Example sentences of "[noun] could [verb] the [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 | Corbett could smell the heavy , thick fragrance of those mouth-watering dishes he had seen being prepared in the kitchen . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | Through it , Donna could see the first of many wax tableaux showing famous film stars . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He was scathing about an electoral pact with the Liberal Democrats and said he was convinced that Labour could win the next election . |
| 13 | I personally believe Labour could get the devalued exchange rate we wanted within the ERM if we put our foot down . |
| 14 | It was not only wool that behaved in this manner , some synthetics could do the same thing . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 … |
| 17 | LAMBS for live export could pose the biggest problem for the Scottish sheep industry as it sets out to establish a European Community approved national identification scheme before the July 1994 deadline . |
| 18 | Huy could smell the sweet perfume of the oil he used on his hair and face . |
| 19 | In the investigation of crime a considerable lapse of time between the initial investigation and the re-investigation could rob the latter of some of its usefulness . |
| 20 | There is a whole range of ways in which a hearer could recover the required parallelisms . |
| 21 | A contractor could use the actual performance when not working under claim conditions to establish what should have been foreseeable . |
| 22 | Thus armed , any young lawyer could serve the public good , not just his own . |
| 23 | The first point is the Revenue could take the simple point that as a matter of law no credits are available to the beneficiaries . |
| 24 | The brook was swollen and Hazel 's ears could distinguish the deeper , smoother sound , changed since the day before . |
| 25 | Gazza could do the same for his country if Taylor was prepared to take the risk . |
| 26 | This inner part does not go below fiddle G , so that the violins could lend the powerful aid of their G strings to it ( coupled with other instruments of course ) were it not for the fact that their presence is urgently required to help out the top line . |
| 27 | As another option , the US administration could combine the civilian weather craft with another series of meteorological vehicles operated by the US Air Force purely for defence . |
| 28 | No one except Ramsey could teach the New Testament . |
| 29 | However , DHAs could suffer the secondary effects of such selection if GP budget-holders choose to select only the lower risks leaving the DHA with the higher-cost patients within any category . |
| 30 | If Western nations could produce the philosophical Superman of Nietzsche , why not Asian nations too ? |