Example sentences of "[noun sg] could [verb] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three foreign entrants have already withdrawn and a meeting tomorrow of the British Wheelchair Racing Association could call for a boycott by all British competitors . |
| 2 | It amounts to the ‘ best ’ statistical description of the process determining which Barro could find for the period covered by his data . |
| 3 | AID could pay for the road through its Economic Support Fund . |
| 4 | I suggested , as a very moderate compromise , that any aggrieved applicant could ask for a review of his or her file by the incumbent Chairman of the Bar . |
| 5 | In Spring Fever , he takes a look at what climatic change could mean for the flora and fauna of the British mainland . |
| 6 | It was held that at the relevant stages the seller could sue for the instalments then due . |
| 7 | Extended over vast periods of time , the same process could account for the production of all the various species of animals and plants . |
| 8 | It was amazing , she thought when he had left the room , what food , wine and a sensational smile could do for a girl . |
| 9 | When in 1859 Charles Darwin published The Origins of Species , he had no intention of implying that random mutation of genes and natural selection could account for the emergence of life on earth ; but it was inevitable that some of his followers would try to project his hypothesis backwards , and speculate that life might somehow have been generated spontaneously in gaseous , primeval slime . |
| 10 | Neither character could exist for the reader without the novelistic skill , the use of every fictional device to support them : nor would either live for the reader without their close relation to the fate of nations , the constant background of these magnificent tales . |
| 11 | If only this day could last for the rest of her life . |
| 12 | This court held that such a corporation could sue for a libel calculated to injure its reputation in the way of its business without proof of special damage . |
| 13 | The judge erred in law in holding that in mortgage proceedings if a mortgagee failed to seek an order for costs then the mortgagor could apply for the costs to be taxed on an appropriate basis ; if no order was made the mortgagor could require that the costs of the mortgage proceedings be referred by the master taking the account to the taxing master for taxation pursuant to R.S.C. , Ord. 62 , r. 24 ; ( 3 ) that a provision in the mortgage deed providing expressly or by implication the basis on which costs were to be taxed was not then binding on the court and the judge also erred when he held that in mortgage proceedings a provision entitling the mortgagee to an indemnity against all costs , charges and expenses was void so far as it purports to exclude the jurisdiction of the court under section 51 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 . |
| 14 | He concluded that his theory could account for the hallucinations . |
| 15 | But within a few years the Americans were using new machines , a fraction of the size , that an unskilled woman could operate for a fraction of the pay , and upon which she could spin as many stockings an hour as the Black Beauty — and without seams . |
| 16 | At Rosthwaite he spotted what he knew in this district could pass for an inn . |
| 17 | A 10 per cent cut in defence spending could pay for a doubling of development assistance ( which stood at $51,000 million in 1988 ) , while increasing aid to the target level of 0.7 per cent of gross nation product ( GNP ) would raise assistance flows to $144,000 million by 2000 . |
| 18 | A comparatively cool Cytherean interior could account for the difference , though this raises the further question of how the Cytherean interior could be so much cooler than that of the Earth : has the tidal heating of the Earth 's interior by the Moon been important ( section 2.1.16 ) , or is the Cytherean interior depleted in the isotopes which can supply copious amounts of radioactive heat , namely , uranium , thorium and potassium ? |
| 19 | But no amount of tuition could account for a moment of sublime individual flair . |
| 20 | Some emergency regulations restricting political meetings and propaganda were relaxed ( except in the northern and eastern provinces ) with effect from March 29 , so that campaigning could proceed for the May 11 local elections in seven provinces . |
| 21 | This had a range of meanings , but was based on the idea that an individual could stand for a race , or prefigure other individuals not yet born . |
| 22 | If it was felt that these conditions would be insufficient to prevent ‘ serious public disorder ’ , then the chief officer could apply for a banning order — from the Home Secretary in London , or from the local council in any other part of the country . |
| 23 | However , there was substantial US Congressional opposition to a free trade pact with Mexico ; the US unions and the citrus and textile industries were drawing attention to the job losses which such an agreement could entail for the USA , while environmental groups lobbied to warn of the implications of Mexico 's less stringent controls on industry . |
| 24 | All the Brownies were invited to go home and think about what the Pack could do for the fete and bring their ideas and suggestions along to the next Pack Meeting . |