Example sentences of "that could [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With more efficient use of the existing electronic information resources in our Town Halls this is an approach that could bear much fruit . |
| 2 | As a result of my inexperience , am I missing the simplest attention to detail that could prevent this imbalance ? |
| 3 | There were also birds that could sing popular songs . |
| 4 | To summarise , the problem was to build a machine that could examine enough positions in three minutes to give it some protection against the clumsiness of its evaluation functions . |
| 5 | The computer diet that could mean fat profits . |
| 6 | Labour is equally ludicrous : it is committed to banning ‘ trees and shrubs that could make more women feel vulnerable to attack ’ . |
| 7 | This was a power station that could make maximum use of the available supplies of uranium by actually creating its own new fuel . |
| 8 | The instruments show a build-up of methane that could explode any minute . ’ |
| 9 | Although the agents of global capitalism are firmly in control and the TNCs are clearly the dominant institutional force , there are , as we approach the millennium , two counter movements that could represent real threats to the global capitalist system . |
| 10 | The worst fate that could befall any relative or follower was to be declared a ‘ broken man ’ : that is , either by punitive official proceedings or by some family banishment , to be removed from the protection of the surname and so become an outlaw , fair prey for any enemy , English or Scottish . |
| 11 | The common application programming interface that it and Hewlett-Packard Co worked on with Objectivity Inc , Ontos Inc , Object Design Inc and Versant Object Technology Inc , to allow developers to write programs that could utilise any object database — work that has been turned over to the Object Management Group — is a Spring technology ( UX No 362 ) . |
| 12 | When the modern one arrived , the one that could do fancy stitching , all the women gathered round , talking at once . |
| 13 | It is also time to worry , for such a strong consensus generally has an over-reaction on its coat-tails , one that could do more damage than the action to which it is a response . |
| 14 | But as he walked at her side through the dark halls of the Grail Castle , he remembered , and wished not to remember , that she might well have within her the strange power that could awaken all manner of sleeping bewitchments and lost enchantments . |
| 15 | There are many factors that could affect such expectations : |
| 16 | Write a report on these data using graphical representation where this is helpful and indicating any other figures that could throw further light on the situation . |
| 17 | The Board considers that until resources and the allocation of priorities permit these reviews of existing standards to be undertaken , this amendment will remove an inconsistency between two standards that could inhibit proper accounting for long term post-retirement obligations and allow preparers of financial statements to adopt the most appropriate accounting treatment in their particular circumstances of the often complex matters dealt with by these standards . |
| 18 | Their requirements were simple ; they wanted a packaged solution that could offer good multicurrency facilities , flexible reporting facilities and would run under Unix . |
| 19 | So an academic account that could shed some light on the situation is to be welcomed . |
| 20 | There seems to be only one feasible solution that could bring lasting peace . |
| 21 | They had seen an opportunity in the submersible pumps market that could bring enormous benefits to the oil industry in terms of cost , time and safety . |
| 22 | With Chrissie so shaken up , it would be good to have a second voice in the Stones ' house that could exert some control over the eleven-year-old . |
| 23 | ‘ In this area angling seems to have been lumped together with bloodsports and some members of these councils vote automatically against anything that could benefit local fishing . |
| 24 | The report also calls for government programmes to stimulate the market for renewable energy , including tax incentives and low-interest grants , and urges the government to encourage small-scale renewable projects in Scotland that could serve local communities . |
| 25 | On a miles per scream basis , there are lots of competent cars at a fraction of the Bentley 's price that could go that distance before getting too strident , and a Mercedes S-class would still only be whispering the odd complaint after 1200 miles . |
| 26 | And then we get what 's known as neutral stress , these are conditions really that can cause stress , but it 's stress that could go either way . |
| 27 | The likes of Microsoft and Sun will soon learn to exploit object technology by developing new generations of products that could price small object players out of the market . |
| 28 | It seems , for example , that more than three billion years ago , organisms evolved that could trap solar radiation within a pigment and then use the energy to split the molecules that existed in reasonable amounts in the atmosphere of very ancient times , such as hydrogen sulphide and ammonia . |
| 29 | This is an idea that could overtake current government policy that Bosnia should be a state of three faiths and three peoples , and provide the ideology for future Bosnian-Muslim terrorists . |
| 30 | Make sure the plug casing is in one piece , and replace any that are cracked , chipped or , worst of all , have bits missing that could expose live parts . |