Example sentences of "could [vb infin] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To return to the second point about church growth made at the end of the second chapter , ‘ demand ’ is not the only factor in church growth ; one must also consider supply , and the Free Church was gradually coming into the position where it could service the new demand . |
| 2 | The comments come just ahead of two key decisions by Scottish Office ministers which will set the tone for the new curriculum and could damage the wide agreement over its introduction . |
| 3 | The BA 's trade practice executive Sydney Davies , in a letter to the Home Office , reiterated concern that the directive could damage the free flow of information and add ‘ an intolerable and costly administrative burden to the book industry ’ . |
| 4 | The danger is it could damage the very relations we tend , we need to build . |
| 5 | One , where the exerciser has one leg outstretched and the other bent backwards , ‘ could damage the bent knee enough to warrant surgery ’ , says Wendy . |
| 6 | So intently did Nietzsche interpret Schopenhauer 's " personal " relevance at this time , that he could locate the vital centre of the philosopher 's system in its therapeutic power to help with the practical crises of living . |
| 7 | They wo n't accept with Charles Wychwood that ‘ everything is copied ’ , and wo n't accept his opinion of Chatterton : ‘ Thomas Chatterton believed that he could explain the entire material and spiritual world in terms of imitation and forgery , and so sure was he of his own genius that he allowed it to flourish under other names . ’ |
| 8 | Histological investigation of the intestine did not show any morphological features that could explain the physiological observations . |
| 9 | In a histological investigation of the intestine we were unable to show any morphological changes that could explain the physiological observations . |
| 10 | Textiles were in full decline ; the old metal trades had vanished to the point where no artisan could explain the traditional techniques . |
| 11 | As the Zuccarelli tone will be heard in addition to the natural tone from the ear of a headphone listener , this could explain the exaggerated effect of his recordings . |
| 12 | She could explain the sinister origins of the nursery rhyme , ‘ Ring a Ring of Roses . ’ |
| 13 | Mr Heyerdahl could explain the great stone statues on Easter Island in the south Pacific only by insisting that South Americans must have gone there . |
| 14 | The MPs have concluded this could explain the leftwing bias they allege in some TV programmes . |
| 15 | It could explain the terrified silence that reigned every time they were locked up alone with him . |
| 16 | This of course is what inspired Thor Heyerdahl 's dramatic Kon-Tiki expedition in which he sailed on a raft from South America to Polynesia , thus hoping to prove that he was following in the wake of ancient migration routes which could explain the cultural similarities he found between the two culture areas . |
| 17 | It had been the great achievement of the geologists to explain how , given enough time , the operation of exactly the same forces visible today could explain the enormous variety of what could be observed on the inanimate earth , past and present . |
| 18 | What could explain the dual use of words like ‘ hot ’ and ‘ cold ’ if not resemblance in the things of which they were used ? |
| 19 | I , I could summize the sporting facilities for the pensioners . |
| 20 | If you have regular periods , though , or unusually long or short cycles , mention it since this could affect the due date . |
| 21 | But it is not clear how adult mortality rates could affect the optimal timing of maturity . |
| 22 | In this respect , recommendations by the team were subject to approval by senior county staff who sometimes had inside information which could affect the final decision . |
| 23 | Her parents say no-one warned them that the drug , Pre , could affect the immune system , making Lexie more susceptible to infection . |
| 24 | During 1979 various County and Metropolitan areas submitted Bills to the House of Commons for new powers and the designer is advised to check if any Act has been passed which could affect the proposed location of the high-bay warehouse . |
| 25 | In theory , at least , his knowledge of technology , and in particular his military ability , could affect the whole course of the planet 's history . |
| 26 | But assuming that matches can be achieved on all the known likely factors , there may well be others that could affect the main relationship of interest that are not known about . |
| 27 | How could he believe , really believe , that this primal stuff and nonsense , this superstition , could affect the day-to-day operation of the most important scientific expedition of its time ? |
| 28 | He knew that whoever found it could rule the new world . |
| 29 | Er for example the ones that they fitted on the , the vertical boring mills , were round er in nature , bolted through the centre to a tool post and subsequently when they went into action , they were so hard you know , that they could outstrip the existing type of tip tool erm because the , the material itself stood up better to the cutting flow er er rather than the , the tip tool which was inclined to chip . |
| 30 | But before I could phrase the right remark , the question that would show her I saw no reason why in Conchis 's absence she should maintain the pretending to believe , she stood up . |