Example sentences of "it could [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Discipline was important , indeed essential , because in the widest sense of the word , it could open up a more ordered world .
2 It could open up a whole new range of products , especially portable equipment .
3 Bad news followed in his wake ; the French company went bankrupt before it could pay out the cheque .
4 This was outside the framework of the Community institutions established by the Rome Treaty , but it was hoped that it could bring about a common European attitude to international problems .
5 It could turn out a wet sail .
6 Yet , while it could play down the challenge of British fascism it could not ignore the threat of European fascism .
7 One of the conditions of the original purchase from Wedgwood was that it could buy back the house for £1 if we had not completed the restoration within five years .
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