Example sentences of "[noun pl] could [adv] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It made it clear that , whatever their achievements in the past , the direct-grant schools could not look towards a stable future within the national system of education . |
| 2 | NINE Darlington secondary schools could soon benefit from courses in food hygiene , according to the borough council . |
| 3 | And US Secretary of State James Baker acknowledged that his painstaking diplomacy of the last eight months could quickly unravel in a region where religion and history have fuelled five Arab-Israeli wars . |
| 4 | Because of the size of the Recital Room , the Concert Halls could only appeal to limited groups of musicians . |
| 5 | HARD-working Tie Rack designers could perhaps do with a rest . |
| 6 | But the law reports are a random collection of cases , and the very fact that each of those cases resulted from a dispute which the parties could not settle by agreement and had to take to court may make them an unrepresentative sample of the applications of the procedure . |
| 7 | Brooke announced that he was giving up his effort to revive the talks when the parties could not agree on a format to proceed in the context of the forthcoming UK general election ( due to be held by July ) . |
| 8 | After last month 's stormy meeting in Luxembourg , when EC member nations could not agree on a common approach to takeover regulation and supervision , John Redwood , the new junior minister at the DTI , will propose a compromise when the ministers gather tomorrow . |
| 9 | The Constitutional Court ruled on Oct. 31 that foreigners could not vote in local elections since the Basic Law recognised only " members of the German people " as German citizens . |
| 10 | Foreign manufacturers could only benefit by starting new factories in Britain , again creating jobs . |
| 11 | Furniture manufacturers could only operate under licence to the government and most of their products were designated for the defence of the realm . |
| 12 | In fact the existence of code-switching is not incompatible with the continuum hypothesis , since speakers could presumably switch between different lects at the extremes of their own range . |
| 13 | Waterwheels could not function at low water , so adjustable wheels were made . |
| 14 | If even Alison Kraemer 's perfect manners could not cope with the news , then our marriage must be an intolerable scandal . |
| 15 | When all else failed however the visitors could always rely on goalkeeper John Martin to protect the points . |
| 16 | The Environment Committee and its staff would ensure that the promoters could not interfere with the consultants ' conclusions and that the consultants , during the preparation of the report , had consulted local authorities and environmental agencies such as HMIP or the NRA , or other agencies . |
| 17 | But other shocks to the system followed in quick succession : a new language and culture ; the insensitivity , not always unintentional , of foster parents , teachers and hostel administrators ; the cruelty of other children ( and some adults ) who equated all things German with Nazism ; the coming-to-terms with the long-term or permanent loss of family and friends who had been left behind , and the awareness that refugees could not expect to be treated other than as second-class citizens — to mention only the common causes of illness and depression . |
| 18 | In the Fifties and Sixties , when her descendants could still fit around the same table , we gathered for Christmas at Bowhill , near Selkirk . |
| 19 | Check that you 've not become over-involved in running marathons — your family , friends and workmates could probably do with some of your attention . |
| 20 | They may not be used extensively now , but countries could easily turn to halons as a replacement for some CFCs . |
| 21 | Developed and developing countries could both benefit from this discovery , though developing countries such as Bangladesh are likely to benefit more due to the higher incidence of diarrhoeal diseases . |
| 22 | If the Australian experience is anything to go by , the cost here to government , employers and insurance companies could soon run into millions of pounds . |
| 23 | But the court rejected the submissions that , as the sole owners of the property , the defendants could not steal from themselves and that they were bound to succeed under section 2(1) ( b ) of the Act of 1968 ( appropriation in the belief that the taker would have the owner 's consent ) . |
| 24 | Essex County Council , the Conservatives could n't run for office there and say if we 're elected we intend to er privatize the entire education system and stop financing it . |
| 25 | The same or similar elements could equally exist in unfortified sites , as indeed they probably did in the military vici . |
| 26 | Unused to war , unschooled in conflict , the Elves could not stand against them . |
| 27 | And enjoying his own agonizing neverending penance , of which his Marines could only whisper with awe . |
| 28 | The only regret was that her parents could not come to England for her commissioning , though a report in the Australian War Cry announced that she had come " Dux " of the session and had trained the women cadets for the timbrel play at the commissioning . |
| 29 | She was put into care at nine because her parents could n't look after her . |
| 30 | What the contras could not achieve in reality , they would seem to achieve on celluloid . |