Example sentences of "[noun sg] could [adv] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Biggerstaff 's Metro 6R4 suffered a puncture on his first run but even a courageous charge at the second attempt could n't displace Woodside at the top of the list . |
| 2 | However , independent political analyst Andrew MacMullen says Labour could still secure victory with a smaller swing in its favour . |
| 3 | His conclusion that there was no duress where the defendant could only put pressure on the plaintiff by the institution of proceedings , to which proceedings there would have been available the defence which ultimately prevailed , was , in my view , unimpeachable since there is ample authority for the view that a mere threat of action does not per se constitute duress . |
| 4 | Roger From the Practice could n't tell emphysema from the common cold . |
| 5 | Educational theory and methodology could also become part of this academic enrichment — as could such things as sociology and applied psychology . |
| 6 | Such a contribution can not be assessed , but assuredly , the research could not take place without it . |
| 7 | Such a contribution can not be assessed , but assuredly , the research could not take place without it . |
| 8 | The research could also provide help to companies who want to introduce microcomputers in similar situations to BTR Farington . |
| 9 | Such a scene could only take place in The Wedding Present 's dressing room . |
| 10 | Shift work could also make attendance at ATB courses difficult though in one case a part-time farmer had given his local organiser a copy of his shift programme for the next six months ! |
| 11 | In this state the electron could not radiate energy in the form of electromagnetic waves because there would be no lower energy state for it to go to . |
| 12 | However , the quarter of an inch strain gauge could only record stress on one small portion of the club , while simulation can simultaneously display stress levels on over 1,000 grid points . |
| 13 | Abolition of the Wages Council could seriously affect equality of pay between the sexes . |
| 14 | Although the shifted maser could also produce emission at a frequency separated from the main features by twice the plasma frequency , no significant emission stronger than 51mJy ( 3 ) is found at . |
| 15 | Morality could not take precedence in the determination of foreign policy because of structural differences between the setting for individual behaviour and the setting for international behaviour . |
| 16 | The machine could only take material of a certain size — not a whole figure , for example — and so fragments were collaged together . |
| 17 | Exchange could also take place on the basis of ideological support , commitment or obligation , as has often been the case between public enterprise unions and social democratic governments . |
| 18 | From 1860 young Frenchmen without a licence en droit could also gain appointment by taking an examination in diplomatic history , international law and languages . |
| 19 | ( We have taken care here to ensure that an unscrupulous user could not make use of the calculus of expressions to reason about the large scale structure of programs . |
| 20 | With respect to the Secretary of State , I believe that most right hon. and hon. Members found very unconvincing his explanation as to why such a provision could not form part of the Bill . |
| 21 | Student allowances are often provided by the parents , themselves often low-paid intellectuals and by the mid-1980s , income could hardly keep pace with price rises . |
| 22 | As well as staging concerts and cabaret the venue could also play host to conferences and banquets . |
| 23 | The tensions of wartime could easily turn anger against refugees who were thought to be getting privileged treatment . |
| 24 | The " culture " offered by a liberal education could thus control nature by generating a higher form of " life " — by teaching " the art to live " . |
| 25 | It was too much , too soon because his development as a person could n't keep pace with his progress as a tennis player . |
| 26 | Secondly , giving a second full course of vaccine without determining whether the person being vaccinated is an infectious carrier would mean that the person could potentially transmit infection for at least six months before being identified . |
| 27 | Increasing problems of indebtedness meant that railway development could not keep pace with changing population patterns . |
| 28 | Somewhere along the line , Cat and Prince 's Paisley Park organisation could n't see eye to eye . |
| 29 | Oxford Regional Health Authority explained why it went back on the original decision saying , ’ We understood that the law said quite clearly the health authority could not provide treatment in private homes . |
| 30 | surveyor could not gain access to roof voids but concluded was in reasonable condition for its age . |