Example sentences of "[adj] could [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This could also contribute to retention validation . |
| 2 | This could well relate to the design of the hospital bed which may not be at the same height as the one with which the patient is familiar . |
| 3 | This could again lead to increased production of the ‘ cancer-causing ’ protein , transforming the cell into a cancer cell . |
| 4 | There are no marks of modern tools on any part of the sculpture , which is carved from hard dolomitic Thasian marble , but this could again point to a very sophisticated forgery . |
| 5 | The trading employees in India were not paid salaries in the modern sense of income they could live on ; they got small retainers , starting at perhaps £5 a year , and it was taken for granted that they would supplement their retainers by trading , sometimes acting as agents buying the goods that would eventually be exported by the Company ( though this could easily lead to fraud ) , but more often dealing for their own account . |
| 6 | ‘ I think there 's something wrong with your hearing , ’ said Betty , in a hurry because speculation on this could easily lead to the sort of conversation that she did n't like . |
| 7 | Being a healthy person , I immediately told myself this could not refer to me . |
| 8 | I see no reason why this could not apply to different sizes of swimming pool . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I thought this could never happen to me — but now I know it already has . |
| 10 | If the gas is unable to escape from the bladder while additional amounts are being added , this could then lead to the swimbladder being blown up like a balloon . |
| 11 | Muggers who decided to phase out mugging by 1993 could hardly expect to be let off , yet the UK expected to go on breaking the law with impunity . |
| 12 | That could n't happen to us , could it ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ That could just refer to me , ’ Lucien said . |
| 14 | That could now apply to Monica Seles . |
| 15 | These could easily lead to the disruption of overseas markets and sources of raw materials . |
| 16 | These could only amount to obiter because , of course , the courts found that there was no tax charge . |
| 17 | These multitudinous associations — and more could easily come to mind — prepare us for a sentimental reunion scene ( if it is Emma ) or an adoption scene ( 'Let me be your father' , etc . ) . |
| 18 | An example is the case of Burrell v Harmer [ 1967 ] Crim LR 169 : boys of 12 and 13 could not consent to being tattooed . |
| 19 | Stamp J held in the High Court that Part XV could not impute to a foreign resident for the purposes of the income tax legislation income which would not be taxable in his hands under the UK income tax legislation . |
| 20 | That article 34 could not apply to the three hauliers on the simple reasoning that each carrier had a separate consignment note and article 34 only applied to cases where successive carriers operated under a single consignment note . |