Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [art] [adj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Begging your pardon , Sir , but some of those alleged artists that get feted on BBC Two could paint no better than a monkey in the zoo . |
| 2 | Even the most significant unions could recruit no more than a small fraction of the workers in their industry . |
| 3 | The very circumstance , however , which made the public schools a perfect vehicle for propaganda — their isolation , through the boarding system , from the outside world and the idiosyncratic influence of families — ensured that Dr Arnold , in his crusade for the personal salvation of his charges , could enjoy no more than a limited success . |
| 4 | If Law had a political model , then it must have been Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman , a fellow Scot who had shown that an ordinary man could hold the highest office without discredit and that he could beat the clever and the politically sophisticated at their own game . |
| 5 | Overcrowded conditions meant that families could rent no more than a ‘ corner ’ of shared accommodation . |
| 6 | Although her brother , Bert , was now employed by a local fisherman , Arnold Spence , and could do no more than a few day 's work at Four Winds now and then , nevertheless her new arrangements left Harriet free to work outside herself and this regular exercise had a calming effect , releasing her from a great deal of inner tension . |
| 7 | Although he could see no more than the man 's black outline , he sensed it was a rival he was moving towards , one who saw himself as having rights in the moor , even rights of possession over it . |
| 8 | ‘ Show me , ’ whispered Wynne-Jones , but when he looked through the mask he could see no more than the darkness . |
| 9 | Because the subcutaneous heparin regimen in GISSI-2 was delayed , it could have no more than a moderate effect on activated partial thromboplastin time . |
| 10 | ‘ You could have a Left-wing and a Right-wing Labour Party ; but there would be a tremendous tendency towards moderation . |
| 11 | On account of the shelling , motor transport could approach no closer than a cross-roads nicknamed ‘ Le Tourniquet ’ at the end of the Voie Sacrée . |
| 12 | You do see this much more in foreign companies and I think if we in Britain could match the physical and the vocal more we would really be on top with our training resources . |
| 13 | But Cecil 's string was struggling to find its form at the time and Rainbow Lake could manage no better than a modest sixth to subsequent Derby fourth Cairo Prince . |
| 14 | Again Harry could manage no more than a whisper . |
| 15 | Elsewhere , library responsibility could mean no more than an extra " free " period on top of an otherwise full teaching timetable , and this is clearly a serious constraint on project-related developments , even without the effects of industrial action on lunchtime and after-school working . |
| 16 | Well , nowadays you could get no closer than the wire cage around the perimeter , thanks to the hippies or the busloads of Americans or druids maybe , who knew ? |
| 17 | One could fly no higher than the signal book that young Lieutenant Pasco used at Trafalgar to send up the Immortal Signal . |