Example sentences of "it could [vb infin] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At worst it could mean many months in hospital . |
| 2 | Unfortunately there are sacrifices to be made , it could mean less time with loved ones or a more pressurised lifestyle , but if that 's what you want now is the time to reach out and take it . |
| 3 | However , it could dictate public perceptions of the parties ' agenda . |
| 4 | The lord president tried to attract support by embarking on a reform of the council , particularly by a reduction in its fees ; but it could make little progress against the obstructionism of Secretary Ingram , who had the backing at court of the lord treasurer , Lionel Cranfield ( later Earl of Middlesex , q.v . ) . |
| 5 | Of the Unionist press , only the Daily Telegraph supported the coalition , and it could make little head against such a tide . |
| 6 | The implication for the Archive is that it could make sound assumptions about it 's users ’ skills . |
| 7 | So if all the deuterium fused it could generate substantial heat in the Earth . |
| 8 | It could encompass all members of the double-reed family , from treble to bass ; in addition it was often used in a general sense , simply to indicate an ensemble of woodwind instruments , but not necessarily any specific ones . |
| 9 | Protectionism is not a serious counter movement to global capitalism because if it was successful it could do great damage to the system and , ultimately , destroy it . |
| 10 | It could present some publishers with problems but a useful ordering tip is to hold back your order until you have seen several ranges . |
| 11 | His son , seeking to staunch the outflow of money on the Scottish war , quickly arranged a truce , but it could offer few hopes of long-term disengagement . |
| 12 | The Turkish parliament on Aug. 12 voted by 216 to 151 to give the government war powers if necessary , specifying that if Iraq attacked Turkish territory it could send Turkish troops into combat and also allow foreign forces to be deployed on Turkish soil . |
| 13 | Nationalist sympathisers such as Robin Angus of stockbroker County NatWest WoodMac , say it could bring new opportunities through the creation of a more flexible tax structure . |
| 14 | I 'd say publishing in The Square Ball does n't bring us ‘ overground ’ , as you put it Tim , but publishing in the programme might to some extent — it could imply some sort of ‘ official ’ status . |
| 15 | Yes , we 'll note it , erm , , the fatality w when they are incoming , it could happen any time after six months , after twelve months , . |
| 16 | It could cause further delays to the scheme , which has been fiercely opposed in Kent . |
| 17 | The half life of the parietal cell is 23 days in rats and presumably much longer in man and therefore it could take many months for resoluion of an increased parietal cell mass . |
| 18 | But erm it could take that length of time . |
| 19 | A spokesman for Pilkington , the major glass manufacturer , said yesterday that it could take several weeks for new windows to be installed . |
| 20 | The emergency services say it could cut vital minutes from the time it takes to respond to a call . |
| 21 | The magnetic field would be so strong that it could focus these particles into jets ejected outward along the axis of rotation of the black hole , that is , in the directions of its north and south poles . |
| 22 | ‘ And as it is the first case to come up in Scotland , it could help other people in the same circumstances . ’ |
| 23 | With regard to a carbon tax he said at Energy Questions on Monday that if that ’ were done unilaterally ahead of the rest of the world , it could put British industry at a severe disadvantage . ’ |
| 24 | In its heyday , the company had filled its own site with slag and so had built a bridge over the road and railway so it could shunt more slag into the neighbouring field . |
| 25 | It could provide additional security against France and underwrite the Dreikaiserbund ( the latest form of the Holy Alliance ) . |
| 26 | Not only will the material have uses in banks , prisons , security vehicles etc , but it could provide unbreakable windows for ordinary cars to prevent break-ins without increasing the weight of the car . |
| 27 | This potential demand is estimated to be of the order of 600,000 , and if it becomes clear that the housing market has bottomed out and house prices are rising once more , it could provide significant support to the housing market . |
| 28 | Once Dai succeeded in getting Bernard 's semi-automatic printer in full working order it could produce 5,000 metres of cloth per week . |
| 29 | It could have important implications for American efforts to arrest drug dealers , terrorists and the Panamanian leader , Manuel Noriega , for prosecution in the US . |
| 30 | Were such a fluctuation to take place now , it could have disastrous consequences for agriculture and economies across the world . |