Example sentences of "could [verb] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Praxsys could deliver in the fourth quarter : early 1993 is more likely . |
| 2 | Hence there is a problem of how cooperation could evolve in the first place , although it would be stable once it had evolved . |
| 3 | The difficulty , of course , lies in imagining how such a complex behavioural syndrome , which is stable only when complete , could arise in the first place . |
| 4 | Despite the difficulty of imagining how a behaviour involving the three components outlined in the last paragraph could arise in the first place , I think it is quite possible that the explanation of stable age queues in animals may be of this kind . |
| 5 | It is one of the few diseases which medicine could attack before the Second World War , by passive immunization . |
| 6 | We were both disappointed but Nellie said we could wait until the next time . |
| 7 | An able and strong-minded intendant could enjoy during the last decade of the ancien régime a remarkable degree of autonomy and independent initiative . |
| 8 | The Irish Prime Minister , Charles Haughey , could resign within the next two weeks according to Fianna Fail party sources . |
| 9 | The British acceptance of the US position in most respects at Bermuda reflected both its final abandonment of internationalization , and the realization that Britain , too , could benefit from the fifth freedom . |
| 10 | It was held that the plaintiffs could succeed against the first defendants in contract , but in third party proceedings the first defendant 's action against the second defendants ( the manufacturers of the pails ) failed as the pails were merchantable under s14(2) . |
| 11 | Reform has already begun : this weekend voters could choose for the first time a single named candidate for the lower house , instead of numbers on a party list . |
| 12 | Wait , I 've got an instant who 's taking part in the conversations and you could type in the first names of those people and then again you 'll get back some why the use of the first name . |
| 13 | There was nothing United could do about the second ; a great piece of football skill from Alan McLoughlin . |
| 14 | Time was when the South West would be filled with Gloucester boys … only two Paul Holford and Dave Sims made it on Saturday and there was nothing they could do in the first half to stop the north from taking control … a try from Jim Mallinder gave them a 13-6 lead at half-time … |
| 15 | And they could see for the first time the lights of settlements off in the dark distance of the Vale . |
| 16 | A controlling block of the club 's shares is going back on the market and a new owner could emerge in the next few weeks . |
| 17 | The implications of these findings are doubly serious because it is equally likely that the spindle-disrupting action of alcohol could occur during the first meiotic division . |
| 18 | Streat asked MacArthur for his views on trade with China to which the general replied that an increase in trade between Japan and mainland China would not occur immediately but that he was convinced that this could occur within the next four or five years . |
| 19 | John wanted to be in bed so that the night would be over quickly and he could move off the next morning ; Mr Stephens had a neighbour who would lend them a handcart and John wanted to be able to push the furniture the eight miles uphill to Crossbridge , settle it , and return the handcart the same day . |
| 20 | All Falkenhayn could set against the Fifth Army 's disappointment at Verdun was the news that the simultaneous U-boat campaign ( as ordained in his Memorandum to the Kaiser ) had already had outstanding success . |
| 21 | The £650,000 signing from Leeds could step into the first team if midfielder Steve Hodge fails to recover from the hamstring injury he suffered while training with England last weekend . |
| 22 | City experts say profits could halve over the next year as the other supermarket chains eat into Gateway 's market share . |
| 23 | Anything could happen on the last hole at Royal St. George 's , with its six bunkers , the out-of-bounds line twelve yards beyond the green and the ever-present Duncan 's Hollow . |
| 24 | Our perception of spermatozoa was changed forever by Woody Allen 's impersonation of one in Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex , and University of Pennsylvania are giving substance to his fantasies , putting the poor little tadpoles through an arduous obstacle course to step up the process of survival of the fittest : according to Prodigy Services Co , the mad scientists have created a new class of silicon chip that can be used for analyzing sperm samples and providing a venue for fertilisation ; the technology uses microscopic obstacle courses inside a silicon wafer to weed out unhealthy sperm , and has been used successfully to fertilise a mouse egg ; the chips are etched with a virtual theme park of twisting channels , forests of columns , and other features designed to ensure only the strongest of sperm reach their goal , with some passages so small that only a single cell can pass ; the researchers have not yet applied for approval to test human fertilisation using the chip , but say that could happen within the next 12 months — Brave New World , or the embodiment of virtual sex . |
| 25 | Now however , they will be prepared to let the tribunal decide if they sign a player out of contract — and that could happen within the next few weeks . |
| 26 | Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates ' threats to make life miserable for WABI by bringing out competitive products of his own ( UX No 432 ) , are believed to involve Bristol and a Microsoft license to Wind/U which could happen in the next few weeks , though nothing has been signed . |
| 27 | It was unbelievable that this could happen in the 20th century . |
| 28 | Cyclone now have approval to rebuild and service the aircraft and Bill Sherlock is strongly optimistic that full-scale production could resume within the next few months . |
| 29 | It is possible that a substantial increase in demand for teacher education on language could develop in the next few years . |
| 30 | And botanists fear a quarter of the world 's flora could vanish in the next century , so it 's vital the garden continues to help the plant kingdom grow and flourish . |