Example sentences of "[noun pl] could [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her heart sank ; she had been so intent on trying to score off him that she had n't given a thought to what her careless words could do to the understanding that had seemed to be developing between them . |
| 2 | Sense-based definitions of words could contribute to the subsequent overlap process by providing more concise , pertinent definitions and reducing the chances of spurious overlaps due to inappropriate but co-incident word senses . |
| 3 | Merritt finished the MCC second innings off with figures of 7 for 28 off nine overs and gave his side a win by an innings and 122 runs , which showed the Kiwis could compete with the best in the land , and were hungry for greater success . |
| 4 | Concern was also expressed for the future of the British components industry if Ford showed less willingness to purchase British components than Austin Rover traditionally had done — thus any job losses could extend beyond the two firms engaged in the merger . |
| 5 | Open race fans could kick off the week with a Crayford treble in tonight 's heats of the Carlsberg Vase . |
| 6 | There was an awareness among people outside schools that schools could choose between a range of approaches to the curriculum ( Lawton 1986 ) and there was an expectation that the chosen curriculum in , for instance , each primary school was one which would create the basis of a rational , moral and enquiring attitude to learning and to future experience . |
| 7 | This would be aimed mainly at the 12-14 age group although the middle and upper schools could participate to a lesser extent . |
| 8 | The number of grant-maintained schools could rise to up to 10 times the current 226 . |
| 9 | In successive years further secondments though reduced in number , were available , and these provided a pool of resource which schools could direct towards the review , development , implementation and evaluation of curriculum change . |
| 10 | In his evidence to the Select Committee on Under-Fives , the Secretary of State for Education , Kenneth Baker , said he appreciated the different starting points ( into education ) and said that schools could publish in their results a clear indication of the starting age of children in order to indicate those who are disadvantaged ( unpublished evidence ) . |
| 11 | The hero-god accepted the challenge on condition that he could have the girl if he rescued her , and ordered the couple to build eight large vats and fill them with rice-beer , so that when the monster arrived all eight heads could drink at once . |
| 12 | FEBRUARY , May and August could be seen as rehearsals for November 's main event so that what may have been a series of happenings in these months could lead to November 's denouement . |
| 13 | Initially only pension funds could invest in them , because pension funds had index-linked pensions to deliver to their pensioners . |
| 14 | No large sea-going vessels could navigate above Rochester Bridge and consequently most cargoes had to be double handled . |
| 15 | The memory of Alexander remained one of those pieces of folklore the Jews could share with their neighbours . |
| 16 | What possible reason could he have for trying to convince her that her designs could help save Chester 's ? |
| 17 | Previously the government had argued that the slave trade was so profitable that the traders could pay for their own forts , but by the mid-eighteenth century this attitude had changed to an acceptance of the fact that the trade was so necessary for the sugar islands ( and the sugar islands so necessary for the British economy ) that the trade would have to be supported if it could not afford to meet these overhead costs . |
| 18 | Many employees and organizations could benefit from a structure that acts as a conduit to help ideas flow more readily through an organization . |
| 19 | It suggests that electric cars could account for 7 per cent by volume of total urban vehicle traffic by the year 2002 . |
| 20 | But in the twelfth century , by and large , whoever could enter the ranks of the privileged clergy could hope for a bishopric ; and the ranks of the privileged clergy were open to all who could find patronage , whether because of birth or talent or good luck . |
| 21 | IBM Corp will be split into independent companies , Bill Gates , chairman of Microsoft Corp , told La Tribune in an interview : he said workstations and large systems would need to keep the IBM name , but consulting , disks and personal computers could go by other names . |
| 22 | Timothy Renton , Minister of State at the Home Office , told the conference the Government would not push to legislate while neither shops nor shoppers could agree on a solution , pressure groups could not agree , and Parliament could find no consensus . |
| 23 | Or he could sell most of his land to Mr Big and his house and a few acres could fall into the hands of a merchant banker who wants somewhere quiet with a paddock for the daughter 's ponies . |
| 24 | The guidance , while encouraging social workers to share information with clients about their needs , warns them against recording this on the assessment form because clients could go to court over any assessed needs which are not being met with services . |
| 25 | When they walked along the streets wearing these , they left a trail of ‘ come-ons ’ that would-be clients could follow to their rooms . |
| 26 | Soviet scholars and journalists could hint in their writings at problems in specific factories or could criticize particular managers or officials , but the censorship prevented them from generalising their observations into a critique of the system . |
| 27 | He would not see his bride before the wedding night so all sorts of pictures could float in the mind . |
| 28 | Working-class girls were probably less socially protected than they had been in pre-industrial communities , and a variety of influences could come into play , including the temptation of the streets . |
| 29 | In 1975 , for instance , journalists arriving in Beirut would invariably be told by the Lebanese of the halcyon days which had just ended , of the peaceful Phoenician land in which Christians and Muslims had shown the world that historically religious antagonists could live in peace . |
| 30 | A request by opposition parties to allow a transitional period during which the newly formed parties could prepare for elections was refused on the grounds that the election dates were specified in the Constitution . |