Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] could [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Spring Fever , he takes a look at what climatic change could mean for the flora and fauna of the British mainland . |
| 2 | Nevertheless the Spanish translation of Rousseau 's Social Contract could appeal to a ‘ son of Padilla ’ ; it was enthusiasm for the parliamentary institutions of medieval Spain which allowed the Cortes of Cadiz to present a constitution , founded on the constitutions of Revolutionary France , as the culmination of the ‘ true ’ constitutional development of Spain . |
| 3 | But resistance within the Treasury to what is seen as a potentially inflation-stoking measure could result in a delay allowing a consultative green paper before the December Budget . |
| 4 | Finally , in rejecting the submission that relaxing the exclusionary rule could amount to the courts questioning proceedings in Parliament contrary to Article 9 of the Bill of Rights , Lord Browne-Wilkinson observed that ‘ the purpose of looking at Hansard could not be to construe the words used by the minister but to give effect to the words used so long as they are clear ’ . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Axelrod and Hamilton point out that reciprocal altruism could evolve without the need for individual recognition in a sessile organism ; in principle , it could evolve in a plant . |
| 7 | SPURS skipper Gary Mabbutt warned yesterday that the new back-pass rule could lead to a spate of broken legs for goalkeepers . |
| 8 | I am tempted to quote Oliver Cromwell and to ask whether the hon. Lady could conceive of the possibility that she might be wrong . |
| 9 | An able and strong-minded intendant could enjoy during the last decade of the ancien régime a remarkable degree of autonomy and independent initiative . |
| 10 | The lesser aristocracy in the south concentrated in ‘ noble ’ towns like Ronda or Baeza where their social life could centre on the local horse-breeding club , the Maestranza . |
| 11 | There was , in truth , little initiative that any British government could offer in the unpromising circumstances of 1977–8 . |
| 12 | Although it is still legal to resort to the matches this season , provided the job is done properly , a late harvest followed by a wet autumn could come as a nasty reminder that cereal-growing is not the doddle many would have us believe . |
| 13 | Cyclone now have approval to rebuild and service the aircraft and Bill Sherlock is strongly optimistic that full-scale production could resume within the next few months . |
| 14 | If this were so then the European Council could decide by a qualified majority when to start stage three . |
| 15 | An unsuccessful applicant could appeal to the regional committee . |
| 16 | The Portuguese also took Indian Ocean coconuts from their settlements in Mozambique to the Atlantic at the end of the fifteenth century , then from the Cape Verde Islands to the Americas : there is a great worry now that such a genetically narrow-based population could collapse in an epidemic . |
| 17 | Mr Stefan Heym , the East German author , warned yesterday that the dream of a democratic revolution could turn into a nightmare . |
| 18 | In short , all the Victorian novelist could offer as a solution to the problems of industrial capitalism were : a legacy , a marriage , emigration or death . ’ |
| 19 | The following advice could serve as a framework . |
| 20 | In St Augustine 's interpretation of Trinitarian doctrine , Hilton also found a way of showing how sinful man could learn about the incomprehensible God and return to his creator . |
| 21 | Conceivably the entire lake could die within a few years . |
| 22 | At any moment the Roman army could arrive at the narrow strait which separated their holy island from the mainland of north Wales , and they had no protection , except the super-natural powers they felt they could command . |
| 23 | Last night just days after management at the Darlington Arts Centre said there would be no space in the autumn programme for the festival Darlington Council 's recreation committee chairman , Labour councillor Dot Long , said the town 's Campaign for Real Ale could count on the venue . |
| 24 | As we discussed at the meeting on May 17 1989 , it would be extremely helpful if you could look for places where captions carrying additional information could appear at the foot of the screen and write the caption . |
| 25 | Most importantly , they wanted to prove that a cooperative venture could compete on the open market with conventional firms — while turning down work that did not fit its principles . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | A union or autonomous republic could appeal to the USSR Committee for Supervision of the Constitution or to the President of the USSR against USSR economic legislation or Council of Ministers resolutions . |
| 28 | The soft conventionalist could search for a more abstract consensus yet . |
| 29 | I feel the greatest contribution the National Council could make to the Rottweiler in Australia is the stabilizing of type , but in the present climate , with a flood of imports from various destinations , this will be all the more difficult . |
| 30 | 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 . |