Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [art] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is self-explanatory and the tenant should be cautious of allowing the landlord to include various prohibited users which may not affect the tenant 's business but could restrict the persons to whom the tenant may wish to assign or sublet the premises . |
| 2 | If we could hoist the Delos to the surface we might well find out . ’ |
| 3 | Marilla could explain the mistake to her . |
| 4 | The rapid expansion of the South Korean economy brought wealth which has been unevenly distributed ; many of the wealthy have started to purchase high priced goods ( that is , imported goods from Japan and the West ) and popular resentment of this materialism and unfair wealth distribution could explain the hostility to imported products . |
| 5 | One " purple passage " could consign a novel to condemnation , and there was no defence of literary merit . |
| 6 | A recent study by the National Farmers ' Union of Scotland concluded : ‘ Major problems in the hill farming business could consign the valleys to excessive tree planting with the danger that uneconomic holdings would be left . |
| 7 | The Chancellor could grant a remedy to an individual where the common law did not provide a remedy , the aim being to attain justice in each case . |
| 8 | Long before he could goad the aircraft to anywhere near its optimum ceiling , Vologsky would be frozen , evacuated or crushed to death . |
| 9 | But the two of them were engulfed in a rush of flames before she could throw the baby to rescuers outside . |
| 10 | Fed tightening could deliver a blow to such hopes . |
| 11 | Clara was astonished ; she could compare the room to nothing in her experience , nothing at all , unless it were perhaps to those studiously , tediously visited ancient homes which she had been round on various bank holidays during her childhood . |
| 12 | So if I could make a plea to anyone who wishes to buy a pony whether from a private owner or ‘ saved ’ from the meat man , to make sure they know the commitment they are taking on . |
| 13 | And I instanced Bob Geldof as someone whose commitment to the problem of hunger had certainly got things done , and inspired millions of people to see ( even if only transiently ) that they could make a contribution to a problem that they had previously held in their minds , albeit not very consciously , as ‘ not mine ’ and ‘ hopeless ’ . |
| 14 | Employee career development was flexible , and management encouraged individuals to pursue their interests and extend their skills in areas where they could make a contribution to the business . |
| 15 | When given the scope and the opportunity , VHWs , as elected representatives of their villages , could make a contribution to the way in which the health centre is managed . |
| 16 | And the superstructure could make a difference to the base . |
| 17 | Of course , this group at Ephesus must have heard something about the Holy Spirit if they listened at all attentively to John the Baptist , but they did not realise that the promised Spirit was available for them ; that he could make a difference to their lives . |
| 18 | If the difference suggested is one which could make no difference to us , then it is empty and does not exist . |
| 19 | ’ No , but she could make an effort to be civil . ’ |
| 20 | Furthermore , the dolphin could relate a sound to an object like a ball or hoop , and thus was able to give vocal labels to these objects . |
| 21 | Such effects could include a reduction to the natural reservoir that replenishes beaches under natural conditions , and damage to the marine ecosystem . |
| 22 | Such effects could include a reduction to the natural reservoir that replenishes beaches under natural conditions , and damage to the marine ecosystem . |
| 23 | ‘ They could catch the ferry to Helsinki . |
| 24 | erm , on four , er , again I do n't know what pigeon fanciers or pigeon er , what their views are on this , but you see , this is another European directive erm , there is a risk it says of this disease being airborne , it can be airborne , and it was shown that racing pigeons could introduce the disease to commercial flocks . |
| 25 | Now if parents , through playing games with their children that are based on words , could alert the child to the fact that print is a convention and that we can translate print into reality , obviously not as abstract as that , but just get the child used to knowing what print is , knowing what reading is , so that perhaps when they go to school they may well know this is a skill that they do n't have , like they do n't know , perhaps , how to ride a bike , they may not know how to swim , they certainly do n't know how to drive a car , but they do know what sort of a thing driving a car is . |
| 26 | Now if parents , through playing games with their children that are based on words , could alert the child to the fact that print is a convention and that we can translate print into reality , obviously not as abstract as that , but just get the child used to knowing what print is , knowing what reading is , so that perhaps when they go to school they may well know this is a skill that they do n't have , like they do n't know , perhaps , how to ride a bike , they may not know how to swim , they certainly do n't know how to drive a car , but they do know what sort of a thing driving a car is . |
| 27 | So make a start now by testing your taste-buds in this month 's competition , the Sainsbury 's Wine Taste Challenge on page 62 — you could win a trip to the wineries of New Zealand or Germany . |
| 28 | We could win a trip to the Grammy 's in New York . |
| 29 | He noticed that he could predict the direction to the food source form the dance . |
| 30 | Okay , it is often argued that , I mean this is the principal reason why agricultural trade has n't been in the GATT negotiations , because agricultural er , protectionism has been enshrined in domestic agricultural policy , govern policy makers will say , we are protecting er , our own domestic industries right , because we , because of er , erm , deleterious effects that would be imposed , or the burdens that would be imposed on domestic agriculture if we did n't , we do n't think that the fabric of the rural society could withstand the reversion to laissez faire in agricultural goods . |