Example sentences of "[noun] could [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The paper said that a close contest could push the price up to over $1bn ( £610m ) . |
| 2 | She dragged on a cigarette and wrote , as if words could change a thing . |
| 3 | Describing Mr Edwards as ‘ a good man , a devoted husband , a caring father and a considerate neighbour ’ Mgr Bartley said that no words could decry the depths to which his killers descended . |
| 4 | Within limits , the family of the dead soldier could form the wording of the announcement without censorship , making the death-columns ( alongside advertisements ) the only non- ‘ co-ordinated ’ parts of German newspapers ( though the SD kept an eye on them , apparently aware of their potential as an index of opinion ) . |
| 5 | Rosenberg could sense the counter-accusations ringing across the Atlantic , the worst of them perhaps unspoken : Americans had idealist and somewhat puritan expectations of how Dr Aveling should have behaved , Americans are a simple people , literal-minded and dependent on secondary sources of information . |
| 6 | For Spengler , this historical progression was a deterministic feature of all cultures , although heroic actions of individuals and peoples could delay the inevitable sequence of the next phase of development . |
| 7 | Julian Lakin , Smith New Court , suggested the offering could value the restaurants at more than £150 million . |
| 8 | Again , in the use of spears , the Christian knight , crouched behind his kite-shaped shield , atop his massive war horse could topple a lightly armed man completely out of the saddle — and probably spear him through in the process . |
| 9 | But the sensational pile-up re-emphasised that any horse could win the National and revitalised public interest . |
| 10 | This , of course , demonstrated to tribespeople that the Russians understood their ways , and that either side could break the agreement if it were expedient to do so . |
| 11 | Without it , continued recession and job losses could threaten the whole of Europe , Mr Major said . |
| 12 | ‘ Be assured , sirrah , that the constable was never guilty of that mistake in my hearing , ’ Edward said quietly — before Richard could muster a retort . |
| 13 | Ritually and administratively , then , Richard could see the value of churchmen . |
| 14 | If the Opposition could facilitate a change in the law — it would be widely welcomed , as is clear from what has been said in the debate tonight — I am sure that my right hon. and hon. Friends would be willing to do what they could to assist . |
| 15 | Haydon should take comfort , said the novelist , from knowing that no species of legal distress could attack the internal resources of genius , though it might for a time palsy its hand . |
| 16 | Albion fresh from promotion are always good at home with a big crowd cheering them on and their fans could have a lot to shout about … |
| 17 | ANGRY cricket fans could win a £350,000 pay-out after last summer 's rain fiasco in the Edgbaston Test against Pakistan … if they act quickly . |
| 18 | The young man 's brother wrote to Lord Panmure to see if David could make the best of the situation in which he found himself by obtaining a midshipman 's place . |
| 19 | Last year , a Corrective Action Team was set up in Chlor-Chemicals to find ways in which the existing stock of drums and cylinders could support a required 25% increase in chlorine business while avoiding major capital expenditure on new packaging . |
| 20 | Corbett could smell the heavy , thick fragrance of those mouth-watering dishes he had seen being prepared in the kitchen . |
| 21 | The Prior welcomed him sardonically but Corbett could see the monks were genuinely pleased to see him back . |
| 22 | At the far end , on a dais , was a long table crowded with fierce-looking men dressed in costly ermine and sable-edged cloaks , though , from where he stood , Corbett could see the glint of armour many of them wore beneath their robes . |
| 23 | Corbett could imagine the scene . |
| 24 | Furthermore , intelligent sensors could provide the means to move from passive CM to active intelligent process control whereby some actions could be initiated automatically by the export system ie re-configurable avionic systems and automated adjustments . |
| 25 | It seemed all over in the 63rd minute when Clough , a few yards outside the penalty area , volleyed a headed clearance instantly into the roof of the net before Hardwick could move a muscle . |
| 26 | Promises to establish Muslim schools could land a future Labour government with a problem as potentially explosive and insoluble as the Irish question , Neil Fletcher , Labour leader of the Inner London Education Authority , said yesterday at a conference fringe meeting . |
| 27 | ( First Edition ) PROMISES to establish Muslim schools could land a future Labour government with a problem as potentially explosive and insoluble as the Irish question , Neil Fletcher , Labour leader of the Inner London Education Authority , said yesterday . |
| 28 | Despite reservations held in many quarters about the GMS policy , an increase in the number of grant maintained schools could benefit the book trade . |
| 29 | Cluster groups of schools could conduct a joint review , sharing their experiences . |
| 30 | The development into ‘ girl-friendly science ’ or indeed ‘ girl-friendly schooling ’ in general , has engendered wide-ranging analyses of the way curricula are constructed , and of how schools could play a transformative rather than a reproductive role in gender identities for both sexes ( see for instance Kelly 1985 ) . |