Example sentences of "[coord] could [verb] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 He said the inquiry , carried out under terms unique to it and the Equal Opportunities Commission , had been formally initiated last month and could last up to a year .
2 He said the inquiry had been formally initiated last month and could last up to a year .
3 Bristol is in a unique position to expand in this field through the formation of inter-disciplinary centres like AMARC , and could advance further through a new , focused research unit combining the medical and engineering skills that already exist here . ’
4 Presumably many of those who first examined this Daguerreotype were familiar with Whitehall and this row of shops and could read more with a naked eye .
5 In 1914 he was still only fifty-five and could look forward to a major job in the next Unionist government .
6 Given that the Secretary of State 's own appointed governor , the former chief inspector , Eric Bolton , said that the situation at the school is ’ unsatisfactory ’ and that the general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers said that pupils and staff at Stratford school are ’ disturbed ’ , does the Minister recognise that the Secretary of State 's statement last week that Stratford school was ’ operating satisfactorily ’ had no basis in fact and could come only from a Secretary of State who sought to evade , rather than take , the responsibility which was plainly his ?
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