Example sentences of "[verb] it could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , the body contains more collagen than any other protein : it should be no surprise that protecting it could do a lot of good . |
| 2 | The business class as a whole does not make up more than 0.2% of the population , although if its outer fringes are included it could approach 1% . |
| 3 | Advocates of option one say it could achieve this . |
| 4 | They say it could lead to a melt-down more serious than that at Three Mile Island in 1979 . |
| 5 | There 's a move to slow them down , but the hauliers say it could lead to a very dangerous situation . |
| 6 | Nationalist sympathisers such as Robin Angus of stockbroker County NatWest WoodMac , say it could bring new opportunities through the creation of a more flexible tax structure . |
| 7 | ‘ They say it could come any time — calling up . ’ |
| 8 | Officials say it could have been worse , the maximum fine is now five thousand pounds . |
| 9 | The prosecution says it belonged to Westmore James , the defence say it could have been owned by Ian Barnes and Westmore James had been acting inself defence . |
| 10 | The damage will run into thousands of pounds but the couple who live here say it could have been a lot worse . |
| 11 | If the Scud attacks had provoked Israel into entering the war , experts say it could have developed into a global conflict . |
| 12 | Labour supports the ban but Conservatives and the Tobacco Advisory Council say it could have a knock-on effect on sports like motor racing and snooker , which are sponsored by tobacco companies . |
| 13 | The Labour Pary supports the ban but Conservatives and the Tobacco Advisory Council say it could have a knock-on effect on sports like motor-racing and snooker , which are sponsored by tobacco companies . |
| 14 | They say it could cause difficulties , but are waiting to see whether the idea will come to fruition . |
| 15 | However , the video has received complaints from bird lovers , who say it could encourage cats to harm birds . |
| 16 | More than fifteen times the normal amount of ammonia was detected in parts of the river — conserationists say it could harm fish and other wildlife if it is n't tackled . |
| 17 | More than fifteen times the normal amount of ammonia was detected in parts of the river — conserationists say it could harm fish and other wildlife if it is n't tackled . |
| 18 | General Motors Corp may need to sell a stake in Electronic Data Systems Corp in order to overcome a $14,000m worldwide pension obligation , industry analysts told Reuter : chief financial officer Richard Wagoner said the automaker plans to make a ‘ significant contribution ’ into its pension fund this year and next year , and over the next six or seven years , hopes to eliminate its pension fund liability completely ; analysts say it could raise almost $5,000m by selling a 25% stake in the computer services giant , and Lehman Brothers automotive analyst Joseph Phillippi said he expects it either to sell a stake or return to the equity markets ; officials from both the General and British Telecommunications Plc say that any deal for the UK phone giant to buy a stake in EDS is far from certain . |
| 19 | The emergency services say it could cut vital minutes from the time it takes to respond to a call . |
| 20 | The BMA was last night examining this provision to see what , if any , effect it could have on GPs ' prescribing . |
| 21 | If properly used it could improve the quality of life by a considerable degree . |
| 22 | He knew that whoever found it could rule the new world . |
| 23 | Well the first time when he found it could comb is hair straight back with his right hand ; he could dry himself under his arms properly instead of just sort of wiping at it with a towel ; wash his teeth better , instead of using his left hand with difficulty because he 's never been really left handed . |
| 24 | The one I selected guaranteed 10 minutes of power backup , but I found it could run for over 20 minutes before it signalled that it was out of storage capacity . |
| 25 | For example , in the 1980s the UK appears to have hosted parts of an international car industry because it could provide a relatively cheap , disciplined and flexible labour force and , as a resuIt , the parts of the production process it could host were similar to those found in some Third World countries . |
| 26 | Asked about possible acquisitions , Lord Blakenham singled out educational , medical , professional and children 's book publishing as areas in which Pearson was strong , and where the group believed it could achieve expansion through both organic growth and acquisitions . |
| 27 | Keir Hardie favoured the general strike , not as an instrument of class struggle and revolution , but because he believed it could make a valuable contribution to maintaining the peace of bourgeois Europe . |
| 28 | If the Soviet Union believed it could exploit possible NATO weakness at the intermediate nuclear level , the risks for it from aggression would be less . |
| 29 | First , an increasing gap opened up between the new scientific understanding of the universe as developed by men like Copernicus , Galileo and Newton , and the picture which orthodoxy generally believed it could find in the Bible , especially in the accounts of creation in the first two chapters of Genesis . |
| 30 | Neither believed it could obtain its minimal requirements by negotiation . |