Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] could [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just bringing East German pensions up to the West German level could cost the Bonn exchequer DM6 billion ( $3.5 billion ) a year . |
| 2 | A footprint in a muddy field could provide the first real lead for police hunting the man who 's become known as the horse ripper . |
| 3 | Even worse , a major outbreak of direct action could precipitate the kind of revolutionary chaos which , as he saw it , had reduced Russia to its abject position of surrender to Prussian militarism . |
| 4 | The finances were in the hands of one of our most scrupulous colleagues , but not even her careful accounting could alter the fact that if we were to survive beyond the first month we would need to raise some money . |
| 5 | It is salutary to begin our exploration of English mysticism with Rolle , because he reminds us that the mystical experiment could lead the unwary into all kinds of spiritual and physical dangers or to a sterile solipsism . |
| 6 | An outstretched fist could eclipse the sun that burned them by day . |
| 7 | Changes in dietary sulphate could alter the activity of sulphate reducing bacteria and thus affect methanogenesis in the colon . |
| 8 | Why can not that proposal be brought forward , so that the local offices of the Department of Social Security could make the decision about topping-up arrangements ? |
| 9 | No sensible review of social security could avoid the fact that the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme ( known by its unlovely acronym , SERPS ) was stacking up an enormous future bill for the public . |
| 10 | The ruling by a British court could decide the fate of more than a hundred other men across the Commonwealth also under sentence of death . |
| 11 | ‘ High inflation could erode the capital gain attractions of zeros , ’ added Mr Aaron . |
| 12 | At the same time scientific method could protect the individual from the effects of social norms , thereby providing a context where they did not determine the content of thought . |
| 13 | A wrong choice could ruin the turbine because of high winds or not produce enough energy because of low winds . |
| 14 | If the bizarre characters were favoured by female choice , or in male competition , they could be maintained even if they decreased the viability of their bearers : the advantage in sexual success could compensate the disadvantage in viability . |
| 15 | THE Soviet Foreign Minister , Mr Eduard Shevardnadze , yesterday warned that demands for a rapid unification of Germany and the rise of rightwing German nationalism could threaten the peace and stability of Europe . |
| 16 | Later that same month he forwarded a copy of a declaration in favour of arbitration signed by Nonconformist ministers so that the Foreign Secretary could approve the wording before it was sent . |
| 17 | The sea can still be seen from the orchard and it is possible at this stage that the German Army could push the Commando Brigade back into the sea . |
| 18 | If you could n't afford the luxury of foreign travel , then a lantern slide show or the extremely popular stereoscope could bring the world right into your parlour . |
| 19 | If you could n't afford the luxury of foreign travel , then a lantern slide show or the extremely popular stereoscope could bring the world right into your parlour . |
| 20 | The old hand could recognize the coming man . |
| 21 | It is in these situations that proper training could make the difference between possible success and unfortunate failure . |
| 22 | Scientific Training Could Support the Concept of the Created God |
| 23 | A comprehensive dispersal of Government jobs into those regions with high unemployment could lay the basis for an effective regional policy , and , in so doing , offer the basis for a move back to full employment in all areas . |
| 24 | At some point soon Direct Line could provide the Royal Bank with immensely handsome capital profits . |
| 25 | Rigorous rubbing could damage the carpet . |
| 26 | From then onward , fusion researchers had the conviction that at least one magnetic system could yield the confinement needed for a reactor . |
| 27 | Rain never knew how it was that a man who spoke no word of a foreign language could master the intricacies of ordering a favourite type of beer in any country on earth . |
| 28 | Encouragement of the private sector could take the form of providing ‘ cash ’ ( perhaps in the form of tokens or vouchers ) by which old people , without adequate financial support , could purchase the services which they require . |
| 29 | Swedish employers believed that the greater coordination of negotiations by means of central bargaining could reduce the incidence of industrial conflict . |
| 30 | In Britain , however , because of ministerial responsibility and because of the suspicion that the appropriate ministry could do the job much better than a new , inexperienced board ( which usually has a lower calibre of staff ) , the ministries concerned have their own sections on tourism , forestry and the countryside which go over everything the board in question proposes , giving authorizations , suggestions or exercising a veto . |