Example sentences of "it could [adv] [vb infin] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , I would I would have thought it could have , could take , it could easily take ten days . |
| 2 | It involved reading , the consultation of several books and resources , the study of visual or aural material , and the production of work or the answering of questions from all these sources ; it could also involve creative writing or drama , and small group work following productive discussion . |
| 3 | It could also place some pressure upon the institutions of higher education to review both their admission arrangements and the context of their courses . |
| 4 | In his inaugural address to ministers earlier that day the Czechoslovak President , Vaclav Havel , had urged the CSCE to create " a smaller organ similar to that of the UN Security Council , to which it could also give some executive powers " . |
| 5 | The conflict of interests was certainly a significant factor in the south-east , where the land tax was relatively highly assessed and where the new monied men had made a noticeable intrusion into local economic life , though it could also possess some degree of reality in more remote parts , such as South Wales . |
| 6 | It 's magic , of course , and it brings great benefit to us but it could also have terrible dangers in store for us — just like magic carpets ! |
| 7 | But it could also signify that writing from the heart is different from poetry , the muse 's injunction being meant as a dismissal , exiling Astrophil from poetry 's realm . |
| 8 | Although this disk is primarily aimed at the professional market like advertising agencies , broadcasters and newspapers it could also prove invaluable research material for schools , colleges , and local theatre groups . |
| 9 | It could also incorporate some features of the Weberian and Durkheimian traditions — and perhaps not only the ones which , as we have seen , have already been purloined by Marxism . |
| 10 | It could also sustain redistributive policies that might be very difficult to operate at a lower level . |
| 11 | Eliot 's thinking here sometimes relies on romantic clichés insufficiently analysed in Russell Square , yet it could also produce provocative insights . |
| 12 | For one thing , it could absorb a lot of expert resources and the policy gains might not outweigh the costs of investigation in many cases : it could also encourage rent-seeking behaviour . |
| 13 | Greece claimed that , as it was a party to both agreements and as it would be a party to any arbitration , it could unilaterally commence arbitral proceedings . |
| 14 | When the radio is switched on , this voltage , stored on C1 , is temporarily let loose on the circuitry , where it could conceivably do some damage . |
| 15 | Socata 's engineers first looked at the Mooney 301 left , concluding it could never match such performance . |
| 16 | It could never take regulatory action on the basis of a criticism or a complaint alone . |
| 17 | It could never take regulatory action on the basis of a criticism or a complaint alone |
| 18 | But although its thrust had been effectively blunted , it could still muster enough adherents to create large-scale upheaval in the Holy Land . |
| 19 | It had to be Travis , and that spurred her on to reckless speed , putting too much weight on her much tried ankle , until it could only do one thing — collapse under her . |
| 20 | It could only mean one thing : they suspected that the sleek Strasbourgeois citizenry might be planning to outdo Warsaw , Budapest , Berlin and Prague by marching up the Avenue de la Paix to overthrow 12 governments at once . |
| 21 | It could only mean one thing . |
| 22 | Unfortunately , it could only accommodate six people and a crate of Nettles Agricultural Sherry so , as membership grew , tempers were often explosive and much precious nectar was spilt . |