Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that councillors had no idea what was going on , and could only rely on the advice of the council 's officials . |
| 2 | The company was bound by the representation and could only rely on the exclusion clause to exclude liability for damage to beads and sequins . |
| 3 | Our troops could only move on the roads and had to be supplied with food . |
| 4 | However , as part of a " fast-track " agreement made with the Bush administration in July 1991 , Congress could only vote on the agreement and not amend it . |
| 5 | After the October 1979 coup , Archbishop Romero declared that the new regime lacked any popular backing and could only count on the support of a " few foreign powers " . |
| 6 | I 've got nearly over five hundred quid , then the petrol and then food where you could n't get food donated , and new tyres for the bike before I went so you could only get on the road . |
| 7 | TWENTY factory workers could only listen on the radio to their red-hot tip romping home at 9-2 after a run of bad luck on the way to the race . |
| 8 | Although in their own eyes the rebels had simply been fighting for what was rightfully theirs , from the point of view of Henry II and Richard they were disturbers of the peace , and as princes maintaining the peace within their dominions , the Angevins could generally rely on the support of the church . |
| 9 | Yes Chair , and I could just comment on the , on the consultation process particularly in relation to potential home closures and to the charges affecting people with learning disability . |
| 10 | She had learned to time it so as not to hear the tail end of the terrible Neighbours music which , no matter how much you hated it , was a tune you could easily get on the brain . |
| 11 | For one thing , the criticism could easily rebound on the people who run these places , when in most cases they know how bad things are themselves but they ca n't do much about it . |
| 12 | in the bar on the harbour serves you a drink — what ? — asks you if men could possibly land on the moon . |
| 13 | In other words , you live an expensive life , more expensive than you could possibly afford on the basis of the royalties from your two books and the articles you periodically write for newspapers and magazines in the States . |
| 14 | Swapo thought they could still depend on the Damara vote . |
| 15 | Music hall had shown Eliot that the chorus of the Greek drama in whose primitive origins he had exhibited such interest , could still work on the modern stage . |
| 16 | Mm and there was a verandah there so , if I did n't go out , you know , I could always sit on the verandah and watch them surfing . |
| 17 | Well we could always sit on the seat when we come back . |
| 18 | He hoped thus both to strengthen his hand in the cabinet , several of whose members were by no means convinced supporters of his policies , and to counteract the influence at court of the hostile Austrian and Russian ambassadors , who could usually count on the sympathy of George IV . |
| 19 | The er issue of stock lending if you heard the Maxwell pensions earlier on comment on stock lending , whether you think pension funds should do that er in the case of Maxwell as you 're probably aware a lot of the stock lending was off market rather than on the market and perhaps you could also comment on the use of independent custodians in terms of the custody of investment . |
| 20 | The police could also rely on the statutory offence of obstruction of the highway , and the common-law offence of public nuisance . |
| 21 | He could also count on the co-operation of his brothers , Louis Duke of Anjou and Philip Duke of Burgundy , and in Bertrand du Guesclin he had perhaps the ablest commander on either side in this phase of the war . |
| 22 | Ruud Gullit could also come on the market after the next World Cup . |
| 23 | By the time he was seven he had ‘ perfect pitch ’ ; he could also improvise on the keyboard in various styles , play with the keys hidden under a cloth , sight-read anything he was given , add a bass line to a tune , and had ‘ taught himself ’ the violin ( although such a claim should perhaps be treated with some scepticism — his father after all was a violin teacher ) . |
| 24 | Okay erm in terms of the technical erm way it works erm the O Omni SQL Gateway does go through the Open Server for Kix at the moment and I think John could probably comment on the I B M relationship . |
| 25 | Llanthony Priory 's future could now depend on the new National Lottery . |
| 26 | Nigel Clogstoun-Willmott could now concentrate on the preparations for the Normandy landings , although he was still not fully fit after the months of hard training he did with his men . |
| 27 | But what upset her particularly was the last sentence : ‘ I should go and work for a week in one of my shops but — though I could even sleep on the factory floor — I ca n't understand people working in shops . ’ |
| 28 | Now , other conversion plans could well depend on the size of the hand-out rather than the principles involved in surrending mutuality . |
| 29 | They were both very angry , but they were silent now because the shouting had stopped , leaving a sharpness , an uncertainty in the atmosphere that Frankie could almost taste on the tip of his tongue . |
| 30 | In general it allied itself with the conservative sector , knowing it could then rely on the wealth and status of this group and , in return , offering a value system that supported their regimes . |