Example sentences of "[vb infin] that they could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other countries , despite the rhetoric of the Alliance for Progress that stressed social justice , the officials , bureaucrats , agronomists and administrators frequently implemented and supported programmes that could demonstrate that they could bring about higher levels of production . |
| 2 | So that kind of thing made analysts think that they could go on more than just free associations , they could look at a person 's character , as it were . |
| 3 | Erm , I find myself agreeing with what Mr Courcier said , er , about Hambledon , I do n't think it realistic to expect existing settleme , villages within the area of search to form a nucleus for a new settlement , they 're simply too small and would be swamped by any development , and also the er I stand by the statements made yesterday about the environmental quality of the settlements , about there form , settings , and characters , and I really do n't think that they could form the nucleus of a new settlement . |
| 4 | Force the other party to try hard to get your attention and let them know or think that they could lose out to someone else . |
| 5 | He occasionally drops a phrase to provoke a smile from the soft cheeks of ladies and gentlemen , and to make them think that they could say the thing better … |
| 6 | Anybody who visited America at the time when the exchange rate was two dollars to the pound will confirm that they could purchase a pound 's worth of goods for a dollar ; that is , at half the price they would pay at home . |
| 7 | Orrell , though , may feel that they could have coped with Cusworth after causing one of last season 's League upsets by winning 27-15 at Welford Road . |
| 8 | The mitre template has since come back onto the market , but at prices like £18-£20 and considering the relatively small amount of work in which it is employed , some readers will no doubt feel that they could spend that money more profitably , so will want to make their own . |
| 9 | How dare they believe that they could stand before the flower of Bretonnian chivalry ! |
| 10 | It had been bought by a northern brewery who could n't believe that they could get over a pound a pint for their best bitter despite what they 'd heard about Londoners . |
| 11 | Buyers who have paid high prices do not discover that they could have obtained the same goods at lower prices ; sellers who have sold for low prices do not discover that they could have obtained higher prices . |
| 12 | Buyers who have paid high prices do not discover that they could have obtained the same goods at lower prices ; sellers who have sold for low prices do not discover that they could have obtained higher prices . |
| 13 | The railway made it worth while for Louise : Gustave was never really far away , however severe he sounded in his letters ; the next one would surely say that they could meet again , that only two hours separated them . |
| 14 | No one no one could say that they could endure noise , and it must be awful to live next door to it . |
| 15 | For example , a social worker felt that clients could speak more openly to him because they knew he could not recognise them in other contexts , and a counsellor reported that her clients would sometimes say that they could speak more openly knowing that she could not see them . |