Example sentences of "[noun] could [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Spengler , this historical progression was a deterministic feature of all cultures , although heroic actions of individuals and peoples could delay the inevitable sequence of the next phase of development . |
| 2 | But the sensational pile-up re-emphasised that any horse could win the National and revitalised public interest . |
| 3 | Haydon should take comfort , said the novelist , from knowing that no species of legal distress could attack the internal resources of genius , though it might for a time palsy its hand . |
| 4 | The young man 's brother wrote to Lord Panmure to see if David could make the best of the situation in which he found himself by obtaining a midshipman 's place . |
| 5 | Last year , a Corrective Action Team was set up in Chlor-Chemicals to find ways in which the existing stock of drums and cylinders could support a required 25% increase in chlorine business while avoiding major capital expenditure on new packaging . |
| 6 | Corbett could smell the heavy , thick fragrance of those mouth-watering dishes he had seen being prepared in the kitchen . |
| 7 | Promises to establish Muslim schools could land a future Labour government with a problem as potentially explosive and insoluble as the Irish question , Neil Fletcher , Labour leader of the Inner London Education Authority , said yesterday at a conference fringe meeting . |
| 8 | ( First Edition ) PROMISES to establish Muslim schools could land a future Labour government with a problem as potentially explosive and insoluble as the Irish question , Neil Fletcher , Labour leader of the Inner London Education Authority , said yesterday . |
| 9 | Cluster groups of schools could conduct a joint review , sharing their experiences . |
| 10 | The development into ‘ girl-friendly science ’ or indeed ‘ girl-friendly schooling ’ in general , has engendered wide-ranging analyses of the way curricula are constructed , and of how schools could play a transformative rather than a reproductive role in gender identities for both sexes ( see for instance Kelly 1985 ) . |
| 11 | Bach also found that certain homoeopathic remedies could change the bacterial flora of patients although no conventional drugs or dietary regimes had produced any significant change . |
| 12 | Kennan described his mission as an ‘ educative ’ one , intended to broaden his own understanding of the situation in Japan so that the State Department could recommend a realistic policy for Japan in the future . |
| 13 | ‘ We do not see how the department could describe the full implications of the new system of funding community care as being either foreseeable or insignificant ’ , it says , calling on the DoH to prepare for contingency spending . |
| 14 | AN appeal to save a crumbling Middlesbrough landmark could receive a big boost tomorrow . |
| 15 | Whether or not depictions of violence could form an essential part of such a discourse was not considered , since the Court 's focus was on sex , the ‘ crass commercial exploitation ’ of which can debase and distort a ‘ key relationship of human existence , central to family life , community welfare , and the development of human personality ’ . |
| 16 | Through it , Donna could see the first of many wax tableaux showing famous film stars . |
| 17 | Ireland considered that in view of the involvement of the vessels of the applicants in the main proceedings in the quota hopping exercise , on the one hand , and of the measures taken by the United Kingdom going back to 1983 , on the other , the owners of those vessels could have no legitimate expectation with regard to the continuation of their activities . |
| 18 | The Redpath brothers had a field day , sharing five of the six tries and a contribution to Melrose now and in the future could hold the vital key to unlock even more championship trophies . |
| 19 | Because samples were contaminated with iron , the concentration of this metal was only estimated ( ca 3.5 µM in normal subjects ) , and this secretion could represent a significant proportion of the daily loss of endogenous iron . |
| 20 | It was the only time I felt slightly frightened and that was mainly because I 'd heard that a posterior labour could last a long time — even 24 hours . |
| 21 | Deepening concern that Labour could form the next government at Westminster provides a potent message for the billboards which other parties , with links to neither of the two main protaganists , can not match : ‘ Vote Kennedy to keep Kinnock out . ’ |
| 22 | By fighting by-elections , it was argued , while remaining in the Government , Labour could demonstrate the public demand for more radical measures and increase its muscle at the Cabinet table . |
| 23 | He was scathing about an electoral pact with the Liberal Democrats and said he was convinced that Labour could win the next election . |
| 24 | I personally believe Labour could get the devalued exchange rate we wanted within the ERM if we put our foot down . |
| 25 | In theory a statute could do no more than declare existing law ; and statutes were cast in a declaratory form . |
| 26 | It was not only wool that behaved in this manner , some synthetics could do the same thing . |
| 27 | Given a large enough supply of machine catalogues and enough flexibility of mind to give yourself different problems , an inventive woodworker could spend the entire winter playing this game . |
| 28 | In this way the Association could counter the Left Wing Type Seminars [ sic ] which were often very one sided and misrepresentative of current Police views … |
| 29 | Partnerships were based on the assumption that reasonable people working in a multitude of organizations could devise an agreed strategy for parts of urban Britain : local and central government would work in harness and would incorporate other interests — the police , the business community , voluntary groups , and so on , into a coherent administrative whole . |
| 30 | STRIKER Andy Payton could play a key role in Middlesbrough 's final promotion push . |