Example sentences of "[noun pl] could [verb] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not only wool that behaved in this manner , some synthetics could do the same thing . |
| 2 | The strongest selling point for AEs at DPR or LHW was the " limited liability " concept , which meant clients could lose no more money than they put in . |
| 3 | Not many cab drivers could say the same . ’ |
| 4 | Against the powerful opposition of many in the Nazi hierarchy Vlasov 's German supporters could do no more than secure permission to use the general for propaganda purposes . |
| 5 | Theoretically , bats could do the same thing , but dolphins seem more likely candidates because they are in general more social . |
| 6 | In addition to dispensing , community pharmacists could offer the same range of services as their hospital counterparts : they could screen and recommend new products to prescribers , analyse prescribing patterns , and ensure safe and appropriate drug therapy since they would have access to patients ' notes . |
| 7 | The van Gogh and Walter-Guillaume suits , started last September and December respectively , could take three to four years and the Walters ' lawyers fear French authorities could divert the former case to an administrative Tribunal which could take a further three to four years to judge it . |
| 8 | In a subsequent decision the Court of Appeal thought many factors needed to be weighed before concluding that individuals could possess no such rights . |
| 9 | Many different patterns of foggy and clear days could produce the same numerical values for the transition probabilities in the example . |
| 10 | Too weak to bargain over the State 's impositions , the townsmen could do no more than try to spread the burden as thinly as possible . |
| 11 | A majority of managers could say the same , so we can put away the handkerchiefs . |
| 12 | Overcrowded conditions meant that families could rent no more than a ‘ corner ’ of shared accommodation . |
| 13 | If hunt saboteurs could do the same , this sort of thing need never happen again |
| 14 | With a geometrical approach using generalised surfaces called orbifolds and a recent theorem of French mathematician Pierre Berard , they showed that two differently shaped drum skins could produce the same sound . |
| 15 | Thus two students could attain the same marks , but the way in which the marks were interpreted depended on the perception held for each student . |
| 16 | ‘ If I , as a non-mountaineer , climbed Mont Blanc , the highest mountain in Western Europe , I think others could do the same , ’ he says . |
| 17 | Even the most significant unions could recruit no more than a small fraction of the workers in their industry . |
| 18 | Frankly , the Tories could use a few more like him instead of all those estate-agent Johnnies . |