Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | If successful , gene therapy could eventually offer effective treatment for as many as 4,000 hereditary illnesses , including cystic fibrosis . |
| 2 | and all that , and she could only eat liquid food for six weeks |
| 3 | He spoke slowly , his gaze never leaving Fairham , who found he could only hold that gaze for a couple of seconds at a time . |
| 4 | The chief magistrate watched me intently as the prosecutor , a blundering serjeant-at-law , failed to prove I had any grievance against the Ralembergs and could not proffer any motive for the crime . |
| 5 | It was found that although a four-week tutorial programme had been prepared , the children in the mainstream school were far more receptive and accepting of the situation and could not see any reason for delaying the child 's integration . |
| 6 | Thereafter Ladislav could not keep any post for long before the authorities hounded him out of it . |
| 7 | Many say they have had to turn down surgery , for instance , because they could not find alternative care for their dependants when a bed became available . |
| 8 | Despite Gurney 's effort in Norfolk , in a number of other localities local abolitionists could not find enough support for two organisations and BFASS supporters argued against auxiliaries for Buxton 's society . |
| 9 | An American electronics engineer , George Rohrer , first conceived the idea of a ferro-electric memory chip in the 1960s , but could not find commercial backing for its development . |
| 10 | Former land owners could still gain full compensation for land up to a value of 1,000,000 forint if they undertook to cultivate the land for five years and registered themselves as entrepreneurs under a system of " entrepreneurial assistance " . |
| 11 | Residential building could always outbid any farmer for the land round London and this concept was therefore seen as a means of redressing the balance . |
| 12 | If there was not a ‘ ceiling ’ to potency level then serial dilution would not be needed to make a remedy , one could simply shake any dilution for different lengths of time as in the example give above . |
| 13 | I was also excited at the prospect of earning some reward , and I could n't sleep that night for thinking about visiting her in the morning . |
| 14 | I got instructions off you to be able do you know I could n't do that timer for love nor money . |
| 15 | SHe could n't understand Tammuz' mania for disguise , given that nobody knew about what he had discovered , except for his friends below . |
| 16 | ‘ It was a family company and I could n't see any future for me as far as equity was concerned , ’ Goodwin says . |
| 17 | She could n't turn either way for help because she knew the answer would be ‘ it is your own fault ’ . |
| 18 | One thing about him that was widely known was the fact that he was a businessman , and so it was as such that he was welcomed ; the party could even claim some credit for being the first to elect a businessman as its leader — much as it claimed credit in 1975 for electing a woman , although Margaret Thatcher had certainly not been chosen for that reason . |
| 19 | The Government could surely show some humanity for once . |
| 20 | The old Gymnasium could then become additional space for Art , while Geography took over the old Library . |
| 21 | There was more persistent questioning of the assumption that the market could indeed provide enough work for all who deserved and sought it , either at home or in the colonies , at wages which enabled the worker to provide adequately for himself and his family . |
| 22 | By pursuing such a policy , ward closures could steadily release recurring funding for redeployment elsewhere . |
| 23 | I think in vitro fertilisation is wonderful for childless couples , but I could never consider that option for us . |
| 24 | This claim about human nature is then followed by the assertion that we could never gain adequate evidence for a holist theory , and so could never give up our view of individuals as basically autonomous actors : |