Example sentences of "[noun] could [verb] [prep] the " 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 | The sorceress could see into the future , and she could see how her curse might again fall on us . ’ |
| 5 | While the difference appeared small , the gap represented an assessment of the support each side could command in the transitional body . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Melton Park would have a very easy passage in the Members ' , but may instead go for the Restricted , where his main opposition could come from The Grey Boreen . |
| 8 | Open race fans could kick off the week with a Crayford treble in tonight 's heats of the Carlsberg Vase . |
| 9 | The THES added in an editorial that the withdrawal of CNAA recognition could result in the grave consequence of the closure of an institution in the largest conurbation in Europe without a university : |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The department could look at the value of making use of the local environment as a resource for its teaching . |
| 12 | The commercial use of our facilities for filming/photography etc. in future could come under the remit of the Business Development Director , in liaison with Public Services . |
| 13 | Axelrod and Hamilton point out that reciprocal altruism could evolve without the need for individual recognition in a sessile organism ; in principle , it could evolve in a plant . |
| 14 | However , detinue was open to the very serious objection from the plaintiff 's point of view that the defendant could insist on the method of trial known as wager of law , i.e . |
| 15 | It amounts to the ‘ best ’ statistical description of the process determining which Barro could find for the period covered by his data . |
| 16 | Some of the reported difference in rates of metabolism could relate to the severity of the underlying colitis . |
| 17 | Marie could look after the baby and I could help out by going to the shops for fags and milk and stuff like that . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | They argued that existing maps and digitized files from them are unable to meet these needs at global or regional scale and only remote sensing could help in the short term : the availability of stereometric data from the French SPOT satellite has already led to proposals for automated creation of global digital elevation models with a spatial ( XY ) resolution of about 30 m ( Muller 1989 ) . |
| 20 | He would not see his bride before the wedding night so all sorts of pictures could float in the mind . |
| 21 | In theory , the Tory constituency parties could come to the rescue . |
| 22 | And science itself might be seen as an instrument of religious union in that all parties could agree on the existence of a Creator whose power was visible in nature . |
| 23 | Individual authors could write on the decline of national intelligence but public debate did not necessarily lead to action . |
| 24 | In the meantime , of course , the Administration could dispose of the general inspector 's office to another party while being sure of the political interest of Deacon Murray , a result which in all probability was anticipated by the astute Milton . |
| 25 | To calculate unc Feynman tells us that we should think of all the different ways in which an old-fashioned electron with classically picturable simultaneous position and momentum could travel from the source through slit 1 and onto the specified point on the second screen . |
| 26 | This could only be achieved if foreigners could rely upon the stability of the rouble , which made it essential to maintain a favourable balance of payments and avoid a budget deficit . |
| 27 | Manufacturers could play on the excitement of a commentary to sell their sets . |
| 28 | There is still a possibility the club could resign from the Northern League before Tuesday 's deadline . |
| 29 | He devised an experiment to ascertain whether salivation could occur in the absence of any obvious physical cause . |
| 30 | And if it is the intention of regions to put speakers on , especially those regions that are situated at back of Congress , if the speakers could come to the front it would save a great deal of time . |