Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has also pledged the pair to establishing NT-on-Alpha as ‘ a premier RISC-based systems platform ’ and has them promising machines ‘ that could fundamentally change the face of computing ’ as we know it . |
| 2 | In November 1987 , Silviu Brucan compared Ceauşescu 's rule unfavourably with the 1960s when ‘ the Party could successfully control the mass of the workers because … a turn for the better occurred in the standard of living in almost three million peasants who joined the urban industrial workforce . ’ |
| 3 | References in the text of the rules to ‘ custody ’ and ‘ observation ’ support a decision that the court could properly order the sending of an item of property out of the jurisdiction , in the instant case to South Africa , so that it could be identified by a witness whose evidence was being taken on commission there . |
| 4 | But not all the skills and ingenuity of law draftsmen could wholly circumvent the deviousness of ancient land law . |
| 5 | This centripetal tendency could eventually promote the construction of additional side-streets and lanes , as we shall see later . |
| 6 | Specialists believe the discovery could eventually allow the use of drugs to correct the fault and reduce the risks for women who by the age of 50 have a 60 per cent chance of developing one of those cancers if they carry the defective gene . |
| 7 | It further develops and tests a notational scheme for this function which could eventually become the basis of a standard in this field of practice . |
| 8 | He had a good speaking voice , he was persuasive , he could mostly secure the attention of his opponents . |
| 9 | Clinicians could perhaps reduce the transmission of anxiety to disabled or ill children by more positive reassurance and support to their parents , and by helping parents whose children have recovered from complications at birth to realise that they are no longer in any danger and can be treated like other children . |
| 10 | You could perhaps use the tip of a pencil as a guide . |
| 11 | Indeed , there wo n't be much alteration from the side which triumphed so convincingly in Lithuania and Latvia although we could perhaps see the return of Nottingham Forest winger Kingsley Black at some stage . |
| 12 | To obtain true security in Europe , NATO still wanted to see a reduction of Russia 's conventional strength , which remained overwhelming , and as in the 1970s there was some concern that Moscow and Washington could together decide the fate of Europe without European representation . |
| 13 | Although it would be wrong to presume that teachers who are excellent in their off-site unit work with small groups of pupils could necessarily become the vanguard of a new service they can provide the focus for some initial developments . |
| 14 | Nothing could better illustrate the conservatism of official interests . |
| 15 | When it comes to the more subtle realms of responses and sensitivities to homoeopathic remedies , even small strain variations could so change the sensitivity of the species under study that one strain might respond well to a particular remedy while a second , apparently similar strain may not respond at all . |
| 16 | ‘ Not the most brilliant thought you 've ever had , Flo , ’ Maria ventured tartly , moving away again , avoiding Luke 's eyes although she could literally feel the weight of his attention on her . |
| 17 | As stated earlier , expenditure could only equal the value of NOSTRO accounts , the size of which only equal withdrawals from the US money supply in earlier time periods in any case . |
| 18 | TED COULD only enlist the spirit of Churchill to his cause . |
| 19 | He was far too honourable to approach Asquith with a deal which could only mean the compromise of both their principles for a period of artificial power , not unlike the last years of the Coalition ; and he saw that an anti-socialist alliance could only lead , in the end , to a major Labour victory . |
| 20 | But through the clogging pain in her breast , she could only seen the gaze of Lady Usk — dark and knowing . |
| 21 | But there were still the strongest links with the defense of Christianity ; for the excellence of the machinery could only confirm the excellence of its Maker . |
| 22 | Any ruling in Mansell 's favour could only affect the size of his $50,000 ( £31,500 ) fine , Balestre added . |
| 23 | There was a psalm he wanted to say before he went , but he could only remember the beginning of it , so he repeated the words over and over again : " Out of the depths have I cried unto Thee , O Lord : Lord hear my voice … " |
| 24 | The tragedy of The Smiths is that Morrissey could only become the victim of the perfection of his style . |
| 25 | As she heard her front door click , Rachel 's anger suddenly turned to dismay and as she turned to the window she found she could only see the outline of the cathedral through a mist of tears . |
| 26 | In the darkness Gabriel could only see the shape of a woman sitting on a horse . |
| 27 | The picture itself was so dark he could only see the image of Emily in the glass , naked and moving wildly , her buttocks pumping urgently against him . |
| 28 | She could only see the glint of the whites of his eyes , and the gleam of his teeth as he smiled at her . |
| 29 | But now the power of the Lords had been cut down by an Act of Parliament , and they could only postpone the enactment of the Home Rule Bill for two years . |
| 30 | The Turkish government continued to maintain that any re-opening could only follow the lifting of sanctions against Iraq by the UN Security Council . |