Example sentences of "could [vb infin] from the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Contrasted in this way it seems improbable that madness and creativity could spring from the same source . |
| 2 | A second difficulty could arise from the Labour Party rule ( again dating from 1981 ) that a Leader in office as Prime Minister can be challenged for the Leadership at a Party conference if an election is requested by a majority of the conference on a card vote . |
| 3 | The league programme had not been free from the upsets that could arise from the organizational confusion of most Edwardian football clubs . |
| 4 | There is still a possibility the club could resign from the Northern League before Tuesday 's deadline . |
| 5 | Ledeen always thought it self-evident that America should re-open contacts with Iran ; it could profit from the political fissures there , and could perhaps exploit the chaos that would undoubtedly follow the end of the Ayatollah 's rule . |
| 6 | Schönhuber manoeuvred around the ‘ old Nazi ’ tag , while making plain that not only was he proud to have been in the Waffen SS , but that there was indeed something worthwhile that Germans could salvage from the Nazi era . |
| 7 | The Commission , however , raised the possibility that importers ( e.g. an auctioneer ) could benefit from the temporary importation arrangements : VAT would be payable only if the item were sold , and it would be deductible . |
| 8 | Darlington College of Technology could benefit from the extra investment . |
| 9 | ‘ It had become necessary to dispel these doubts so that , with full trust restored , South Africa 's people could benefit from the technological development that has taken place as a result of this process . ’ |
| 10 | The British acceptance of the US position in most respects at Bermuda reflected both its final abandonment of internationalization , and the realization that Britain , too , could benefit from the fifth freedom . |
| 11 | Voluntary tagging may also be adopted for sheep which could benefit from the positive identification of their flock of origin , such as pedigree animals or breeding females from farms operating under specific health schemes . |
| 12 | People could borrow from the social fund , he said , and get money that was interest-free , but money was taken from their income support immediately , even though that support was meant to be the lowest level of income on which one could cope . |
| 13 | Delegates could choose from the whole range of subjects throughout but the Dance Section had such a wide variety of topics and practical workshops that it hard to find time to fit everything in . |
| 14 | A series of appalling disasters in the public services , notably the Kings Cross underground fire and the rail crashes at Clapham and elsewhere underlined the damage that could result from the public sector being run down . |
| 15 | Most impressive of all to us children was the fact that the house had two staircases , the staircase we could see from the front door , and the back stairs , used by the servants . |
| 16 | Behind the house fields and woodland dropped gently away towards the sea coast at Lilstock , Kilve and East Quantoxhead , and it was this view which Dorothy and her brother could see from the tall sash-windows of their favourite parlour . |
| 17 | He could see from the changing mottle of the secretary 's complexion that Garvey had made up his mind for him . |
| 18 | Martha could see from the humourless stretch of her grandmother 's mouth that she judged Mrs Joyce and her offspring an unwelcome addition to the neighbourhood . |
| 19 | I had to admit my first impression was not quite what I had expected : instead of bold cliffs and mountain peaks , all we could see from the heaving deck of the boat was a seemingly endless beach of black shingle fringed by white breakers . |
| 20 | I had to see Helen , After all , she was just over that hill which I could see from the top windows of the Grand . |
| 21 | The issue in Gallagher was not whether an appellant could raise a non-certified point but whether the House itself could depart from the certified question and address what it took to be the true question arising . |
| 22 | In fact , as far as I could judge from the old hearing system , the effect on Quigley was fairly stupendous . |
| 23 | Corresponding in their insignificance to the islets of the sea , two small clumps of trees , one on each side of the only fault in the impeccable joint , marked the mouth of the river Meinam we had just left on the first preparatory stage of our homeward journey ; and , far back on the inland level , a larger and loftier mass , the grove surrounding the great Paknam pagoda , was the only thing on which the eye could rest from the vain task of exploring the monotonous sweep of the horizon ( 4 ) . |
| 24 | She could tell from the small lumps of matter floating on its vermilion surface . |
| 25 | It was still early , as she could tell from the light filtering through her curtains , and she narrowed her eyes at the sight of a cross Dana , who was obviously prepared to shake her again . |
| 26 | I could tell from the blank embarrassment in Tom 's expression that she had not acknowledged him . |
| 27 | Instead , they could escape from the black hole and continue their histories outside . |
| 28 | Worse still , she had married into a life so public that at times she felt there was no place on earth where she could escape from the prying eyes . |
| 29 | The only way he could escape from the harsh realities of life was to lose himself in books , allowing his imagination to take over , seeing himself as the characters he read about . |
| 30 | The State tried to expropriate the produce even of peasants , gardens , but native cunning — bargaining with , and even bribing , officials of dubious enthusiasm for the Party line — often meant that rural households could escape from the worst deprivations of the towns . |