Example sentences of "[noun] could [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three foreign entrants have already withdrawn and a meeting tomorrow of the British Wheelchair Racing Association could call for a boycott by all British competitors . |
| 2 | But in the twelfth century , by and large , whoever could enter the ranks of the privileged clergy could hope for a bishopric ; and the ranks of the privileged clergy were open to all who could find patronage , whether because of birth or talent or good luck . |
| 3 | It amounts to the ‘ best ’ statistical description of the process determining which Barro could find for the period covered by his data . |
| 4 | AID could pay for the road through its Economic Support Fund . |
| 5 | Such a period of further study could qualify for a discretionary grant , but , because of poll tax capping , almost no one in my borough will receive one . |
| 6 | I suggested , as a very moderate compromise , that any aggrieved applicant could ask for a review of his or her file by the incumbent Chairman of the Bar . |
| 7 | The maximum presidential mandate was limited to two terms of seven years each ( whereas previously the president could serve for an unlimited number of five-year terms ) . |
| 8 | But once it is formally rejected , the SWD could press for the money to be held in trust until the children are 18 . |
| 9 | And of course he was beset by orders and suggestions from other collectors : William Ogilby advised him to collect 6 or 8 specimens of every species , particularly the great red woolly kangaroo , which were in great demand not only in England but on the Continent as well ; Jardine asked for seeds as well as numerous other specified ‘ things in spirits ’ ; Thomas Campbell Eyton wanted as many petrels as Gould could capture for a monograph on the Procellaridae . |
| 10 | The crofter could apply for the ‘ de-crofting ’ of his land , but if this were approved he would no longer be eligible for the many special rights and privileges enjoyed by crofting tenants . |
| 11 | For a modest sum , a family sitting in the comfort of their home could listen for a whole year to one performance nightly from a selection of theatres , music halls and concert halls with a choice of a dozen church services on Sundays . |
| 12 | The Fairclough report suggests that suitable UK institutions could be offered Faraday Centre status , becoming foci for technologies and expertise of industrial relevance , in which graduate scientists and engineers could work for a higher degree while engaged on contract research before moving into industry . |
| 13 | Charged solitons moving along the polymer chains could account for the greatly improved conductivity , but , there is a catch that makes their importance questionable . |
| 14 | The only reason Trent could imagine for the attack was to link him to Don Roberto 's murder — this presumed that the three men were Don Roberto 's hirelings . |
| 15 | In Spring Fever , he takes a look at what climatic change could mean for the flora and fauna of the British mainland . |
| 16 | The soft conventionalist could search for a more abstract consensus yet . |
| 17 | Under the 1959 Act , only the holder of a public house or an hotel certificate could apply for a special permission , whereas , under 5.33 , any licence-holder . |
| 18 | It would appear unlikely that a difference of two water molecules could account for the large destabilisation observed and it is therefore probable that minor groove hydration is not the singularly most important destabilising effect the sequence currently under investigation . |
| 19 | It was held that at the relevant stages the seller could sue for the instalments then due . |
| 20 | Ronni smiled and hoped the flush in her cheeks could pass for a simple flush of pleasure . |
| 21 | er but there 're some really nifty ones in the Chemistry Department which cou Doug could borrow for an hour and a half of an evening . |
| 22 | Extended over vast periods of time , the same process could account for the production of all the various species of animals and plants . |
| 23 | Sound , movement and graphics all in one package could make for an interesting new hobby or extremely effective presentations . |
| 24 | Dennis Sciama , of the Institute for Theoretical Physics in Trieste , teased out the consequences the neutrinos could have for the dark-matter debate in a journal , Nature , a week before the conference . |
| 25 | It was amazing , she thought when he had left the room , what food , wine and a sensational smile could do for a girl . |
| 26 | These peripheral pharmacokinetic changes could account for the beneficial motor effects of Ro 40-7592 administered with levodopa . |
| 27 | Religious networks could make for a unified effort or become the vertebrae of different segments of reformers whose conflicts were expressed in organisational diversity and competition . |
| 28 | When in 1859 Charles Darwin published The Origins of Species , he had no intention of implying that random mutation of genes and natural selection could account for the emergence of life on earth ; but it was inevitable that some of his followers would try to project his hypothesis backwards , and speculate that life might somehow have been generated spontaneously in gaseous , primeval slime . |
| 29 | It was easier for Labour MPs and other party members to move to a new organization than to transfer to another party ; the SDP could stand for the memory of Attlee , Morrison and Gaitskell , and argue that the present-day Labour Party had moved away towards more extreme policies . |
| 30 | Neither character could exist for the reader without the novelistic skill , the use of every fictional device to support them : nor would either live for the reader without their close relation to the fate of nations , the constant background of these magnificent tales . |