Example sentences of "[noun pl] could [vb infin] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her heart sank ; she had been so intent on trying to score off him that she had n't given a thought to what her careless words could do to the understanding that had seemed to be developing between them . |
| 2 | Open race fans could kick off the week with a Crayford treble in tonight 's heats of the Carlsberg Vase . |
| 3 | There was an awareness among people outside schools that schools could choose between a range of approaches to the curriculum ( Lawton 1986 ) and there was an expectation that the chosen curriculum in , for instance , each primary school was one which would create the basis of a rational , moral and enquiring attitude to learning and to future experience . |
| 4 | In successive years further secondments though reduced in number , were available , and these provided a pool of resource which schools could direct towards the review , development , implementation and evaluation of curriculum change . |
| 5 | Many employees and organizations could benefit from a structure that acts as a conduit to help ideas flow more readily through an organization . |
| 6 | But in the twelfth century , by and large , whoever could enter the ranks of the privileged clergy could hope for a bishopric ; and the ranks of the privileged clergy were open to all who could find patronage , whether because of birth or talent or good luck . |
| 7 | Timothy Renton , Minister of State at the Home Office , told the conference the Government would not push to legislate while neither shops nor shoppers could agree on a solution , pressure groups could not agree , and Parliament could find no consensus . |
| 8 | Or he could sell most of his land to Mr Big and his house and a few acres could fall into the hands of a merchant banker who wants somewhere quiet with a paddock for the daughter 's ponies . |
| 9 | He would not see his bride before the wedding night so all sorts of pictures could float in the mind . |
| 10 | Health officials are warning that so-called rave parties could lead to a drug epidemic . |
| 11 | In theory , the Tory constituency parties could come to the rescue . |
| 12 | And science itself might be seen as an instrument of religious union in that all parties could agree on the existence of a Creator whose power was visible in nature . |
| 13 | Individual authors could write on the decline of national intelligence but public debate did not necessarily lead to action . |
| 14 | But he warned there were potential risks and pitfalls because the new working methods could come as a culture shock . |
| 15 | This could only be achieved if foreigners could rely upon the stability of the rouble , which made it essential to maintain a favourable balance of payments and avoid a budget deficit . |
| 16 | Manufacturers could play on the excitement of a commentary to sell their sets . |
| 17 | And if it is the intention of regions to put speakers on , especially those regions that are situated at back of Congress , if the speakers could come to the front it would save a great deal of time . |
| 18 | Through the firm and persuasive advocacy of Marsh he was eventually permitted to incept , but the case provoked the university to decree that in future no scholar who had not ruled in arts could proceed to a degree in theology : a statute which would engender recurrent disputes between the friars and the university . |
| 19 | A head of black silky hair came very slowly over the top of the rail until two dark cherry-like eyes could see over the top . |
| 20 | Small animals could live off the whisps of yellow grass that persisted in growing , and large animals could live off the small animals . |
| 21 | I think one of those chalets could do with an improvement . ’ |
| 22 | Some schools in affluent industrial districts could profit from the scheme while those in rural areas with few companies nearby would have little chance of extra support . |
| 23 | This combination means tides could leap from a level of nearly five metres to over six metres and flooding could occur . |
| 24 | Visitors could speak via a telephone connected to an outside wall and they could wave through the glass . |
| 25 | After so much walking , a great deal of it on cobblestones , her feet could do with a rest ! |
| 26 | The new guide says up to 10,000 pubs could close by the end of the decade . |
| 27 | By one estimate , 600,000 of these economic refugees could come across the border . |
| 28 | They liked to check on the weather situation after briefing — they knew very well their lives could depend on the forecast . |
| 29 | Industry analysts say long term growth in technical areas could wither without the lure of profits tomorrow for spending on research today . |
| 30 | Ingham ( 1974 ) maintains that this was the case in Sweden where strong , centralised employers ' associations could develop as a consequence of the domination of a narrow and specialised export market by a small number of large-scale employers who had interests in common . |