Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the power many potentially exercise by virtue of their oil resources , developing countries as a whole could only increase their share of exports from 4.6 per cent in 1970 to 7.1 per cent in 1983 , leaving many as dumping grounds for the surplus capacity in OECD countries ( UNIDO , 1985 ) . |
| 2 | Ramsay could scarcely disguise his sigh of relief . |
| 3 | I could not bear their way of understanding the nation and its values , precisely for the sake of the dignity of the nation to which I belong . |
| 4 | Azerbaijani attempts to open a new front in the east through attacks on the Askeran region of the enclave from Agdam could not prevent their loss of control over Lachin on May 17 . |
| 5 | Evidently Anselm judged that he could not make his excommunication of the king effective if he stayed in Lyons , and he must move nearer to the scene of action . |
| 6 | She could not clear her head of him , however much she told herself that he was a bastard . |
| 7 | The board said it regretted that Lord Hollick had informed the chairman that he could not support its statement of support for Mr Montgomery in full . |
| 8 | She could just imagine his look of derision , maybe even one of his put-downs . |
| 9 | ‘ Not usually , ’ she said through pursed lips , wishing that she could somehow refute his image of her , ‘ and please , spare me another amateur lecture on my psyche . |
| 10 | ‘ But we could easily maintain our standard of living while using less electricity . |
| 11 | Secondly , they could further extend their provision of a mixture of courses , both academic and vocational , at non-advanced and advanced levels , thereby becoming what might more accurately be termed Colleges of Further and Higher Education . |
| 12 | Owner-occupier farmers with higher annual income , who in any case spend much of their profits each year on new equipment , could still maintain their standard of living by collaborating with developers by granting long leases . |
| 13 | I could also give my opinion of the way you 've behaved . ’ |
| 14 | Women could also show their resentment of medical attitudes in popular anti-medical movements such as the contagious diseases agitation , the anti-vivisection league movement and the anti-compulsory vaccination struggle ; and feminists were easily able to point out the inadequacies of the myth of intrinsic female weakness . |
| 15 | Whatever it was , Ace found that she could n't place his style of soldiery , and that made her nervous . |
| 16 | Since Adam had been monopolising practically all her time , she could n't protest her dislike of him too vehemently . |
| 17 | Similarly , before reading Lakoff and Freeman , most readers , myself included , could n't tell their inventory of image schemas from their elbows . |
| 18 | Even if Guy believed her tale , surely he could n't change his opinion of her so completely ? |
| 19 | I could n't bear her look of hurt expectancy any more , so I tore myself away from her face and walked off . |
| 20 | Claudette , from Liverpool 15 , believes she was 75 per cent to blame for the breakdown of her marriage , but could n't forgive her husband of 21 years for his adultery . |
| 21 | Have Software City stopped trading because I could n't find their list of games in Issue 87 ? |
| 22 | He might have destroyed Arabella 's letters to Newley , but he could n't rid his memory of their contents . |
| 23 | Kate could n't help her look of blank astonishment . |
| 24 | I have n't got that , and of course I could n't run your version of setver unless I had setver cos it would say incorrect DOS version . |
| 25 | If yours is the kind of garden that is attractive to hedgehogs — lots of cover , plenty of natural food and close to other good habitats — then you could well find your offer of a house taken up this winter . |
| 26 | We could indeed extend our theme of symbiosis , to suggest that modern life at its most fundamental is a co-operation between organic , carbon-based compounds , and water . |
| 27 | My five feet four and a half even on tiptoe could nowhere approximate his angle of vision . |