Example sentences of "of [noun] could [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , those who respect the ballot box but who can not agree on any form of self-government could learn from the Israeli-Palestinian settlement . |
| 2 | He would not see his bride before the wedding night so all sorts of pictures could float in the mind . |
| 3 | Some of the reported difference in rates of metabolism could relate to the severity of the underlying colitis . |
| 4 | Sense-based definitions of words could contribute to the subsequent overlap process by providing more concise , pertinent definitions and reducing the chances of spurious overlaps due to inappropriate but co-incident word senses . |
| 5 | One moment she was running and dodging through the striations of ice and carmine and sloe , with the fear that the walls of Spiderglass could see through the ancient cliffs of Mars to where she finally crouched , exhausted . |
| 6 | Minton , however , saw that a disparity between the outline drawing and the armature created by the blocks of colour could add to the liveliness of the image . |
| 7 | On the surface , neither of these definitions of pornography could apply to the fabliaux if the fabliaux really are , as Bédier 's definition would suggest , simply meant to be laughed at . |
| 8 | The implications of these findings are doubly serious because it is equally likely that the spindle-disrupting action of alcohol could occur during the first meiotic division . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , they were leisured days , ’ said Mark a little uncomfortably , feeling that he should say that things were ‘ better ’ now when great coachloads of people could whirl round the Italian lakes in an eight-day tour . |
| 10 | At the extreme , accidental loss of life could result in the charge of manslaughter . |
| 11 | That was the best , at least I understand that was the best the Secretary of State could do at the time . |
| 12 | APROJECTED surge in strikes at the Department of Employment could lead to the Employment Secretary 's own backyard becoming the testing ground for his Employment Bill . |
| 13 | Well before a bill to tackle the uneven distribution of land could go before the Cortes , Socialist ministers acted to alter the balance of power in rural Spain . |
| 14 | My concern is that increased external influence with accompanying loss of autonomy could lead to the demise of all that has been gained . |
| 15 | But the company says hundreds of jobs could depend on the project . |
| 16 | The chairman of an authority 's education committee could find himself chairing a board of management where serious conflict of interest could arise in the future . |
| 17 | Darlington College of Technology could benefit from the extra investment . |