Example sentences of "[noun sg] could [vb infin] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was undesirable to make an order which would in practice be executed before the defendant could avail himself of that opportunity . |
| 2 | The racing industry could help itself by improving what its new management consultants have taught it to call the ‘ product ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ It is a serious offence , but it means first-time offenders committing that crime could find themselves in prison . ’ |
| 4 | Nevertheless , except in one regard , the Industrial and Provident Societies Act of 1852 provided the basis on which co-operative societies of whatever kind could establish themselves as corporate entities . |
| 5 | The rejection of the peace plan , and the possibility that the West could find itself in military confrontation with the Bosnian Serbs , raises the threat of a more general Balkan war . |
| 6 | But when he works his way round to the Home Office budget , campaigners against the Fazakerley jail could find themselves with a powerful new ally . |
| 7 | Although this may be obscured by the second phase of London Bridge City , if the Simpson scheme is constructed the directors of Marketplace could find themselves with the unlikely view of a replica of the Piazza San Marco in Venice . |
| 8 | It always seemed miraculous that the Maggot could fit himself into a small aircraft , for John Maggovertski was a huge man : six foot five and well over two hundred pounds , and none of those pounds was fat . |
| 9 | The other benefit of the end of the cold war could show itself in Greece 's relations with the Turks . |
| 10 | Secondly , the wire gauze could detach itself from the lamp body , permitting the flame to escape and explode in the surrounding atmosphere . |
| 11 | If each area could provide itself with just the quantity of the good that it requires , these deadweight losses could be avoided . |
| 12 | He came up off the floor in one swift , powerful lunge , slamming the full force of his body into Boisson and driving him back towards the dungeon before the man could gather himself for another swing . |
| 13 | The tsar could congratulate himself on Russia 's first military triumph since the suppression of the Polish rebellion in 1831 . |
| 14 | Lastly , the United Kingdom argued that , if any national of a member state could establish himself in another member state and , without more , exercise the same right to fish as that enjoyed by the nationals of that latter member state , it would not only be the quota system which would be undermined . |
| 15 | Paul-Henri Spaak , back as premier of Belgium , suggested that since the EDC Assembly did not yet exist , the Assembly of the ECSC could turn itself into an ad hoc EDC body specifically to consider a more wide-ranging political cooperation . |
| 16 | As a result , a nation could find itself with huge quantities of substances which it does not need — which is precisely the American experience . |
| 17 | ‘ Whereas with workflow management the document could find itself round the company to the right person — everyone has a PC on his or her desk — and you not only outsource a lot of the data entry work but get rid of the paper . ’ |
| 18 | Like many so-called archaic methods it was the result of long adaption of means to ends ; like many supposed pockets of peasant routine the Basque system could adapt itself to new demands . |
| 19 | Furthermore , should the specified remedial works be carried out , and the odour emission continue , in any further proceedings , in respect of a statutory nuisance within s.92(1) ( c ) or s.92(1) ( d ) , the odour emitter could avail himself of the defence of best practicable means provided by s.94(4) and s.94(5) respectively . |
| 20 | Nor did I see how gods worshipped in days of continual tribal war and plunder could adjust themselves to the world where Peace is an ideal — the Christian world . |
| 21 | The seriousness was underlined when he warned : ‘ Our party could break itself over Europe with consequences which would deeply damage Britain and only bring comfort to our opponents . |