Example sentences of "could [vb infin] a [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My guess is that the bozo could make a half-headed attempt to chase after the car , but more likely he will not . |
| 2 | She could make a small amount singing , or whatever . |
| 3 | The two maxi-sloops , Lawrie Smith 's Rothmans , of Britain , and Pierre Fehlmann 's Merit , of Switzerland , could make a last-day attempt to overtake the two New Zealand ketches , swinging up the West Australian coast to make full use of the sea breeze . |
| 4 | Or he could make a determined effort to solve the mystery , whatever the risk . |
| 5 | Yet he accepts that these countries need small , defensively equipped armies that could make a potential attacker think twice . |
| 6 | Eichelberger told Japanese representatives that he feared the outbreak of war with the Soviet Union and this could include a sudden attack based on southern Sakhalin and the Kuril islands after allied forces had left Japan with the conclusion of a peace treaty . |
| 7 | Perhaps we could instigate a national drive to recycle on a grand scale — from restaurants , BR etc — and sell them as a peat alternative ! |
| 8 | Many of the films were silent , but the people who went to the evening performances could enjoy a musical accompaniment played on the piano by the local music teacher , who was blind . |
| 9 | He found that he could direct a free horse to choose the correct feed bucket — the one containing oats whilst the others were empty — by visualising in his own mind the oats lying in the bottom of the bucket . |
| 10 | William III , helped by the ‘ Protestant wind ’ that kept the English navy pinned in harbour while William 's Dutch fleet could choose a convenient place to land , was able to carry out a successful invasion with quite a substantial military force , so the events of the 1680s underlined the possibility that James II might be able to make a successful return from exile . |
| 11 | It could present a legal problem resulting in the council spending more on those costs than it saved in the first place . |
| 12 | But it also had potential drawbacks , because the use of a church 's income , or part of it , to provide for members of a family could assume a disproportionate weight compared with religious observance . |
| 13 | Perhaps most importantly , a clear statement of the Government 's interest could do a great deal to improve industry 's poor image in the eyes of the media and of young people , a factor which has made a major contribution to our failure as a nation to make the best of our reserves of natural talent . |
| 14 | That type of change would enable one to say honestly that a redirection of the money already spent could do a great deal to improve the situation of farmers . |
| 15 | He could feel a slight erection coming on — the sort he had in bars when he met good-time girls . |
| 16 | In the distance I could see a habited Deaconess clearing away the vessels from the early Communion service . |
| 17 | From the darkness in front of them Blake could see a black shape bounding towards them . |
| 18 | I could see a white hound running through the trees . |
| 19 | Mr Parsons looked down at me at last , and I could see a different embarrassment replacing the first as he met my ironic eye . |
| 20 | Over a hedge I could see a large stone sitting in the middle of the field , basking in the sun like a great toad . |
| 21 | Through the window beside him Owen could see a large rat sunning itself on a mooring rope . |
| 22 | Now Owen looked , he could see a thin gallery running round it . |
| 23 | I will not insult you by asking you to be my servant , Burkett , but nevertheless I could use a good man to drive this coach down to Grasmere , get me some fishing over a few days , be prepared to go the odd errand — about a week in all I would guess . |
| 24 | Castle Drachenfels could provide a mind-numbing complication to add to the events of Empire in Flames . |
| 25 | You could provide a quick summary yourself , or , if you have time to do it , you could provide a written summary broken into sections corresponding to the points at which you have the breaks . |
| 26 | It is clear from equations ( 3.14 ) and ( 3.16 ) that we could employ a two-stage procedure to obtain estimators of α t , α t and the 's , which are ‘ consistent ’ in the formal statistical sense . |
| 27 | The decision is discussed more fully below , but it is of importance in the present context because the House of Lords explicitly disapproved of statements made in the Court of Appeal that a court could exercise a general power to consider whether the decision reached was fair and reasonable . |
| 28 | A movement caught her eye as she stepped back out onto the pavement but before she could react a black youth shot past her on rollerskates , snatching the bag out of her hand . |
| 29 | Perhaps I could induce a socialist government to take The priory off our hands . |
| 30 | The judge also ruled that medical staff could administer a painkilling sedative to assist him in the process . |