Example sentences of "and could [vb infin] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The formation in 1906 of the United Nobility created a powerful pressure group of major landowners which included strategically-placed members of government and legislature and could rely upon direct access to the Tsar himself . |
| 2 | However , it may pay to take a chance with SESAME ( nap 2.35 ) , who has been running creditably in top class events and could oblige at attractive odds . |
| 3 | And something that was suggested by fire wardens , that they could do a five or ten minute erm presentation and could go round each floor to make people aware that they are the fire wardens , why we have to evacuate and the importance erm |
| 4 | David Lee from ENERGIZE thinks Electro is on its way back , and could speak for many hours about the halcyon days before Electro meant toddlers break-dancing in the streets , title-dropping classics like Man Parrish 's ‘ Hip Hop Be Bop ’ , early Mantronix , and Shannon . |
| 5 | It always astonished Olga Stych that her mother 's horribly distorted hands , with their thick , horny nails , could produce such delicate embroidery and could paint with such skill the traditional patterns on eggshells at Eastertide . |
| 6 | I have n't been to a Leeds match for absolutely ages and could do with any info on getting hold of tickets , which parts of the ground need tickets and the best places to stand/sit … and park the car etc . |
| 7 | Mr Noble 's report also said : ‘ The formation and use of an additional access to the A172 would add unduly to the hazards of highway users and could result in increased congestion and delays . |
| 8 | The children started at 5 and could stay until 16 . |
| 9 | But these birds were , as I said , fully trained and could recover from such humiliating blunders by their inexperienced handlers . |
| 10 | These stock yards covered 500 acres and could accommodate at any one time 75,000 cattle , I25,000 sheep , 300,000 hogs , and 6,000 horses . |
| 11 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton MP , Scottish Office environment minister , said it would be ‘ additional ’ to the public road building programme and could start by 1992 or 1993 — against a delay until the next century if it had to await public funding . |
| 12 | Allosaurus was about 11 metres long and could walk at 5 mph ( 8 kph ) , double the speed of the giant herbivores , who could retreat into deep water . |
| 13 | We can not leave it to the of individual members , that would produce chaos and could leave to destructive manoeuvring . |
| 14 | He was only a voluntary patient , he supposed , and could leave at any time . |
| 15 | Which has now run for five years and could continue for another twelve to fifteen years , until he 's supplied the remaining six albums . |
| 16 | The legendary Scottish mountaineer , Hamish McInnes , said he felt the work of the expedition was important , and could lead to possible breakthroughs in the treatment of mountain sickness . |
| 17 | A ROW over a million tons of cooking oil seeds threatens thousands of British jobs and could lead to spiralling price rises on our High Streets . |
| 18 | The general answer is that you may copy a sound cassette or a video tape or disc for private use , but if it is copied again and again for commercial gain it is a clear breach of copyright and could lead to legal action . |
| 19 | Some practitioners complained that it was to difficult to estimate in advance and could lead to aggressive underpricing which may affect the quality of the work . |
| 20 | This may require additional information to be recorded on requisition forms etc , or involve setting up new registers , all of which will demand extra staff time , and could lead to some resistance . |
| 21 | He said the increase to £4.25 would affect about half the population and could lead to some hard-up patients being forced to go without certain treatments . |
| 22 | Or , third , Britain could conclude that modern weapons are simply too costly for any single country of its size to make them on its own — and could stick to international joint ventures in future . |
| 23 | Tom seemed very casual now , as if he had recently found the answer to some burdensome question and could relax at last , and he teased both Belinda and Mrs Porter mercilessly about the Christmas presents they had given and received . |
| 24 | It is also likely to benefit makers of more expensive and complex cars , such as McLaren 's F1 and the Jaguar XJ220 , and could apply to any sector of car , not just the sporting machines that currently stand to gain in credibility . |
| 25 | The government 's North Sea oil take is depressed at present but will be on a rising trend as production begins to rise again to its 1985 peak and could account for more than a third of public spending . |
| 26 | Additionally , workers and pensioners could exchange notes above the maximum amounts provided that they completed an application form and could prove to special commissions that the money had been acquired legally . |
| 27 | Because lords owned large tracts of land at a time when the opportunities for its exploitation were particularly favourable , and could add to this profit from tolls and customs on increasing trade , they could hardly avoid a substantial increase in their resources in the course of the eleventh century . |
| 28 | Later insulae , considerable remains of which may be seen at Ostia , were built of concrete and brick and could rise to four or five storeys . |
| 29 | Has slipped down the weights and could surprise at long odds here . |
| 30 | His brother William made a good deputy in most respects and could deal with much of the day-to-day management of the properties ; but he was very much a stay-at-home character , immersed in his books and studies , and the more distant affairs tended to get neglected . |