Example sentences of "could [adv] [vb infin] that [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inevitably the confusion that followed tested even the most loyal barbarians , who could suddenly discover that the emperor they supported had been overthrown by a palace coup , and that there was a hostile ruler in his place . |
| 2 | One could perhaps say that the pronoun here refers successfully via a discourse-deictic reference to a prior NP . |
| 3 | I could only suppose that the collapse of space-time in my own day was slowly spreading outwards from source , like a bloodstain oozing across an old sheet , threatening many deep-seated continuities . |
| 4 | One could only hope that the Earl of Gloucester would realise the futility of remaining isolated in Normandy when Matilda 's cousin was already anointed and crowned , an act that even the Pope acknowledged as irrevocable , despite his disapproval of Stephen 's methods . |
| 5 | Cadfael had already been considering the same question , and could only conclude that the abbot had indeed total faith that the Gospels would justify Shrewsbury in possession of its saint . |
| 6 | Puzzled as to why the DEA and CIA would choose to do this through a front operation in Nicosia rather than through official channels , Coleman duly reported all this activity to Control , but the response was so muted he could only conclude that the DIA knew about it already . |
| 7 | It was improbable in the extreme that Brian 's sterling qualities had come to the notice of the Comptroller of the Household , and she could only assume that the summons had been the consequence of her father 's having been an RA . |
| 8 | He could only guess that the mood was one of retrenchment and retreat , with a desire to preserve at all costs a ‘ rather narrow , English concept of academic excellence ’ . |
| 9 | At the very least , conditioned inhibition training is likely to differ from latent inhibition training in that the former is likely to convey the information that a given event ( a given US ) will not occur whereas the latter could only convey that no event will occur . |
| 10 | JVC could only say that the matter was still being considered . |
| 11 | After a master class which included warnings about ‘ unusualness ’ and ‘ surprise qualities ’ from a keen young Frenchman , we could only agree that a taste like unfortified fino sherry was certainly out of the ordinary . |
| 12 | We do n't need all that much from each club to keep us afloat but if we do n't get your help , I am very concerned that in the present recession we shall not be able to keep up our work and in conclusion Your Royal Highness perhaps I could just say that the Seamanship Foundation is very grateful to the R Y A , to the Treasurer , Chris and particularly to the Senior Managers who have done everything they can to help the foundation , thank you . |
| 13 | One could easily imagine that a visit by Dustin to Anne 's parents in Westchester would be similar to the scene in Annie Hall when Woody Allen has Easter dinner with his girlfriend 's cold and formal WASP family , who he imagines see him as a rabbi . |
| 14 | Her face was hurting badly where Duvall had hit her , and she could hardly believe that a dream could be so realistic . |
| 15 | Even Apollinaire who , excited by the complete break that Cubism had effected with traditional painting , had tended to suggest that the ideal programme would be a move towards complete abstraction , could still insist that the Cubist was a realist , since his inspiration was drawn from some transcendental truth beyond the world of appearances . |
| 16 | As late as the 1760s an influential theorist could still argue that an ambassador who , on his own initiative , encouraged sedition within the state to which he was accredited , could be punished by it even with death , while if he had acted on the orders of his master he could be held as a hostage until the latter had given satisfaction . |
| 17 | Propagandists could always argue that the fact that so many misfortunes had befallen England since the Revolution confirmed how wrong it had been to dethrone the rightful sovereign . |
| 18 | And er and although it nobody could ever say that the union was politically motivated er it it 's strange to relate that at union meeting when the general strike started and we of course we were n't in the T U C we were too small anyway , although I know that there 's been unions with twenty eight members in the T U C now . |
| 19 | Although the police do not need to be certain that a person has heard or seen what is going on before they can call for quiet under the Act ( since it is sufficient that they have reasonable cause to believe that an offence is being committed ) , they would afterwards have to conduct house to house enquiries before they could truthfully say that the conduct was actually heard or seen by a bystander . |
| 20 | One could also argue that the Poet is using the Mistress as bait to induce the Friend to remain : this three-way relationship is as complex as that in Sartre 's Huis clos ( two women , one man ) and in some ways equally claustrophobic and degrading . |
| 21 | I could also appreciate that the bulk of this supposed humour was meant to derive from the anachronism of the play 's sexual mores . |
| 22 | Now for a motor car I think you can say that the practical desirabilities of a car , and the acceleration and performance and looks are very important , one could also say that the fact that many people have their cars bought for me by the firm they work for means that they will therefore buy a larger car than they would if it was their own money that they were spending , so the market for cars is perhaps not one which is determined by energy efficiency or even optimum efficiency in terms of people 's and prestige is coming into it as much as these other factors and it is determined by who pays the money . |
| 23 | It was easier galloping with his head straight , and the horse could now see that the man was quite relaxed . |
| 24 | You could even argue that the trailer is the last remnant of a ‘ pure ’ cinema . |
| 25 | It is certainly a procedure where one could well argue that the potential for serious abuse is endemic and inherent rather than isolated and , with due care , preventable . |
| 26 | De Gaulle could legitimately claim that the result was the most lukewarm endorsement conceivable ; this did not alter the fact that it marked a personal setback for him . |
| 27 | One could either argue that the lack of action required by the subject at the time prevented any memories from being encoded , or that the lack of aspects of the situation which were specific to that particular drive made it extremely difficult to actually retrieve a memory for it . |
| 28 | No-one could seriously believe that the king had been a worshipper of the cult . |
| 29 | However , there is plenty of very interesting material in this volume and , while this book is only part of the process , one could certainly agree that the field of rhetoric has been reborn . |
| 30 | Mr Grayson replied : ‘ If we can assume that the same degree of care is taken in all countries showing — and I think it is true , certainly , of Switzerland and West Germany — beech observations , then you could certainly say that the health of beech trees reflected in crown condition must be borne out by observation . ’ |