Example sentences of "could [verb] [noun] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been wondering if the man suspected , wondering how he could prepare Rim for the final crushing rev elation . |
| 2 | I reckoned , however , that if I went back to Edinburgh , I could see Leslie for the occasional ‘ forty-eight hours ’ . |
| 3 | We wanted to distinguish the possible effects of birth weight and gestational age on lung function and respiratory illness as this approach could provide clues for the differing role of environment in utero and level of maturation . |
| 4 | What the CNAA was looking for , therefore , was evidence of a changed organizational and administrative environment , an academic machinery that could exercise responsibility for the continuing scrutiny and health of courses , and this was particularly important in the case of the newly-designed polytechnics , given the emphasis on academic boards and ‘ a large measure of autonomy ’ for institutions under their governing bodies in the government 's 1967 statement on polytechnics . |
| 5 | Film-production funds , for example , could no longer be considered compatible with EC law , nor could support funds for the visual arts and for authors and translators of literary works ( the latter being particularly important in the smaller language areas of Europe ) . |
| 6 | One look at the Moon or even back at Earth could spell disaster for the infrared detectors which have to be sensitive enough to pick up tiny amounts of radiation from distant stars and galaxies . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , does he want a home for the priest , I would take him with pleasure , ’ said Bishop Jon , ‘ and no doubt you could find room for the other if called on . |