Example sentences of "[adj] it could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But , for someone who does n't know , in an old house like this it could take us months to find it . ’ |
| 2 | I mean it could have been different it could have got out of control and then everybody would have turned and pointed a finger and that would have been awful . |
| 3 | It also became clear it could take two or three days of fierce ministerial talks to sort out the division of the £244.5 billion public spending cake . |
| 4 | Thousands of people will be on the water this bank holiday weekend — but for some it could end in tragedy . |
| 5 | But it 's important not to sweat if the clothes get wet it could cause problems . ’ |
| 6 | The imagination was a powerful beast ; left unchecked it could overwhelm every other good sense a person possessed … which was exactly what had happened to her mother , she reminded herself forcibly . |
| 7 | He had forgotten how humid it could get in Beirut at that time of year . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , I 'm sorry too , we could have made a good team , in business at least , though I realize we could never be friends or anything of that sort , but I 'm convinced it could have worked . |
| 9 | Unauthorised disclosure to the media is no longer described as a ‘ potentially serious breach of contract ’ ( see Lancet Oct 24 , 1992 , p 1031 , and Nov 21 , p 1277 for draft guidance ) , but the new advice says that if such disclosure is judged to be unjustified it could result in disciplinary action . |
| 10 | If you are very lucky it could perform all these functions at once . |
| 11 | At worst it could conclude that the Home Office pianist was doing his best and need not be shot . |
| 12 | At best , it could kill interest in learning : at worst it could foster the alienation of the young . |
| 13 | At worst it could mean many months in hospital . |
| 14 | John Seer , who 's Fire Protection Officer at Oxfordshire 's Fire Brigade , says had the dump been set alight it could have endangered life . |
| 15 | It 's analysis of the egos as , as we 've been seeing , in analysis was really all , all it could do at the beginning , after the First World War , shall we say . |
| 16 | Erm and so the army was left in a position where all it could do really was rely on its own history . |
| 17 | And so therefore all it could do was look at Aden and Palestine and Cyprus , in terms of actually , I 'm talking about the practicalities of |
| 18 | but er it was all it could do to do sixty . |
| 19 | On the other hand ( there is always another hand in these matters ) I would not claim that , because I could explicate my own novel line by line , that is all it could mean , and I am well aware of the danger of inhibiting the interpretive freedom of the reader by a premature display of my own , as it were , ‘ authorised ’ interpretation . |
| 20 | If Division B could not sell all it could make at £120 , it would reject other sales once the price had dropped to just less than £90 . |
| 21 | You 'll never keep it up ! the voice was back with all it could muster as vengeance . |
| 22 | But if it 's complex it could take much longer . |
| 23 | If it is too long it could lead to an explosion of potential interpretations . |
| 24 | But the Consumers Association and banks are concerned it could lead to excessive surcharging . |
| 25 | Mr Peter Hamlyn , consultant neurosurgeon , at St Bartholomew 's Hospital , which treated 47 casualties , said : ‘ It 's difficult to think how much worse it could have been . |
| 26 | ‘ If this work is successful it could mean an end to places like Whitely . |
| 27 | Francis initially wants Wegerle on a month 's loan but if he is successful it could lead to his third £1million move . |
| 28 | Protectionism is not a serious counter movement to global capitalism because if it was successful it could do great damage to the system and , ultimately , destroy it . |
| 29 | Some analysts in the Philippines reckon that if the project is successful it could account within five years for at least 10% of GNP . |
| 30 | It is so aerodynamically perfect and the down forces are so strong it could travel upside down across your ceiling at 150mph without falling off . |