Example sentences of "[noun] could [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Re-definition on such lines could without a statute be effected by the House of Lords , which alone has sufficient authority to attempt the task , and would not involve much disturbance of decided cases ; there are certainly many obiter dicta at all levels to be sacrificed , but that would be a most desirable result . |
| 2 | Detectives think the haul could from a burglary which went wrong . |
| 3 | By running a £5 million overdraft , the court could in a way be construed as borrowing money to invest in works of art . |
| 4 | In addition , the organized networks could to a certain extent rely on intimidation and social pressure . |
| 5 | I piled everything i could on a sheet in the middle of the floor and tied up the corners … |
| 6 | This philosophy produced strong and excellent aeroplanes so long as one was quite sure which members were in tension and which in compression , for , though a strut could at a pinch take tension , a wire could not take compression . |
| 7 | Mr Li could with a little luck look forward to another 20 years of political life . |
| 8 | Contesting articulations of musical practices could as a rule now arise only at the level of consumption . |