Example sentences of "[noun sg] could [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the difference appeared small , the gap represented an assessment of the support each side could command in the transitional body . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 : |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | There is still a possibility the club could resign from the Northern League before Tuesday 's deadline . |
| 7 | An unsuccessful applicant could appeal to the regional committee . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Opponents tried to block the proposal when evidence was unearthed that an ancient village could lie beneath the original site earmarked for the jail . |
| 11 | Opponents tried to block the proposal when evidence was unearthed that an ancient village could lie beneath the original site earmarked for the jail . |
| 12 | A radical pluralism could build on the common ground emerging between these two traditions . |
| 13 | And last night the council gave its approval , building work could start within the next few months . |
| 14 | Uniscan could persist throughout the 1950s without much difficulty since it in no way threatened national independence . |
| 15 | This pointer could refer to the actual address , for example , the cylinder , track and head number on a disk . |
| 16 | I called the meeting in New York during our chairmanship of the Security Council so that the council could meet at the highest level to reaffirm and develop its commitment to peacekeeping and peacemaking . |
| 17 | A second difficulty could arise from the Labour Party rule ( again dating from 1981 ) that a Leader in office as Prime Minister can be challenged for the Leadership at a Party conference if an election is requested by a majority of the conference on a card vote . |
| 18 | Contrasted in this way it seems improbable that madness and creativity could spring from the same source . |
| 19 | Finally , the corporation tax liability could differ between the two firms , not just as a result of the above differences , but because one firm has income from abroad , whereas the other does not ; similarly , capital gains tax liabilities can cause reported earnings to differ . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , those who respect the ballot box but who can not agree on any form of self-government could learn from the Israeli-Palestinian settlement . |
| 21 | How well she knew — and who better ? — the devastating effect that this man 's presence could have on the female population . |
| 22 | Council officers believe part of the explanation for such a difference could lie in the relative affluence of North Yorkshire in comparison to other parts of the North-East . |
| 23 | As the burial mound was of the period known as the Bronze Age , the horn and the mound could belong to the same period . |
| 24 | Corresponding in their insignificance to the islets of the sea , two small clumps of trees , one on each side of the only fault in the impeccable joint , marked the mouth of the river Meinam we had just left on the first preparatory stage of our homeward journey ; and , far back on the inland level , a larger and loftier mass , the grove surrounding the great Paknam pagoda , was the only thing on which the eye could rest from the vain task of exploring the monotonous sweep of the horizon ( 4 ) . |
| 25 | An able and strong-minded intendant could enjoy during the last decade of the ancien régime a remarkable degree of autonomy and independent initiative . |
| 26 | ‘ Once in the VAT field it must however be appreciated that a business could go over the 7,200 threshold , as a result of increased business activity or even an increase in the rate of VAT . |
| 27 | He puts himself in good light by adding that he gripped me tightly round the shoulders in reassurance , that he gave me brandy , that we talked long after the starlings had ceased their chatter , that we walked down into the street and discussed in jogging stride what guilt or shame or desire could do to the human soul . |
| 28 | No doubt , Mr. Deputy Speaker , you will wonder how rail transport could relate to the Scottish bus passengers ' consultative committee . |
| 29 | But all Gouzenko could say about the other Elli was that he was in ‘ department five of Military intelligence ’ and had been told this by a colleague called Lubimov , or possibly Liubimov , who had worked with him in the GRU code room in Moscow . |
| 30 | One moment she was running and dodging through the striations of ice and carmine and sloe , with the fear that the walls of Spiderglass could see through the ancient cliffs of Mars to where she finally crouched , exhausted . |