Example sentences of "could [verb] [noun sg] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been wondering if the man suspected , wondering how he could prepare Rim for the final crushing rev elation . |
| 2 | Companies responsible for its prospects have gone out of business seven times , discovering that while they could make money on the big promotions , the building and park were too expensive to run on a tickover basis ( nowadays the park alone costs £650,000 a year to maintain ) , and in an earlier era of six-day working weeks , the public had not much leisure time to spend there anyway . |
| 3 | New drug delivery systems could make use of the interactive facility of the ocular glycoproteins and the corneal surface to prolong the retention of , and thereby the bioavailability of , drugs . |
| 4 | Erm I would , I think it would be very useful if you could make time in the next day or so , you do n't have to spend long on this you know , if you just spent sort of |
| 5 | If only he could come across a barn in which he could seek refuge from the full force of the gale … but visibility was limited to a few strides . |
| 6 | There is a particular risk that children could fall victim to the misplaced aggression of a guard dog . |
| 7 | A presidential candidate could win election on the first round only by gaining an absolute majority of the votes cast by at least one-quarter of registered voters ; otherwise the election would be decided by a second-round run-off between the two candidates with most votes . |
| 8 | Kayreddin Hasib , a Jordanian-based Sunni dissident who attended the conference , was described by the Middle East Economic Digest of April 5 as a " potentially significant figure " and " one of the few possible political leaders who could win support in the Iraqi Sunni heartlands " . |
| 9 | This process will identify critical areas where lack of performance could prevent progression to the next stage . |
| 10 | It is not hard to find suitable populations of bodies that could give rise to the observed range of crater sizes today — more on this in section 6.4 and in Chapter 8 . |
| 11 | 683 were whether ( a ) the fact that the Bar Council , which was the accusatorial body , formed part of the Senate , which was the judicial body , meant that fair-minded people would regard the proceedings of the Senate 's disciplinary tribunal as tainted with the appearance of bias and ( b ) the fact that members of the same profession were both the accusers and the majority of the disciplinary tribunal could give rise to the same objection . |
| 12 | The novel then began to stake its claim as a genre which could give insight into the human psyche that no news broadcast or film ever could . |
| 13 | If it ‘ saw ’ a way to take a queen it would do so , even if the opponent could give mate on the next play . |
| 14 | The growth of the popular press , which could bring news of the latest entertainment to the breakfast tables of the nation , clearly has played a crucial role in defining sport as part of a commercialized mass culture . |
| 15 | The oarsmen and women have been training now for over 3 months to reach the peak of stamina and fitness that could bring victory in the longest raft race in the world . |
| 16 | An enterprising man could do business under the Spanish dictator , Franco , and live in this North African refuge without fearing for the safety of his family . |
| 17 | Only a detailed and carefully chronicled narrative could do justice to the subtle complexities of the project in each school . |
| 18 | They 're being served up by British Rail on an Inter City service , and if they prove popular they could become part of the regular travelling menu . |
| 19 | He could see Donna on the other side of the barrier heading towards a dark-haired woman , whom she embraced . |
| 20 | He could see sorrow in the dark eyes which glowed as if there were candles burning behind them . |
| 21 | Still peering through the binoculars he could see movement on the other boat : two men looking ahead , one of them pointing towards The Abbott . |
| 22 | This competent body could provide guidance on the preferable format(s) for the presentation of information . |
| 23 | In the Fifties the question was whether you could claim protection under the Fifth Amendment , which grants the right not to incriminate oneself . |
| 24 | In the end not even Jackson could keep Palace in the 1st Division . |
| 25 | County councillor Tony Murphy ( Lab ) said one in five pharmacies in Cheshire could face closure under the new ruling . |
| 26 | What the CNAA was looking for , therefore , was evidence of a changed organizational and administrative environment , an academic machinery that could exercise responsibility for the continuing scrutiny and health of courses , and this was particularly important in the case of the newly-designed polytechnics , given the emphasis on academic boards and ‘ a large measure of autonomy ’ for institutions under their governing bodies in the government 's 1967 statement on polytechnics . |
| 27 | It increasingly realized that no technical measures could assure compliance by the extended 1977 deadline , and that since an adequate mass transit system could not be developed in time , only petrol rationing would lead to attainment . |
| 28 | As a boy growing up in New York , he recalls his father doing whatever he could to keep food in the ten hungry mouths , including buying up condoms and sunglasses wholesale and selling them to shopkeepers . |
| 29 | The objective could forecast achievement in the immediate future ( like thirty minutes , one hour , two hours , etc ) , in the short term ( like today , this week , this month ) , in the longer term ( like this quarter , this half year , this year ) or in the distant future ( like two years , three years , four years , five years , a decade , a lifetime ) . |
| 30 | — You could have access to the finest minds in the business … men and women with vast development experience , who often literally wrote the book on the topics they specialize in . |