Example sentences of "[adj] could [verb] in the " in BNC.

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1 For a bank this could result in the disruption of debt service payments by a government , state enterprise or private corporation .
2 As there may be some averaging of national rates and the UK 's is probably the highest because of our 100 per cent cost recovery policy , this could result in the JAA invoice being lower than the UK one would have been , but I would n't bank on it . ’
3 This could result in the blind and pleats falling at an angle to the window .
4 This could result in the tissue ischaemia leading to the decrease in secretory activity of acinar cells .
5 Fisheries officials believe that this could result in the rivers being permanently lacking in some species of fish , and this in turn poses a serious threat to the fishing communities on the river banks .
6 It is contended that , at least where the interpretation of " the term " includes not only the contractual term but also any period of holding over or extension of the contractual term , this could result in the landlord being entitled to review the rent on the day of the commencement of any period of holding over under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 .
7 Typically , this could occur in the context of a bona fide business reorganisation , which involves a change in your terms of employment .
8 It was unbelievable that this could happen in the 20th century .
9 They agreed , however , that the British could collaborate in the Skybolt development and buy it on very favourable terms .
10 That could result in the redesignation of about 60 p.c. of the bonds as ‘ A ’ debt .
11 But I I think it would be I do n't think that could happen in the newer kirkyards .
12 There is an outside chance that all three could clash in the Hennessy Gold Cup at Leopardstown on February 14 .
13 The answer is straightforward : the exchange-rate mechanism would continue , run by the enlarged chamber of governors , and all currencies that were not in stage three could remain in the exchange-rate mechanism or outside it , depending on what they chose .
14 The union was concerned by the rate of job cuts , with 7,000 due by the end of next month and reports that another 20,000 could go in the following year .
15 It must now be asked if the same could said in the mid-1980s .
16 One carpeted and well-lit , the other narrow and steep , up which something nasty could slink in the darkness to get her .
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