Example sentences of "[noun sg] could [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely no more appropriately-named horse could win with a General Election only five days away from the race itself . |
| 2 | While the difference appeared small , the gap represented an assessment of the support each side could command in the transitional body . |
| 3 | Melton Park would have a very easy passage in the Members ' , but may instead go for the Restricted , where his main opposition could come from The Grey Boreen . |
| 4 | The THES added in an editorial that the withdrawal of CNAA recognition could result in the grave consequence of the closure of an institution in the largest conurbation in Europe without a university : |
| 5 | Uzbekistan 's President , Islam Karimov , on June 8 decreed a state of emergency in districts in Uzbekistan 's Andizhan oblast bordering Osh oblast , and warned that the Osh violence could escalate into a full-scale inter-republican armed conflict . |
| 6 | The idea that an industry could leave behind a polluting aftermath for longer than civilization has been in existence has made the waste issue one of the strongest strands in the antinuclear case . |
| 7 | Those who carried their counties or their countries to victory are featured to the exclusion of all else , and the result could serve as a visual aid to motivation . |
| 8 | How many other aspects of social work practice could benefit from a fundamental reappraisal of guiding philosophies ? |
| 9 | They argued that existing maps and digitized files from them are unable to meet these needs at global or regional scale and only remote sensing could help in the short term : the availability of stereometric data from the French SPOT satellite has already led to proposals for automated creation of global digital elevation models with a spatial ( XY ) resolution of about 30 m ( Muller 1989 ) . |
| 10 | Where steps are not taken to avoid such holding out , the salaried partner has the same professional responsibilities as a full partner to ensure that his firm complies with the Indemnity Insurance Rules ( under which salaried partners are treated as principals ) and the Accounts Rules ( see Chapter 12 ) ; and in theory the Inland Revenue could look to a salaried partner who is held out as a member of the firm for payment of income tax payable in respect of its profits , though in practice such a claim is unlikely . |
| 11 | In the meantime , of course , the Administration could dispose of the general inspector 's office to another party while being sure of the political interest of Deacon Murray , a result which in all probability was anticipated by the astute Milton . |
| 12 | There is still a possibility the club could resign from the Northern League before Tuesday 's deadline . |
| 13 | The latest capital spending review could result in a near 20 p.c. cut in total investment to $6½ billion ( £3.7 billion ) against $8 billion ( £4.6 billion ) last year although after allowing for the purchase of Petromed in Spain the figure is nearer 7 p.c . |
| 14 | But a United Nations expert from Oxford University says action could lead to a holy war . |
| 15 | Mr Whalley said the action could result in a multi-million pound claim by up to 250,000 people . |
| 16 | Such a period of further study could qualify for a discretionary grant , but , because of poll tax capping , almost no one in my borough will receive one . |
| 17 | ‘ We hate to detain our most welcome guests , especially when they have … ’ he looked Anna May up and down as if his mind could do with a good Chinese laundering ‘ … other urgent business to attend to . ’ |
| 18 | An unsuccessful applicant could appeal to the regional committee . |
| 19 | Apparently no known tank force could break through a six-lane snarl-up , so the authorities have to be able to whistle up a traffic jam within minutes . |
| 20 | Then it rumbled along a bridge , so Dot could see into the friendly clutter of people 's back yards , down into bomb-sites to view the mystery of chaos . |
| 21 | The maximum presidential mandate was limited to two terms of seven years each ( whereas previously the president could serve for an unlimited number of five-year terms ) . |
| 22 | Similarly , if we can image that the research could lead to a diverging range of possibilities we believe that it is much more likely to lead to unexpected discoveries than would be the case if researchers were focused on a well specified target . |
| 23 | However , we must not forget that we are trying to spawn new industrial or commercial opportunities , and although researchers are encouraged to explore the full potential of their ideas whatever the outcome , it must be conceivable that the research could lead to a significant opportunity for investment within a reasonable timescale ; say a decade or so . |
| 24 | Medical research could benefit from a prudent diet of simple data displays and careful thought about bias and confounding . |
| 25 | When a patient is detained under the MHA 1983 , but the physical disorder is not caused by or is not itself the cause of a mental disorder , a restrictive interpretation of this proposal could lead to the ridiculous scenario of doctors having to wait for such a patient to deteriorate or become unconscious before medical treatment could be initiated under the protection of common law duty of care and the doctrine of necessity . |
| 26 | Opponents tried to block the proposal when evidence was unearthed that an ancient village could lie beneath the original site earmarked for the jail . |
| 27 | Opponents tried to block the proposal when evidence was unearthed that an ancient village could lie beneath the original site earmarked for the jail . |
| 28 | In other words , they are trying to develop a pump that a village caretaker could maintain with a single spanner . |
| 29 | Her mood could escalate into a screaming rage almost without warning , and for that , too , he was responsible . |
| 30 | A radical pluralism could build on the common ground emerging between these two traditions . |