Example sentences of "could [vb infin] on [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A radical pluralism could build on the common ground emerging between these two traditions . |
| 2 | However , subject to the normal exemptions and depending upon the individual employee 's particular circumstances , a liability to capital gains tax could arise on a subsequent disposal of the shares . |
| 3 | One of the potentially most significant developments in the period of glasnost and perestroika was the setting up of a constitutional review committee which could comment on the constitutional legality of legislation passed by the Congress of People 's Deputies or the Supreme Soviet and decrees issued by the President . |
| 4 | IF YOU were down on your luck in Devon in the early 18th Century , you could count on a hot meal at Bowden House , near Totnes . |
| 5 | Thus the military conspirators could count on a growing area of civilian support . |
| 6 | Gandhi indeed could count on the British conscience for his personal safety , but he could never count on it for political concessions — and it is clear that at some level he understood this . |
| 7 | The cultural budget , which stood at FFr3 billion in 1981 , is now FFr13 billion ( £1.3 billion ; $2.3 billion ) thirteen years later , precisely because he could count on the unconditional support of President Mitterrand , who is not only an acknowledged lover of both the arts and literature , but also requires an element of grandeur to be orchestrated and injected into large-scale projects ( see p.12 ) . |
| 8 | This , however , is quite distinct from a counselling service , which would seek to offer protected time in which the counsellor and client could focus on a psycho-social problem . |
| 9 | However , an ex gratia payment to an older man who has no full-time employment in prospect could fall on the other side of the line . |
| 10 | He could win on a wide variety of venues on a broad spectrum of methods . |
| 11 | In the same hour , you could gaze on the incredible beauty of Da Vinci 's The Last Supper and stroll the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele , Europe 's oldest , most elegant shopping mall . |
| 12 | Furthermore , a settlement arrangement was made whereby the creditor countries could exchange on a monthly basis their accumulations of the weaker currencies ( which they had been buying in the EC exchange markets ) for some other form of reserve asset . |
| 13 | We could improve on a little bit was er , the time spent on incoming calls and queries which is hard to get away from . |
| 14 | The ships they could see on the right side of the aircraft were returning from a rehearsal for the service of remembrance that was held on the ocean every year . |
| 15 | However , most of the cases which arose for decision were concerned with payments extracted ultra vires by persons who in virtue of their position could insist on the wrongful payment as a precondition to affording the payer his legal rights i.e. they were payments colore officii . |
| 16 | The debate over the inequality in the divorce laws ( men could divorce on a simple charge of adultery but women could not ) also began during the late nineteenth century , and revision of the laws was recommended by the Royal Commission on Divorce in 1912 . |
| 17 | The West Green House and garden were closed to the public in April so that work could begin on a two-year restoration programme of the garden . |
| 18 | Most importantly , they wanted to prove that a cooperative venture could compete on the open market with conventional firms — while turning down work that did not fit its principles . |
| 19 | How well she knew — and who better ? — the devastating effect that this man 's presence could have on the female population . |
| 20 | D' ya know this could happen on a nice night like instead of freezing like this ! |
| 21 | Anything could happen on the last hole at Royal St. George 's , with its six bunkers , the out-of-bounds line twelve yards beyond the green and the ever-present Duncan 's Hollow . |
| 22 | It is clear that neither of them could call on the personal loyalty of the royal servants in the duchy . |
| 23 | It is clear that neither of them could call on the personal loyalty of the royal servants in the duchy . |
| 24 | If those whom the church excommunicated by name were still unreconciled after forty days , the church in England , as in western Europe generally , could call on the secular arm to assist . |
| 25 | It would be helpful if you could indicate on the attached reply slip if your Association will be represented at the meeting . |
| 26 | I hope that your governing body will be represented at this Meeting and it would be helpful if you could indicate on the attached reply slip if your Association will be represented at the meeting . |
| 27 | Giles , who was working for British Midland Airways at Birmingham Airport had ingeniously calculated that he could hop on an early flight to Heathrow and meet up with us in London . |
| 28 | Just as we could , perhaps , calculate the weight of the largest insect which could walk on a given liquid , so we can use these concepts to calculate how strong we ought to expect materials to be . |
| 29 | This could go on a long while , Kate thought . |
| 30 | so it could go on a separate tape if you wanted that to happen , it 's on a Mazda tape |