Example sentences of "could [verb] [prep] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we could think of a better system we would introduce it . |
| 2 | It was not a satisfactory solution of what came to be called the Southwark Bridge Mystery , but no one could think of a better one . |
| 3 | The Exeter district , now free from the shackles of the Devon area authority , could negotiate from a stronger management position with the ‘ receiver ’ districts . |
| 4 | For example , if one were carrying out a survey of library users over six days and the analysis for the working week produced , let us say , 20 print-out sheets , then to ask also for sub-analyses for each of the six days could result in a further 120 sheets . |
| 5 | That intention may indeed be achieved but the proposed relaxation of rent control could result in a further considerable increase in house prices , affecting all traditional users of this type of property — the young , the single and the less-financially secure . |
| 6 | Baydon Star 's Ascot victim Cadency could do with a stronger gallop than at Huntingdon last time to help him settle , but he can justify the journey from Newmarket for the Scottish Power Handicap Hurdle . |
| 7 | It was a pity , in a way ; they could do with a kinder mistress in the house . |
| 8 | The Fairclough report suggests that suitable UK institutions could be offered Faraday Centre status , becoming foci for technologies and expertise of industrial relevance , in which graduate scientists and engineers could work for a higher degree while engaged on contract research before moving into industry . |
| 9 | What the participants in this group discussion saw themselves as doing was working to make sure that their children could hope for a better life . |
| 10 | If we consider the exercise-bicycle market shown in figure 2.10 , for example , we could move to a higher level of abstraction to new fitness machines and to lower levels of abstraction which can reveal a whole range of possibilities . |
| 11 | At one point , in December 1925 , with a liberal Governor-General in Vietnam , the Vietnamese were told that they could aspire to a fuller and higher life to become one day a nation ; but a few months later it was predicted that , while an independent Vietnam ( in the indeterminate future ) was a possibility , the bonds between it and France would become sufficiently strong so that nothing would ever break them . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Like a faster-acting computer programme , decisions and judgements can speed up , and it could lead to a higher IQ ! |
| 14 | It is very unlikely that this change in income could lead to a greater budget than that which emerges when there is a lump-sum grant from the central government . |
| 15 | The company claims that placing lines underground could lead to a poorer service in rural areas , particularly when faults occur . |
| 16 | Kleinwort Benson said it could lead to a further 15 per cent fall in property values . |
| 17 | And the latest move could lead to a further 1,500 jobs going among component suppliers . |
| 18 | Who could ask for a better weapon than that ? |
| 19 | By gaw , he 's a topper and ah would n't sell 'im for any money , No man could ask for a better friend . " |
| 20 | One thing which could account for a greater distinctiveness in memory of risky situations would be the idea that risky situations constitute a small number of rather unusual items among a large number of more similar ones . |