Example sentences of "that could [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | As in any software , there are bits here and there that could do with a polish , but , overall , Mainlan GTI for Windows does everything you 're likely to want in a small network environment . |
| 2 | but normally I ca n't sleep here I al I always admired anybody that could sleep with a for yea it 's only this last couple of years I can do it , no I mean I 'll doze . |
| 3 | Although President Bush has been opposed to any such deal , Miami lawyers acting for Gen Noriega and leading US senators have been exploring the possibility of an agreement that could lead to a ceasefire and freedom for the American hostages . |
| 4 | Robert Bosch GmbH and Northern Telecom Ltd say they are in discussions that could lead to a 50-50 joint venture to develop , manufacture , and market transmission equipment — yes , Bosch 's main business is motor components , but we 're talking data transmission here — under the global CCITT standard , including Synchronous Digital Hierarchy systems : Northern Telecom says the deal would complements its strategic tie with Matra Communication SA . |
| 5 | Far from capitulating to this new thrust of American trade policy , Japan is taking a stand that could lead to a trans-Pacific confrontation . |
| 6 | Technically , the offence merited a written warning that could lead to a sacking . |
| 7 | I think I 'm making my point , I have been saying for some time now that given the fact that all that security has n't produced the results , the logic of that is dialogue , and when I see the opportunity as I saw it , of dialogue , direct dialogue with Mr Addams that could lead to a total cessation of this violence , I felt it was my duty to do so . |
| 8 | Rover is negotiating a deal that could lead to a factory being built in Siberia . |
| 9 | DYFED 'S chief fire officer , Ronnie King , urges those visiting the countryside not to leave the area littered with rubbish that could lead to a fire . |
| 10 | Thyssen , Krupp and Saarstahl AG are in talks that could lead to a merger of their troubled structural steel divisions . |
| 11 | Mr Christie 's complaint to the commission , the first of its kind over GCHQ 's activities , is the initial stage in a process that could lead to a full hearing by the European Court of Human Rights . |
| 12 | ‘ I forced myself to write a chapter or two about the good things he did : getting rid of dead wood in the bureau ; eliminating corruption among his agents ; setting up a fingerprint system , an FBI laboratory that could serve as a technical resource for police forces all over the country . |
| 13 | In America we 'd get like a column , and erm , but I think you could even do more , that the real life , the people , you know , is in the high street and the shopping malls and , you know , there 's a lot of kind of horoscope and gossip and stuff that could go into a paper that could be fun . |
| 14 | Few , if any voters are going to opt for a high-risk economic strategy that could result in a real cut in living standards . |
| 15 | In contrast , a few people pointed out the disadvantages that could arise as a result of being disabled when interacting with patients or clients . |
| 16 | At present theoretical physicists expect other new heavy particles that could decay in a similar way , such as the so called ‘ top ’ quark . |
| 17 | The problem for would-be physiological psychologists is that until relatively recently there have been no other natural phenomena or man-made devices that we understand better than human behaviour that could act as a model or analogy . |
| 18 | As a contemporary writer observed , Moscow had no interest in an ASEAN-sponsored neutralisation that could act as a smokescreen for continued US control and influence or create a vacuum from which the Soviet Union is excluded but China , because of its location and ambitions is not . |
| 19 | It is designed to act out potential accidents that could occur in a full-scale , commercial reactor , and it claims to come closer to recreating the real thing than any other testing facility . |
| 20 | Similarly , a photographer who also occupies a ground-floor unit needed a huge room that could operate as a photographic studio . |
| 21 | One of the worst things that could happen to a pupil was to leave something in the dining room by mistake after dinner . |
| 22 | Perhaps that was the worst thing that could happen to a human being . |
| 23 | Erm I did say at the time if the Council agreed it was we would approve the new application it would only be if the original was rescinded and I did speak to the Town Clerk so there 's no need , I 'm not making a big issue , but I think the Council should be aware and the Town Clerk I believe has notified because again this is one of those things that could happen at a later date and as we all know if we have n't made these things perfectly clear . |
| 24 | A list thus compiled will derive from choices more intelligently made and more efficiently expressed than any that could emerge from a primary ; and if in recording regional judgements it should not be entirely pleasing to a party 's national headquarters , so much , most provincials would say , the better . |