Example sentences of "[noun sg] it could [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This delineation of labourism is ideal-typical ; in practice it could exhibit contradictory tendencies . |
| 2 | She 'd only been in Dane 's company for a matter of days , but he 'd left a mark on her , a mark it could prove impossible to erase . |
| 3 | A leading textile and clothing employer told me last night that if we implemented the social clause it could cost thousands of jobs within his company . |
| 4 | The Turkish parliament on Aug. 12 voted by 216 to 151 to give the government war powers if necessary , specifying that if Iraq attacked Turkish territory it could send Turkish troops into combat and also allow foreign forces to be deployed on Turkish soil . |
| 5 | Because the new government had an effective army it could raise much more revenue from taxes than the King had done , and so was more powerful than the monarchy had been . |
| 6 | You may find that you often have to do this , as even a modest wedding bouquet can be too large to fit into a reasonably-sized picture frame , and if it were reproduced in its original size it could become such a large picture that it would completely dominate any room in which it was hung . |
| 7 | FoE campaigner Viv Mountford said : ‘ We have always said that if ICI build an incinerator it could attract other ‘ dirty industry ’ and now already North West Water have come up with a scheme to burn sewage sludge in Widnes . |
| 8 | Once Dai succeeded in getting Bernard 's semi-automatic printer in full working order it could produce 5,000 metres of cloth per week . |
| 9 | Yorkshire Water has calculated that at the busiest time August Bank Holiday it could have 50,000 people using it . |
| 10 | This was successful and at the time of Down 's death it could accommodate 200 patients . |
| 11 | Once upon a time it could take several hours to install a network interface card . |
| 12 | If you are disabled in any way ( even if it is only a minor disability it could become worse as you grow older ) then you must view a flat from the point of view of your ease of movement . |
| 13 | The local doctors believed that when undertaken by the child 's mother it could have positive effects but fundamentalists like the magistrate insisted that any such teaching was morally wrong . |