Example sentences of "could [verb] on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An example of a chart that you could construct on a card , or in your diary is shown opposite . |
| 2 | She has , however , been informed that she could remain on the RGU staff if she accepted a demotion to ordinary lecturer — the post held by her sister , Mrs Barbara Diack , who , in turn , would lose her job . |
| 3 | He hoped Great Britain would support Austria-Hungary against Russia and that Germany could remain on the fence . |
| 4 | ‘ We could build on a garden room . ’ |
| 5 | I mean i i if you could get in for a penny a week that was alright because when things got better you could build on a penny a week , you see ? |
| 6 | On Sotheby 's activities in Berlin he was candid about the difficulties experienced by this ‘ very interesting experiment ’ so far but felt that the company could build on the pool of new private ( West ) German buyers that had emerged from the sales . |
| 7 | Any citizen attending could inscribe on a piece of pottery the name of the person he wanted ostracised , without speeches or debate . |
| 8 | I wonder if you could comment on the possibility of putting a Land Rover 5 bearing diesel engine into my 6 cylinder 109 inch chassis . |
| 9 | I should be grateful if the Under-Secretary could comment on the way in which housing benefit is calculated . |
| 10 | Yes , if I could comment on the traffic calming . |
| 11 | The House of Lords , while accepting that some elements of natural justice could apply to investigations and preliminary determinations , held that an opportunity to see the counter-statement was not required : no final decision was being made and if the taxpayer could comment on the counter-statement the Commissioners would wish to comment on those comments , thereby producing an endless succession of exchanges , bringing the administration to a standstill . |
| 12 | ‘ Black people are the original people of the Earth , no one could exist on the planet without us and we must wake up , to struggle and do what we have to do to come into power , ’ announces Chester , striding across the stage , as the audience cheers . |
| 13 | He is blessed , though , with large hands which assisted him with the amount of spin he could impart on a cricket ball . |
| 14 | They could knock on the door , or they could sell send their servants ! |
| 15 | The pile of the arrow could catch on the inside of the bow . |
| 16 | When down himself ( very seldom ) , he could count on a pratfall from his hysterical shaman , Drew ‘ Bundini ’ Brown , on the latest bizarre news from his scheming court , maybe a straight line from some reporter that he would turn into a ricocheting soliloquy on , say , the disgusting aesthetics of dining on pig . |
| 17 | The army put itself forward as the vehicle for such policies , and in taking radical domestic and international action the army could count on a measure of support from the rural community . |
| 18 | IF HEAD teachers of opted-out schools were typical voters , the Conservatives could count on a landslide election result . |
| 19 | There was no evidence yet that Isabella enjoyed widespread support in England , and Edward no doubt felt he could count on the loyalty of the nobles to whom he committed responsibility for the defence of the south coast . |
| 20 | Soviet leaders could count on the support of most states in the region for a general demilitarisation and limitation of superpower military presence in the Mediterranean . |
| 21 | He also believed , first , that France was unlikely to be able to secure an alliance with Britain ( because of the two countries ' disagreement about the Near East in 1840 ) ; second , that Britain might support Russia in the event of a Russian attack on the Ottoman Empire ( because of the Anglo-Russian discussions which had taken place in London in 1844 ) ; and third , that in any event he could count on the support of Austria ( because of the assistance he had rendered Vienna in putting down the Hungarians in 1849 ) . |
| 22 | If Argyll could count on the friendship of the Earl of Selkirk , who had friends on the burgh council , the Galloway interest might prove to be less impregnable than was commonly believed , for two of the councillors were ‘ considerable tenants to Lord Selkirk whose leases are near expir 'd ’ . |
| 23 | Last night just days after management at the Darlington Arts Centre said there would be no space in the autumn programme for the festival Darlington Council 's recreation committee chairman , Labour councillor Dot Long , said the town 's Campaign for Real Ale could count on the venue . |
| 24 | And then last year Branson sold the music business to Thorn E M I for five hundred and sixty million pounds so he could focus on the airline , which was losing money . |
| 25 | Mrs. Campbell hoped that a tide waiter 's post might be found for the man , but there was more to it than charity , for , as she advised her cousin , William Anderson 's brother was a rich baker who had lately filled the office of deacon convener of trades in Stirling , and ‘ as he has a near connection with severalls in the present management I wish if possible you could fall on a way to get this small thing for him , it wou 'd make a noise amongest the folks to see that we are at pains to do for them ’ . |
| 26 | Thus , as the BMA ( 1989 ) points out , ‘ these costs would be beyond the control of the general practitioners but could fall on the budget ’ . |
| 27 | Meanwhile , the greater forces would be assembled in the forest : the fire in the sloop should act as a decoy , so that the army of over five hundred warriors could fall on the settlement while its defenders were distracted , sweeping down on them , while they flapped around the burning ship , from the rainforest where they would be concealed till then . |
| 28 | As everyone is close to the ground anyway they will not hurt themselves , except possibly the last one who could fall on the floor . |
| 29 | The constable need not have witnessed the conduct in question before he utters his warning ; he could act on the basis of a report that he received from a person who has been caused harassment , alarm or distress , or on the report of somebody who has witnessed it . |
| 30 | The earliest the Treasury could act on the tax front , would be March 1991 . |