Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] could [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had n't slept in a bed like that before , yet there were all those advertisements for them on television , and they were on display in shop windows and in almost all the big stores in London so that I 'd imagined them in all the houses I could see from the bus . |
| 2 | I always wondered if they were his demons or familiars which could scuttle along the walls to listen for treason and search out conspiracy . |
| 3 | They were organizations which could operate on the one hand on the electorate and on the other on the MPs , thus directly influencing policy . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Marketing activity is being targeted on central and eastern Europe and the Company considering setting up an office in Seoul to take advantage of new business opportunities which could arise from the signing of a bilateral agreement between the UK and Korean Governments . |
| 6 | I have recently been involved in preliminary discussion with a private sector developer , and with British Coal , concerning two separate projects which could lead to the provision of serviced development land . |
| 7 | There was , however , a greater awareness of the need to develop a framework of rules which could operate in the interests of the world community as a whole — against terrorism or narcotics , for instance — and a greater readiness to establish relations with traditionally conservative states , such as the Arab monarchies , as well as with those that claimed to adhere to Marxism-Leninism . |
| 8 | How could one refuse tenderness to someone so frail and tiny , to someone whose bones one could break with the flick of wrist , to someone who greeted one with smiles and later whoops of purest delight , who wept if one left them , and would die if one neglected them ? |
| 9 | It seems likely , however , that the low prevalence among children is largely a consequence of inability to ascertain pre-onset cases , while among parents it could stem from the effect of Crohn 's disease on marital relationships with reduced fertility , either through complications of the disease in women or reversible azoospermia during sulphasalazine treatment in men . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , back at the ranch there was Antonia — busy dreaming of her days at No. 10 , her chauffeur-driven car , her designer millinery and all the social skills she could bring to the job of Prime Minister 's wife . |
| 11 | The Greek and Turkish members of the Commission were not delegates of their respective States who could act on the instructions of the member States , but members of an administrative body . |
| 12 | The delivery because it gave me what I had to think about when I was up there language body language and then the playbacks I could look at the two things that Mike just highlighted as one and two . |
| 13 | He gave me a pretty cane basket to put it in and I went upstairs , opened the trunk and loaded all the balls I could get into the basket . |
| 14 | A structural appraisal of the building identified a number of potentially serious defects which could arise in the event of fire . |
| 15 | He attempted to preserve from what he called the ‘ growing appetites of sacrilegious cormorants ’ Church revenues which could pay for the education of talented children of poor families . |
| 16 | There are several diagnostic messages which could appear on the screen . |
| 17 | As she grappled with the staples she could feel inside the bag the firm shape of a book . |
| 18 | ‘ In the old days we could rely on the same spectators attending match after match , whatever the weather or the results . |
| 19 | ‘ In those days we could run about the area bouncing the ball , but now things are more entertaining . ’ |
| 20 | Erm for example , on the on the er catapults , we were capable of making a catapult erm that was so efficient , that on one particular occasion the Americans and the British Navy had a competition to see how many planes they could put in the air er in a certain number of minutes . |
| 21 | So , finally , some specific suggestions of changes which could occur in the law : |
| 22 | In a few cases , the social worker might have to make provision for young children to be given temporary care away from home , for instance if the patient is a single parent without any relatives who could care for the children . |
| 23 | I discovered that with our video : we tape things we could watch at the time , just to prove , I suppose that video recorders are wonderful things . |
| 24 | The United States , faced with an allocation problem , began a review of its defensive commitments that led it to the conclusion that in the event of a military confrontation with the Soviet Union in Europe , the resources it could commit to the fledgling NATO alliance would be insufficient . |
| 25 | The issue of the buyer 's good or bad faith was relevant only to the damages he could claim from the seller in contract ; the beneficiary himself was above such concerns . |
| 26 | The Labour Conference , which described itself as a body uniting all forms of workers ' struggle for their rights , called for a national warning strike which would create local bodies which could participate in the struggle against the current government and its reforms . |
| 27 | The only distinguishing clinical features we could identify in the RP group were male preponderance and an increased frequency of extraintestinal manifestations . |
| 28 | Contact with famous name international firms undoubtedly encourages local manufacturers , impressed by the demonstration effect of the success of prestigious foreign firms , to consider seriously the uses they could make of the new technologies . |
| 29 | Recently I went outside on a clear night , and started to count the stars I could see inside the Square ; using × 7 . |
| 30 | any internal and external consent procedures which could attach to the offer ; and |