Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [verb] more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The possible developments that the trust could achieve include more emphasis on research , on training and education , on challenging behaviour , and on autism and brain damage . |
| 2 | ALL THE PRESIDENT 'S TAXMEN On the campaign trail , the next US president promised that high earners could expect to pay more tax — and foreign-owned companies much , much more — if he won the election . |
| 3 | A delighted Arsenal manager George Graham saluted his side 's 4–1 win over Crystal Palace and said : ‘ We could have scored more goals , perhaps even eight ’ . |
| 4 | But he 's back for tomorrow 's clash in neutral Germany at Bochum 's Ruhr Stadium , and manager Walter Smith said : ‘ Ally is bubbling and wants to make up for missing three games when he could have scored more goals . |
| 5 | I wonder , however , whether we could have had more discussion of the worth of these compositions . |
| 6 | No Eastern bazaar could have held more wonders for us kids as those highly coloured stalls with their buckets , spades and " Kiss me Quick " hats and all that goes with a seaside bazaar . |
| 7 | You could have got more information Paul ! |
| 8 | I knew that if we could have released three or four , we could have sold more records . |
| 9 | Owners Doug and Eileen Belcher say Premier John Major could have offered more support , both as an MP and a customer . |
| 10 | I have dealt with reasonably intelligent people who have discovered that they could have claimed more money . |
| 11 | The absence of normal colonic content , the water infusion through the manometry catheter , and the presence of a semirigid foreign body could have triggered more HAPCs than would be recorded in an undisturbed bowel . |
| 12 | ‘ Being in Brighton has been beneficial to all of us , the food is good and we have trained on the Downs , ’ said Tolstikov , who could have expected more recognition at home following last year 's London win but instead found life harder , not better . |
| 13 | However , when one of the assembled men had suggested that they could have used more men , Springfield had assured them their numbers would be quite sufficient for the job in hand , adding enigmatically that he had a few aces up his sleeve which would reduce the odds against them . |
| 14 | When he told them that the Government could have used more oil at the power stations this summer and so built up coal stocks for the winter against a possible strike , but had n't , they merely retorted , ‘ More fool you ’ and thanked him for letting them know how strong their position was . |
| 15 | ‘ The price of a common press was only about one-tenth of the cost of the 1,000 kg of type that kept it occupied in a busy shop … so that the master could afford to own more presses than he would normally need . ’ |
| 16 | Without a satisfactory agreement the banks could refuse to lend more money on top of the £6bn in total committed to the project and demand that Eurotunnel be replaced . |
| 17 | It would also reduce dependence on oil , which was a sensible strategic aim , and the regular orders for the British railway manufacturing industry could help to win more export orders for electrified systems overseas . |