Example sentences of "[noun pl] that could [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had come quietly but Tom had ears that could hear a mouse moving underground , or a squirrel breathing in a tree . |
| 2 | When there is a dispute between nations that could bring a threat to peace , the Security Council listens first to all sides of the argument . |
| 3 | ‘ Before we rush forward with plans that could lay a heavy burden on societies around the globe , we must have a basic understanding of how much environmental benefit that money is buying — and whether there is a less-expensive , possibly more effective alternative available , ’ he said . |
| 4 | ‘ We are one of the few clubs that could maintain a big staff and keep everybody happy . |
| 5 | She watched his forearms , strong and muscular , sweating slightly , and those capable fingers that could wield a delicate scalpel as efficiently as a ten-ton tractor . |
| 6 | An experience at Scout camp one summer , finally alerted me to the dangers that could befall a young lad if he was n't too careful . |
| 7 | But he will also detail new taxes that could pose a severe political test for a president elected on a minority vote . |
| 8 | Companies and auditors are not discussing with the UITF , before finalising their accounts , proposed accounting treatments that could set a precedent for other companies . |
| 9 | The only things that could put a stop to the recovery from recession in the north-west of England and elsewhere are the policies of the Labour party — for , the sharpest ever peacetime tax increase , the national statutory minimum wage , and changes in the law to encourage strikes . |
| 10 | A study investigating the occurrence of all cancers , not only leukaemia , and the incidence of other illnesses and conditions that could have a genetic cause among children of workers in the nuclear industry is underway . |
| 11 | Many packaging materials contain highly flammable substances that could make a fire suddenly flare up . |
| 12 | ‘ or was likely to be caused to persons in or on that vehicle ( or trailer ) or on a road ’ 'Likely to be caused' means potentially dangerous such as sharp edges jutting out from the body of a motor vehicle ; a loose driver 's seat which could cause loss of control of the car ; projecting wheel wing nuts or mudguards that could strike a pedestrian ; and a loose rear bumper that might fall off and cause an accident etc . |
| 13 | The aim here is simply to remind you of the basics and to draw your attention to some of the new provisions that could have a bearing on your immediate or longer term plans . |
| 14 | The thousands of items on her shopping list are brought in from all over the world in quantities that could feed a small town — 70 tonnes of sausages , 300 tonnes of tomatoes , 250,000 pints of milk , six million eggs and 350,000 litres of fresh orange juice . |
| 15 | Yet he accepts that these countries need small , defensively equipped armies that could make a potential attacker think twice . |
| 16 | None of these measures to protect and augment the inheritance , however , were proof against the greatest misfortunes that could befall a noble family in the fourteenth century , failure of heirs and political miscalculation . |
| 17 | The neural abnormalities that could induce a tachygastria include loss of intrinsic inhibitory innervation or lack of extrinsic autonomic inhibition . |
| 18 | As well as finding all about him an array of ornithological novelties of unparalleled beauty and originality , he had discovered a region abounding in extraordinary marsupials : giant kangaroos that could outrun a dog , duck-billed platypi , opossums , koalas , and spiny anteaters . |
| 19 | He kept himself very much to himself , studying the ancient books he kept in the box beside his bed , doing his exercises , or playing himself at wei chi — long games that could take a day , sometimes even a week to complete . |
| 20 | The runners found themselves unfairly rebuked for the market-makers ' errors , and for their whimsical misquotes or bid-only quotes that could ruin a deal . |
| 21 | However , there are many red flowers that could make a successful choice . |
| 22 | Indeed , Wycliffe maintained that Gaunt regarded political instability as one of the greatest evils that could befall a state ; and Gaunt 's political career suggests that he believed that political stability was best ensured by the maintenance of the prerogatives of the monarchy . |
| 23 | The probabilities for events that could initiate a LOCA — pipe or component failures , transients and so on — is derived in part from data banks that store information on failure rates from reactors around the world , but the large majority of probabilities of system failures are determined from fault-tree techniques . |
| 24 | It therefore appears that the number of configurations that could form a black hole of a given mass , angular momentum , and electric charge , although very large , may be finite . |