Example sentences of "could [adv] [adv] [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henry , therefore , asked Clement to establish a decretal commission , authorizing the cardinal and papal legate , Thomas Wolsey , to make a judgment on the case in England , where he could most easily influence the outcome . |
| 2 | Furious that a rare kind word from Nathan Bryce could so easily demolish the façade of efficiency and confidence she had worked so desperately hard to maintain , she blinked hard and sucked in a deep breath . |
| 3 | Last year there were some , so the Liberal Democrats took the view that we could only properly set a budget at the capping level and that is a level at which we set our budget and it was a level at which we set our budget back in December and right through to this date . |
| 4 | He could only just reach the handle to close the door behind him . |
| 5 | ‘ I was so cold I could only just press the stop button . |
| 6 | His head turned , and although she could only just see the shadow of his eyes she knew he was looking at her . |
| 7 | Patrick and Jim could only just overhear the conversation that ensued , in quick-fire French . |
| 8 | He could only really recapture the timbre if he had laryngitis when the time came for shooting . |
| 9 | He did this by bringing a camera up to his face , through which he could nevertheless still see the tiger 's actions . |
| 10 | She could just about manage a day away from London . |
| 11 | My ankles were like tree trunks and I could just about reach the model because I was so big . |
| 12 | They could just about remember the Store , but it did n't mean much to them . |
| 13 | She could just about hear the pilot yelling for silence . |
| 14 | It seemed that we could just about raise the amount of the offer we had decided upon and still avoid bankruptcy . |
| 15 | He could just about ride a bike and he liked wrestling and playing football , usually in goal . |
| 16 | Secondly , nobody could any longer advance the belief that sheer production — the worship of the Gross National Product — was the final test of a society 's economic vigour and success . |
| 17 | I could still just hear the aeroplane . |
| 18 | Even though he was standing in front of her , barely a few feet away , she could still barely believe the evidence of her own eyes . |
| 19 | ‘ Fear that you might leave Czechoslovakia without first returning to your hotel , ’ he replied , then grinned wryly as he added , ‘ For the first time in my life I find that I ca n't think logically — for why would you take a train to Mariánské Láznë to leave Czechoslovakia , when you could more easily take a plane from Prague ? |
| 20 | Where a large number of the villagers were freeholders , they could more easily resist the lord 's attempts at enclosure than where their numbers were low . |
| 21 | Richini gave the façade a concave curve so that carriages could more easily approach the doorway . |
| 22 | Nothing could more eloquently express the nature of the Victorian railway system — a towering , splendid , multi-faceted edifice built four-square on a foundation of industry and trade . |
| 23 | But nothing could more eloquently make the case than the patients Bart 's has helped with pioneering treatment , dedication and care . |
| 24 | Fortunately the unbiased historical study of the New Testament , set free from the crippling restrictions of dogmatic assumptions , could once more uncover the heart of the matter and present modern men afresh with the abiding message and enduring essence of Christian faith . |
| 25 | The next few seconds seemed to move so fast that none of the witnesses to it , eagles or people , could ever quite remember the sequence of events . |
| 26 | First , the cognitive model which structures the mental space in terms of the schemas of BALANCE and LINKS admits of diverse more superficial realisations , for example the " financial-numerical " metaphors of the play , and this diversity means that a number of alternative image schemas could also arguably explain the patterning . |
| 27 | And because the Crabb operation was unauthorised the Director General of MI6 could also honestly tell the inquiry that he too knew nothing about such a plan . |
| 28 | ‘ But it could also seriously affect the health of schoolchildren as numerous studies have shown that milk plays a vital part in their nutritional intake . |
| 29 | Normally , the Inland Revenue would require you to meet with them to discuss any potential tax liabilities on an individual basis , and could also possibly require the completion of annual tax returns . |
| 30 | If you reduced the spacing you could probably even fit the end of that song on . |