Example sentences of "[noun] could [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the difference appeared small , the gap represented an assessment of the support each side could command in the transitional body . |
| 2 | 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 : |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | He would not see his bride before the wedding night so all sorts of pictures could float in the mind . |
| 5 | He devised an experiment to ascertain whether salivation could occur in the absence of any obvious physical cause . |
| 6 | Praxsys could deliver in the fourth quarter : early 1993 is more likely . |
| 7 | Reynolds poser ATHLETICS : Officials of The Athletics Congress , the US governing body , said its executive committee would hold a teleconference to discuss whether banned 400 metres runner Butch Reynolds could compete in the US Olympic trials later this month . |
| 8 | According to ecologists it is impossible to predict the long-term impact of tapping into the area 's subterranean reserve , but ratification of the water district plan could result in the drying up of the natural springs in the Death Valley National Monument in California , destroy verdant valleys throughout the West and kill rare fish species such as the Moapa dace , which has survived since the ice age . |
| 9 | This unpalatable circumstance could result in the very real possibility that Cassie would get a lower price for the cottage than she had paid for it , thus resulting in the disastrous situation of owing the Building Society money which she did not possess . |
| 10 | There were two main forms that TTT collaborations could take in the classroom : working alongside and withdrawal . |
| 11 | All are agreed , however , that it is the nature of the ‘ matter ’ which is important , and it was recognised early in the history of the Hague Conventions on Civil Procedure that some civil or commercial matters could arise in the context of an administrative jurisdiction . |
| 12 | Even the wealthy New York Jewish financiers , the Guggenheims , Kuhns , Sachs , Seligmanns and Lehmanns , who had all that money could buy in the United States , which was very nearly everything , were not yet Americans in the way in which the Wertheimsteins in Vienna considered themselves Austrian , the Bleichroeders in Berlin Prussians , even the international Rothschilds in London and Paris , English and French . |
| 13 | What we now need to ask is has the time arrived er for this measure to begin to be acceptable by the Home Office , it would be nice if there was a just a little indication er as I 'm er proceeding through er this measure from the minister at the despatch box , that the time was now right for this er particular proposal er which was not anything that was voted against er on second reading but merely failed to overcome the hurdle of getting a closure when by seventy eight votes to nil er it was carried except that carrying was not sufficient in order arrive at a closure so that the measure could move in the committee . |
| 14 | A misrepresentation or misdescription could result in the landlord being unable to enforce the terms of the agreement . |
| 15 | Economists said trade figures did not yet reflect much of the yen 's recent rise against the dollar but the effect of the yen 's rise could figure in the March and April trade figures . |
| 16 | Quick air-reinforcement with infantry was one thing , but any serious fighting or prolonged operations would need far heavier loads and greater tonnages of ammunition and supplies than the RAF could lift in the required time scale . |
| 17 | He also said that he thought he and Strach could play in the same team . |
| 18 | The Trades Unions themselves were not necessarily pleased with ‘ co-determination ’ since the policy tended to reduce the Union 's role and make workers less militant , but co-determination showed that all classes in Germany could share in the benefits of the ‘ social market ’ , helped create good industrial relations and reduced the danger of deep class-based divisions between the CDU and SPD . |
| 19 | In the 1987 Budget , a ceiling of £150,000 was imposed on the amount that individuals could take in the form of a tax-free lump sum on retirement . |
| 20 | Since the radical reform could happen in the uncollectivist and weakly welfarist USA as well as in the collectivist and welfarist Italy , the obvious question to ask is why it did n't happen elsewhere in Europe . |
| 21 | Council officers believe part of the explanation for such a difference could lie in the relative affluence of North Yorkshire in comparison to other parts of the North-East . |
| 22 | What part the laity could play in the Church and how far they felt alienated is for discussion later . |
| 23 | ( 3 ) The tenant should resist a provision not to agree the reviewed rent under the underlease without the landlord 's approval , as the time it could take to obtain such approval could result in the undertenant changing its mind . |
| 24 | Local officials said that the move could result in the police and army being used locally for the first time , but reflected members ' anger and frustration . |
| 25 | A rating of 1 would mean that you feel there is no possible way in which an accident could occur in the situation , a rating of 7 would mean that you feel that you could be involved in an accident at any moment . ’ |
| 26 | The compensation package offered is usually based on a local salary , which , when converted into sterling , is considerably higher than the workers could earn in the UK . |
| 27 | Rather , the danger is that a nuclear war between two minor powers could draw in the major powers with their enormous arsenals . |
| 28 | A new opportunity for such changes could come in the current review of the board by its chairman , Andrew Large . |
| 29 | Although in theory sorcery could result in the target 's immediate death , this variety was believed to be difficult and dangerous to carry out . |
| 30 | It would be a long time before revolution could succeed in the New World . |