Example sentences of "[det] could [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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31 The eukaryotic cell was formed , perhaps 2 billion years ago , when several kinds of bacteria joined forces because of the benefits that each could obtain from the others .
32 Each could concentrate on the other .
33 Certainly Earth needs its Sun and moon , and neither could exist without the Milky Way first coming into being , and so on .
34 Now she placed the obstacle of her nose between Anwar and Changez so that neither could get at the other .
35 Neither could dispose of the inheritance without the consent of the other .
36 That could result in the redesignation of about 60 p.c. of the bonds as ‘ A ’ debt .
37 Let's see and that could go to the compost .
38 He might try to take over on of Russian speaking peoples in other Republics , that could lead to the sort of situation we 're seeing in in Yugoslavia now .
39 But all that could change with the latest EG models .
40 there 's been no records or even wins for the England cricket team this summer … but all that could change over the next few weeks as the Womens Cricket World Cup gets underway … its being played in this country … the official opening is in London tomorrow … and England have a chance of winning … in the team are two Oxfordshire girls
41 Caterham is still technically prevented from producing fully-built cars by national legislation although that could change by the end of the year .
42 Our perception of spermatozoa was changed forever by Woody Allen 's impersonation of one in Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex , and University of Pennsylvania are giving substance to his fantasies , putting the poor little tadpoles through an arduous obstacle course to step up the process of survival of the fittest : according to Prodigy Services Co , the mad scientists have created a new class of silicon chip that can be used for analyzing sperm samples and providing a venue for fertilisation ; the technology uses microscopic obstacle courses inside a silicon wafer to weed out unhealthy sperm , and has been used successfully to fertilise a mouse egg ; the chips are etched with a virtual theme park of twisting channels , forests of columns , and other features designed to ensure only the strongest of sperm reach their goal , with some passages so small that only a single cell can pass ; the researchers have not yet applied for approval to test human fertilisation using the chip , but say that could happen within the next 12 months — Brave New World , or the embodiment of virtual sex .
43 Now however , they will be prepared to let the tribunal decide if they sign a player out of contract — and that could happen within the next few weeks .
44 But I I think it would be I do n't think that could happen in the newer kirkyards .
45 But that could wait until the following day .
46 That could wait until the morning .
47 The only other observation is that the screen brilliance is n't up to battling with a bright sunlit office , or overhead fluorescent lights , but that could apply to the majority of today 's notebook computers .
48 These could go to the car boot sale .
49 These could result from the economic , social and political problems , " including ethnic rivalries and territorial disputes , which are faced by many countries in central and eastern Europe " .
50 All could agree on the need to secure appropriate action from parliament and government , but how far this required agitation of mass support at different times and how much deference should be paid to the judgement and tactics of parliamentary abolitionists were points of tension both early and late within antislavery .
51 MORE than 11,000 civil service jobs in Scotland are under threat and thousands more could go over the next few years , the Civil and Public Services Association leader , Barry Reamsbottom , will state at a rally tomorrow .
52 Surely not one more could cram into the sheep quarters , but down they came , and a gangway was placed right on our saloon deck .
53 It must now be asked if the same could said in the mid-1980s .
54 I always thought the same could apply to the Irish .
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