Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was much that the United States could do to counter communism in the Cold War . |
| 2 | The Stavka , Russia 's supreme war council , asked Brusilov what he could do to take pressure off the Italians by preventing even more Austrian troops being taken from the Eastern Front to the Trentino . |
| 3 | From ‘ above ’ , a left government could attempt to gain control over the deployment of investment funds , in particular the surplus income of the personal sector , while from ‘ below ’ workers could struggle for democratic control over the particular enterprises which employ them , breaking down the managerial hierarchies and commercial secrecy of these enterprises . |
| 4 | I do n't know if we ought to put a timetable on that , on what 's going on , on this erm , eco-management erm , business , but also , I was wondering , could we not ask for a report to the March or April meeting of this committee , on what actions we could take to make progress on the recommendations of the district auditor in paragraph forty-four . |
| 5 | This could lead to flash flooding in the valleys which have already been badly hit . ’ |
| 6 | Only the very rich could afford to get hold of the real product , bottled and matured in the region itself . |
| 7 | Some years ago Edmund Wilson complained of writers of Gothic who could fail to lay hold on the terrors that lie deep in the human soul and have caused man to fear himself . |
| 8 | Together we could help to destroy crime in the world , and begin to build a new and better life for everyone . ’ |