Example sentences of "could [verb] [prep] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The importance of this debate can be explained , partly , by the political capital which the Opposition could make from linking the social and economic malaise of the country at large with violent street disturbances . |
| 2 | ‘ He taught me that you could win without having the fastest car , by tactics and organisation . |
| 3 | There are no easy answers to these questions , but businesses could benefit by considering the following issues : |
| 4 | It was only once the basic political problems of the transition had been resolved that a coherent strategy could emerge for confronting the immediate economic crisis , and for dealing with serious underlying questions such as the restructuring of basic sectors of industry and the modernization of state finances and administration . |
| 5 | After 100 years of storage , work could begin on dismantling the whole plant to ‘ green field site ’ status . |
| 6 | If you are in a quandary , however , as to which to choose , and are unsure of the different kinds of work available in both sectors , you could begin by reading the classified advertisements in either Nursing Times or Nursing Standard . |
| 7 | I had a further powerful incentive to learning the language , for SPG , the missionary society which supported me and thirty or more other missionaries in Burma , men and women , had a rule that no missionary could marry before passing the first two language examinations . |
| 8 | For example , over half of the participants ( 56 per cent ) did not know how many beers they could drink before reaching the legal limit for driving and well over two-thirds of them knew neither how long it took for alcohol to be burned up by the body ( 71 per cent ) nor what , if anything , was an effective way of sobering up ( 71 per cent ) . |
| 9 | Ten years ago yesterday British Rail signed a million-pound contract so work could start on repairing the Victorian building 's roof . |
| 10 | Within a month or so the French , having won important skirmishes at Jargeau and Patay , could turn towards achieving the next logical step of their success story , the coronation of the dauphin as king of France . |