Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun] [pron] could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is therefore quite impossible to suggest amendments to all permutations of the obligations currently being imposed on tenants , but the tenant 's adviser should be watchful for new variations on an old theme and indeed for innovative covenants which could cause the tenant a good deal of anxiety . |
| 2 | Thus for each country one could use Lucas 's measure of unanticipated aggregate demand to estimate the following OLS regression based on equation(6.3) : where is a coefficient , and is a random error which is assumed to be serially uncorrelated with zero mean . |
| 3 | A ten-minute programme could be suitable for advanced learners who could follow it without difficulty . |
| 4 | No time would pass for you but during that trance I could unpack whatever reserves of information this particular visual scene contains . ’ |
| 5 | For that sum they could parade up and down the grounds at any time of day or sit on the grassy banks at will . ’ |
| 6 | There 's something about this matter which could lead us to the gallows or on to the knife of some hired assassin . |
| 7 | ’ Then I asked the children to write about some experience they could recall that had something physical about it . |
| 8 | I doubt if any survey has ever been carried out without the researcher having some regrets at the analysis stage about some questions which could have been phrased better , but the good researcher makes sure in advance that these regrets are as few as possible . |
| 9 | They were seen as mindless individuals who could take on repetitive tasks . |
| 10 | The longest period for which her mother was left alone was for three hours and Mrs Cahuac worked close by so that should anything happen to her mother during this period she could get home quickly . |
| 11 | Even as Rachel flitted before us down passageways and galleries , I could feel other presences , as if ghosts hiding in the shadows watched her pass then trailed behind us , looking for some weakness they could exploit . |
| 12 | They waved once and I waved back , and for some time I could see their bright jackets in the dappled shade of the afternoon sun . |
| 13 | Through this hole I could see into the room next to the hut . |
| 14 | As skipper Ian Butterworth said : ‘ If we had been top after six games you could have called it lucky — but not after 17 matches . |
| 15 | But she welcomed publicity for pre-payment plans which could help to ‘ put families minds at rest ’ . |
| 16 | Essentially , the cold war preserved American power structures and so prevented the emergence of a new set of political institutions which could regulate the post-Fordist global economy , and which could manage and respond to the dramatic changes in the balance of the world economy as a result of the introduction of new methods of production , especially in Japan and Western Europe , based on the intensive use of information technologies . |
| 17 | ( 4 ) Invent a research topic ( relate it to one of the subjects you are studying , if you wish ) , and write a list of specific questions you could ask about it , grouped as in section 1.10 . |
| 18 | In a few hours of concentrated assault he could destroy months of determined surreptitious growth ; but then he would discover some other , overlooked area where things had been going to the dogs unheeded and some valiantly struggling patch of wood anemone or bluebells had been choked to the last gasp . |
| 19 | In a still moment of total blackness she could feel the sinewed strength , the velvet softness of the dragon 's tripes . |
| 20 | ‘ Mrs Rossitter is an invalid , ’ she said , ‘ and I 'm sure there are lots of odd jobs you could do for her . |
| 21 | A suggested framework has now been put forward : two examples of possible priorities which could emerge are mapped out below . |
| 22 | Such individuals , who would be described as good readers , are able to use the preceding context to reduce the number of possible words which could occur at the end of the sentence , making use of many sources of information and not relying exclusively upon any one source . |
| 23 | But erm if you see some officer floundering for the word for a cabbage or something of that sort I could provide the word and he provided the conversation . |
| 24 | On top of that sum they could bid for further income to make network programmes , or for capital investment . |
| 25 | On Monday 18 November the DCAC was faced by a number of spontaneous demonstrations which could have resulted in trouble . |
| 26 | So it was ‘ all change ’ on Pig Street : Solomon Mead replaced Elizabeth Titford in the little dwelling house which had served the Titford family so well over the years , and Thomas Tuck began to see what kind of commercial success he could make out of the vacated butcher and chandler 's shop next door . |
| 27 | If the known mosaics belonged to private rather than official or religious buildings , this might indicate the presence of wealthier individuals who could have formed a town council , as might the marked concentration of late villas in the area , including that at Ilchester Mead , just outside the south-western suburbs . |
| 28 | Despite repeated assurances he could drop the ‘ mister ’ , the shy young CIA man insisted on treating Quinn like his teacher . |
| 29 | On the other hand , there 'll be a range of different things I could become committed to and do well . |
| 30 | When Izzie came out , hearing voices , she found them drawing tally marks in the dust , counting up the number of different roles they could play between them . |