Example sentences of "[coord] [subord] [art] [noun sg] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no consensus about whether or not this high rate reflected a higher amount of crime , or if the difference could be attributed to false cases in Sri Lanka or the failure to report crime in India . |
| 2 | Consequently , without having to decide whether the right of registration is a retained power or whether the Community could legislate at any time in that field , it must be held that in exercising that competence the member states must comply with the general rules of the E.E.C . |
| 3 | But it must have been a temptation in poor working-class communities , where virginity in any case was not sacred , where the stigma against extra-marital sex was weak , and where a prostitute could earn in half an hour what a respectable girl might earn in a week . |
| 4 | Hough and Mayhew ( 1988 ) regard these figures as underestimates and Worrall and Pease ‘ s ( 1986 ) re-analysis of the BCS data which looked at all crimes , and attempted crimes , involving contact and where the victim could identify whether or not they knew the offender , found that women were much more likely to say that they knew the offender well and that the offender was a spouse in nearly 40 per cent of cases . |
| 5 | And if no Government could do so , then the necessary foundation to government by consent of the governed would crumble and , sooner or later , the country would have become unmanageable as an authentic democracy . |
| 6 | And if a developer could not immediately secure rent from premises it builds at the dock , the Private Finance Initiative would provide it in the short-term , until the property market improves . |
| 7 | The House of Lords , while accepting that some elements of natural justice could apply to investigations and preliminary determinations , held that an opportunity to see the counter-statement was not required : no final decision was being made and if the taxpayer could comment on the counter-statement the Commissioners would wish to comment on those comments , thereby producing an endless succession of exchanges , bringing the administration to a standstill . |
| 8 | ‘ Jack Lawrence , ’ he said , and if the floor could have opened up and swallowed her she would have been delighted . |
| 9 | In May , 1992 , the regional health authority informed Riverside Health Authority ( the district health authority ) that the unit 's transfer was being reconsidered and it could only commit capital to the unit if the case load was increased and if the unit could withstand a reduction of charitable funding . |
| 10 | An English writer who went into self-exile just when Pound and Lawrence did , Ford Madox Ford , had always been denied serious consideration ( as he is denied it still ) , in part for having , in No More Parades at the end of a previous war , envisaged the England he was leaving in just such manorial terms : and if the Englishman could not be forgiven , how forgive the American ? |
| 11 | A twenty-five-foot wave flung itself at the canoe from an unexpected angle and before the crew could turn to absorb the blow , the Hokule'a rose up the face of the wave at forty-five degrees , and was capsized as it flew off the peak . |
| 12 | Holmes lost a scrum on his own 25 , and before the defence could regroup Paul Medley , another player returning to Thrum Hall , stepped out of three tackles to score by the posts . |
| 13 | And before the lawyer could answer , he turned the key in the lock and disappeared into the house . |
| 14 | The small , weasel-eyed man looked at his companion , and before the coroner could advance another step , both men took to their heels and fled . |
| 15 | ‘ Naw … ’ he edged back into the crowd , turned , and before the stranger could call after him , a voice spoke , close to his ear . |
| 16 | Nonetheless , the public preference approach is not without its problems , notably how to assess people 's preferences , and whether a consensus could or should be achieved . |
| 17 | In an unfortunate sign of a shortage of cash in both the computer industry and museum world , however , it was unclear how much further the prototype system would evolve and whether the money could be found ultimately to deploy it in the museum . |
| 18 | The court found that the authority was an emanation of the state and referred to the European Court of Justice the questions of whether the dismissal of the applicant after reaching normal retirement age for a woman constituted discrimination prohibited by Council Directive ( 76/207/EEC ) and whether the applicant could rely on the directive in national courts notwithstanding any inconsistency between it and s. 6(4) of the Act of 1975 . |
| 19 | The Hull survey included questions on whether spirits visited the body to cause dreams , whether dreams could foretell the future , whether nightmares could be caused by evil spirits , and whether the soul could leave the body during sleep . |
| 20 | Pressure mounted against Jaq 's armour , and though the armour could withstand far greater stress before crumpling he could hardly move even under full power . |
| 21 | And though the visit could have given him an opportunity to kill his father , and then drive down the next day to discover the body , that was the one crime which every logical motive screamed against . |
| 22 | But where the hell could I find a large straight , flat piece of wood ? |
| 23 | But if the bronchoscope could see cancers before they became lumpy , that might change . |
| 24 | But if the patient could be restored to a state whereby he could enjoy a further period of life at the level of comfort he previously had , then it should be treated . |
| 25 | There is no special dispensation for accountants , but if the firm could obtain its own individual dispensation , this would be by far the best solution . |
| 26 | He has said that the £15m on offer was either too little or too much — too little to pacify the bankers if Eagle was in trouble but if the group could be turned around a recapitalisation would not be needed . |
| 27 | But if the audience could receive ‘ Heshang ’ with tolerance , then the programme should accept criticism with tolerance . |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , but because a thing could happen in life , that does n't make it good art . |
| 29 | ‘ But before the payment could be made the owner of The Mail on Sunday , Lord Rothermere , issued a directive that no money should be paid to criminals or their families . |
| 30 | A fund was set up for its restoration , but before the work could even be started the campanile collapsed . |