Example sentences of "it could [verb] as a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It could serve as a model for all the great industrial centres in France . |
| 2 | The book is complementary to Durant and Fabb 's Literary Studies in Action , published by Routledge in the Interface series in 1990 , and in many ways it could serve as a useful introduction to that volume . |
| 3 | Given the DNA-dependent phosphorylation of Jun-Core in crude nuclear extracts , we were interested to determine whether it could serve as a substrate for the DNA-PK . |
| 4 | It could go as a joint European-American force , or as a purely European one . |
| 5 | The worst possible condition that can be envisaged is one in which there is an expert in the plant aiming to do the maximum possible damage and aware of the indications of his actions which are transmitted to the operator — this is not quite science-fiction , it could happen as a form of sabotage , . |
| 6 | According to Dr D.W.F. James , the then Director of the Polytechnic of Wales , the government 's decision was a reflection of its desire not to rock the boat and was connected with arguments about the Welsh language , arguments which had already saved Bangor Normal College from merging with the University College of North Wales so that it could develop as a Welsh medium teacher-training college . |
| 7 | The young academic coolly eyed the embattled farmer and , commenting upon the destruction wrought upon the fen , looked forward to its return to wilderness after the war , so that it could act as a buffer for the nature reserve of Wicken Fen against the farmed land : |
| 8 | Howard would surely not have objected to either , although the idea of a department of corrections would have been very strange to him and the idea that it could act as a system to feed and clothe itself would presumably have seemed a desirable but unreal and irrelevant objective . |
| 9 | In this sense it could act as a model for ‘ non-aligned naval support ’ for the USSR . |
| 10 | It could act as a severe political deterrent . |