh , this car could do with a car wash as well could n't it ? |
| 12 | However , detinue was open to the very serious objection from the plaintiff 's point of view that the defendant could insist on the method of trial known as wager of law , i.e . |
| 13 | It amounts to the ‘ best ’ statistical description of the process determining which Barro could find for the period covered by his data . |
| 14 | Some of the reported difference in rates of metabolism could relate to the severity of the underlying colitis . |
| 15 | With winch or car launches , it is essential to consider whether a cable break could result in a part of the cable falling on or near to a glider or anything else in mid-field . |
| 16 | His bubbling forwardness could collapse in an excess of emotionality . |
| 17 | Such effects could take place at a number of different levels within the political system : an individual 's relationship to another could change as a result of the media just as an individual 's relationship to an institution could change as an outcome of media work , and so on . |
| 18 | Only greater humiliation could result from an attempt to wrench the truth from her . |
| 19 | To calculate unc Feynman tells us that we should think of all the different ways in which an old-fashioned electron with classically picturable simultaneous position and momentum could travel from the source through slit 1 and onto the specified point on the second screen . |
| 20 | For example the reduction of body weight could lead to a problem of redesign of shape but also to one of substituting plastics for metal . |
| 21 | He devised an experiment to ascertain whether salivation could occur in the absence of any obvious physical cause . |
| 22 | To ascribe diagnosis of such cases solely to ultrasonography is thus incorrect as prior knowledge of the results of biochemical screening could lead to a bias in identifying cases by ultrasonography . |
| 23 | It was legal to seize cattle which were trespassing on fenced land , but such action could lead to an accusation of theft . |
| 24 | English fishermen 's leaders gave warning that militant action could result from the failure of the council to aid the catchers . |
| 25 | Brinson could cope with the work only because he was at the Foundation , where people could see him , which had concerns close to those of the CNAA , and which allowed him time to take part . |
| 26 | AID could pay for the road through its Economic Support Fund . |
| 27 | SPURS skipper Gary Mabbutt warned yesterday that the new back-pass rule could lead to a spate of broken legs for goalkeepers . |
| 28 | No boat could come from the mainland in this wind . ’ |
| 29 | –Bach was well aware of the effects that the mind could exert on the body , realizing that an inharmonious , negative state of mind could impair the body 's vitality and reduce its ability to withstand environmental stress and insults . |
| 30 | The court found that the authority was an emanation of the state and referred to the European Court of Justice the questions of whether the dismissal of the applicant after reaching normal retirement age for a woman constituted discrimination prohibited by Council Directive ( 76/207/EEC ) and whether the applicant could rely on the directive in national courts notwithstanding any inconsistency between it and s. 6(4) of the Act of 1975 . |