Example sentences of "could [adv] [vb infin] the [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result of the decision , which was handed down by a judge in Newcastle , the holders of all Ministry Licences could successfully contest the termination date of existing agreements . |
| 2 | Prior to Batrec 's operations , Swiss batteries — even those collected separately by local authorities — were either sent abroad to dubious foreign dumps or were incinerated at home — a process which raised fears that residues could eventually enter the food chain . |
| 3 | I would say that erm We could perhaps describe the congress system as a partial success . |
| 4 | They could only blame the coalition system . |
| 5 | The lone , unarmed , constable on guard could only close the polling station . |
| 6 | He felt that if he could only solve the button problem something else would be explained . |
| 7 | But the ball could only find the side netting . |
| 8 | For instance , if a new service is building up a clientele base then one could naturally expect the efficiency ratio to improve over time . |
| 9 | Children with Cerebral Palsy could soon lose the training centre that helps them to overcome their handicap . |
| 10 | so , sh oh she said you , oh first of all she said you can go and get the key , so I said oh no I 'm not bothered about the key I said if you could just leave the side gate open , so erm |
| 11 | The tide was already on the turn , you could just see the stone margin of the path they had walked . |
| 12 | Joyce Barker has had a long association with Trinity Mill and recalls that the gearing was so light and precise that , even as a child of five , she could easily control the milling process and the sack hoist ! |
| 13 | A study of the distribution of power in society as a whole could hardly use the survey method , for who would be questioned and what questions could be asked ? |
| 14 | And the ordeal of putting up the lists — he could still feel the brute weight of Allan Stewart 's shoulder jolting him aside , the smell of whisky on his breath , and then the twilit hours lying low beside the minister in the church , waiting for the hubbub outside to die away . |
| 15 | Charges of high treason against the 13 defendants , who included the former Soviet Prime Minister , Defence Minister , Vice-President and Chairman of the KGB , were dropped , but they could still face the death penalty for " conspiring to seize power " . |
| 16 | Although it was dark , I could still see the stone wall at the edge of the road . |
| 17 | Nathan could still see the preacher standing , shocked and speechless , on his box . |
| 18 | Yeremi could still see the tube wall quite clearly with his enhanced vision . |
| 19 | Most important , however , is the impact of the fighting on South Africa , which could still scrap the independence deal . |
| 20 | The City 's once colourful financiers could still prove the theory wrong . |
| 21 | On that basis , we could still win the World Cup by giving 11 newcomers their first England caps . |
| 22 | Or we could always do the Aqua Suite . |
| 23 | you get the tuner , you get the equaliser and you get the , okay you do n't want the record deck , but you could always sell the record deck to buy new speakers |
| 24 | She did not bother to reply , her gaze withering him , and he went on thoughtfully , ‘ We could always get the Scrabble board out , I suppose . |
| 25 | One could also mention the printing industry machines which we export to the West . |
| 26 | You could also use the medicine ball in a one-armed shot put action , using first one side and then the other . |
| 27 | Gail Vines and Michael Barnes refer in their article ‘ Hypnosis on trial ’ ( 6 January , p 12 ) to an experiment by J. Stalnaker and E. Riddle in the 1930s in which hypnotised subjects could blithely recite the Longfellow poem The Village Smith , confidently inserting their own words for forgotten lines or verses . |
| 28 | FTC could probably make the idea work without coverage of the 22 Premier League clubs or the European Cup mini-leagues , but it would be impossible to do so without the co-operation of the Football League clubs unloaded by the Premier League as , ironically , an impediment to their progress . |
| 29 | Ministers could probably make the privatisation scheme work , if necessary , by pumping in higher subsidies than they are prepared to give BR , but that would be politically embarrassing . |
| 30 | Behind the gun barrel , we could now see the tank crew sitting on the turret of the T-62 , one of them with a cloth tied round his forehead . |