Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we could perhaps make a case for offering curatorial protection to artefactual software by regarding it as part of the contextual and functional extension of hardware without which technical history would be incomplete . |
| 2 | I think there are a variety of ways Mr Chairman , in which our environmental strategy , when it 's formulated , could be publicised and that 's one way forward , and I wonder whether director could perhaps incorporate an argument for or against that , i , in , in , i , in the paper that Councillor has suggested . |
| 3 | Unfortunately I could only get a ticket for the liverpool end . |
| 4 | At times like that I could not care a toss for JTR and wondered why the hell I was in such a situation . |
| 5 | Unfortunately he could not offer a time for his visit . |
| 6 | If BR could not make a case for seven trains for one of its most profitable routes , it was clear that plans for a second tranche of HSTs for the Cross Country group of services would not satisfy the new criteria . |
| 7 | Eventually she found them but could n't get near — the crowds were as dense further up and , push as she might , she could not make a parting for herself . |
| 8 | They applied for judicial review of the Secretary of State 's decisions and sought orders of certiorari to quash those decisions and declarations that the Secretary of State could not set a period for retribution and deterrence for a mandatory life sentence greater than that recommended by the judiciary , that he was required to tell the applicants the period recommended by the judiciary , and if he departed from it his reasons for so doing , and that the applicants were entitled to be given the opportunity to make representations to the Secretary of State before he determined the period and for that purpose to be told of any information upon which the Secretary of State would act which was not in the applicant 's possession . |
| 9 | If she could not provide a remedy for life 's major troubles , she accepted a way round . |
| 10 | If the ambivalent Wilsonian ‘ science ’ and ‘ planning ’ programme was useful in obscuring divisions within the Labour Party and among its supporters , it could not provide a basis for a determined and purposeful popular political movement . |
| 11 | This was because they generally had low and insecure incomes , so they could not obtain a mortgage for buying their own suburban house . |
| 12 | I 'm sorry , I just wanted to make a couple of points in response to erm things that people have said in relation to my opening statement , erm Mr Brook er mentioned the fact that er none of the employe none of the new settlement proposals of which he was aware , erm included an employment element , erm I just wanted to place on record the fact that our suggested reworking of policy H two does provide for an explicit land er amount of land for employment purposes , erm as part of the new settlement location , I wanted to say that because I , I 'm not invited to appear on your employment day , and I do feel that this is an important component of the the H two strategy , and clearly that employment component will be drawn from the Greater York allocation , the second point , Mr Sexton erm I believe said that in his view you could not find a site for a larger new settlement er within the or outside the Greater York er greenbelt , erm which would not result in physical coalescence with the existing villages in the area , now I 'm not sure whether he was referring to any particular size of larger new settlement , but I invite you to look at the er land range at one to fifty thousand er map of the area , and you will see that the area outside the greenbelt is characterized by erm a very rural area with sporadic villages , and my believe is that there are erm sites available within that area which could accommodate a larger new settlement , the planning point is of course the larger the new settlement becomes , I think the less that that the reduced number of sites you will have available to accommodate erm that proposal , because of its scale , and the third aspect I want to comment on Mr Cunnane and Mr Thomas erm said that Barton Willmore had not made a need argument for the new settlement , well if I 'm not mistaken that 's what we spent most of this morning discussing under policy H one , and I do n't erm I do n't wish , and I do n't suppose that I 'd be invited to repeat the comments made by Mr Grigson this morning , I do n't think there 's any need for that , but that establishes in our mind very clearly there is a need for a new settlement in the range of two thousand to two thousand five hundred dwellings , erm in the period up to two thousand and six , and I wo n't say anything more on that . |
| 13 | I could not find a reason for leaving him , so I accompanied him in silence . |
| 14 | ‘ I could not get a pardon for Simon , you know that , Brother , but I showed him one last mercy . ’ |
| 15 | The fact that the authority disregarded certain factors ( for example , the limited availability of welfare benefits or the poor prospects for employment ) in that country could not ground an application for judicial review as they were not factors which the authority was obliged to take into account . |
| 16 | Of course , it is not necessary to press the actual flowers from the birthday celebration itself , as one could just make a picture for the eighteen-year old as a present . |
| 17 | ‘ If I wanted , I could easily provide a sibling for Emily without all the bother of getting married . ’ |
| 18 | Could always take a dog for walk . |
| 19 | It could also set a precedent for other governments — like Thailand and Malaysia — which have both pushed boat people back out to sea . |
| 20 | Highly-rated midfielder Gary Owers could also start a game for the first time in over three months , depending on Bracewell 's condition . |
| 21 | The Lookalike competition could also provide a chance for using your imagination . |
| 22 | Piper was yelling , ‘ I could n't give a toss for the time-lag on the frequency search-and-lock processor , just re-establish the bloody link ! |
| 23 | I ca n't for the love of me understand the leadership of all the unions that allowed , we do n't even get enough holidays of what they get on the continent , we should be asking for more , not taking them off us or putting it in October to celebrate Nelson and Trafalgar because I could n't give a monkey for 'em . |
| 24 | But when I was seeing him he offered to write me a check for five million pound , I said , I could n't take a check for five million pound because I was a to me . |
| 25 | Michael had tried to book Guildford , but they would only offer us one week as they felt we could n't guarantee an audience for longer . |
| 26 | could n't sustain a role for two or three hours . |
| 27 | He made me a fair offer in the circumstances and I even picked up another two pounds from one of the street traders for Charlie 's huge barrow ; but hard though I tried I could n't find a buyer for Granpa Charlie 's dreadful old nineteenth-century relic . |
| 28 | In 1989 , at Glasgow University , the organisers of a symposium on Soviet Rock could n't find a venue for more than one concert . |
| 29 | And er then Mr said it was safe for his wife to return and children , that they , trouble was they could n't get a seat for me on the plane . |
| 30 | We could n't afford a dance for you — I 've Goldie 's to consider , in four years ’ time , not so far off . |