Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adv] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 As a family , therefore , we have perfectly happily left what little savings we could scrape together over the last 20 years or so with the Woolwich Building Society , whose efficiency and ethics we have never had any reason to doubt .
2 But towards the end of the second or fourth repeat he made some small alteration in the ports de bras so that the dancer could move easily into the next sentence .
3 It is amazing that , although agriculture in general faces cuts , if the proposals were adopted the CAP could cost more over the next seven years than it does now .
4 The outcome could swing dramatically at the last stage .
5 This provides a dress rehearsal for what could happen nationally after the next general election : a hung parliament in which Labour needs the support of the Liberal Democrats in order to form a government .
6 The Earth 's climate could change significantly in the next century
7 A differentiation was drawn between ‘ factual ’ agency for which express authority given by the members to the Council would have to be established , and ‘ constitutional ’ agency which could derive directly from the 6th International Tin Agreement .
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