Example sentences of "[n mass] who could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is clear that among the more prosperous merchants in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries there was the first beginning of a tendency towards specialization , in types of goods carried and markets exploited ; but growing trade , freer movements of peoples , no doubt enhanced the number of folk who could earn a few pennies peddling or carting . |
| 2 | These were people of means who could afford to foot the bill : no appeal to the fear of physical pain was needed here . |
| 3 | She might wander round looking like a ragbag herself , but the look suited her , and anyway she was one of those fortunate people who could wear anything , even an old sack , and look beautiful . |
| 4 | It required fewer people who could pass the port in the right way , and more people who would have the drive , energy , initiative and sheer guts actually to make money for the shareholders and themselves in a recessionary environment . |
| 5 | Only people who could rely on an extended family network could hope to have the friends and connections necessary to protect themselves from the avarice of the sultan 's lesser officials . |
| 6 | For these deaths we tried to identify and then interview the people who could tell us most about the last twelve months of the lives of the people who died . |
| 7 | They are certain there must be a number of people who could benefit . |
| 8 | Unfortunately people who could benefit from some counselling are often prevented from doing so by their own injunctions . |
| 9 | Through their objectivity , he argued , search consultants were able to provide what he saw as conceptual help in defining a business need and translating it into the sort of people who could fulfil it ; actually searching for people was perhaps less important . |
| 10 | Somewhere in this community today there is a person or people who could shed light on this atrocity . |
| 11 | The Secretary of the Fund , ( Christina Roaf ) also needs your help in letting her know about people who could do with a spot of temporary help . |
| 12 | Erm , and the reports that I 've had back from the governors was that Concept Catering was so , so absolutely certain that they were the only people who could do it , that when they were faced with competition , they had n't got the faintest idea how to respond to it . |
| 13 | He said that many people who could do so would be more likely to shop on the continent . |
| 14 | He said that many people who could do so would be more likely to shop on the continent . |
| 15 | ‘ There are undoubtedly people who could go through self-help programmes and become economically active . ’ |
| 16 | A month later you refined this argument by identifying ‘ 40 people who could change the face of Britain ’ . |
| 17 | As an amateur ornithologist he knew himself to be far behind those people who could identify from a snatch of song or flicker of a wing . |
| 18 | Likewise , Mr Clark has had to explain that his remark to Mr Lamont ( ‘ I can see you were n't at Eton ’ ) is derogatory not of the chancellor but of Mr Clark 's alma mater , where ‘ you were surrounded by shits and knew what shits were , the sort of people who could vote against Her in the first round . |
| 19 | But there were very few people who could sympathise with her — the presumption was that she was fiercely cold-hearted , driven by greed and shallowness , a woman who had convinced herself that she was above the law . |
| 20 | One of these groups consisted of people who could feel the peak experience , and the members of the other group could not . |
| 21 | Most shrines were the property of people who could visit them easily , and who might find it expedient to assemble there to show their strength if they had land disputes with their neighbours . |
| 22 | People who could open my door were managers , agents , engineers and producers . |
| 23 | What Alice could not forgive herself was that she had been taken in by it all well , she had had the sense to get out in time , and meet people who could lead her on the right path … |
| 24 | In my application I had to give the names of two people who could give references about my work . |
| 25 | This group was set up to bring together young Asian people who could organize around issues affecting them — not least the worrying trend of the National Front gaining increasing numbers of votes , and in some cases Asian votes . |
| 26 | Keeping on the go can become a habit and there are very many people who could manage to let up for ten minutes or more in the course of most days , with a bit of careful planning . |
| 27 | Where did the people who could pay such prices come from ? |
| 28 | Zaria was one of the few people who could control her when she had the moods . ’ |
| 29 | A pool of people who could read and keep ledgers was essential if the world of commerce were to expand . |
| 30 | Even the more sophisticated tracts , which would have been beyond the comprehension of those on the margins of literacy and were unsuitable for reading aloud , could have had a wider impact than their style might suggest , since their purpose was to furnish people who could read them with arguments which would enable them to go away and convince others of the merits of their party 's cause . |