Example sentences of "could have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So erm , cos downstairs , we had it all extended , so we could have a disabled bathroom and that sort of thing and , |
| 2 | In most areas , the votes of mentally handicapped people may make little difference but in very marginal constituencies , such as Brecon and Radnor , where there are approximately 250 people with a severe mental handicap and where the majority was only 56 at the last election , the voting patterns of even small populations could have a crucial effect . |
| 3 | They have loads of fillings and you just choose what you want and there was curried chicken , prawns , could have salad with them or you could have a baked potato with your own filling , I had a baked potato with tuna fish and coleslaw , coleslaw was made with mayonnaise , it was gorgeous . |
| 4 | He could have a baked potato , I do n't think he would have had very much all day knowing . |
| 5 | If just one of them had sent one of their grandmothers , and I could come out of the sun , and if I could have a silenced chain-saw , then maybe it would be fair . |
| 6 | With Kosovo and Vojvodina under his belt and Montenegro to come ( perhaps after a referendum there leading to that republic 's formal incorporation into Serbia ) , he could have a respectable country to run . |
| 7 | By accurate and sensible reporting , mirrored by intelligent coverage in the press and on the radio , the public could become much better informed about mental handicap and this increased awareness could have a tremendous impact on the ways that our mentally handicapped population are perceived in modern society . |
| 8 | High earning possibilities could have a compensating effect , for if they increased the " idleness " of those already employed , they also drew in new hands . |
| 9 | When I answered it , the hotel manager was there and he asked if he could have a discreet word with me . |
| 10 | The migration from Pannonia , for instance , could have a symbolic significance , in that St Martin of Tours also came from there . |
| 11 | The latter could have a global impact , pushing up grain prices substantially . |
| 12 | I thought no more of it , and stared vacantly into space , wishing that the weather would improve so that I could have a better look at the scenery . |
| 13 | Cars would slow down so that their drivers could have a better look . |
| 14 | THE MUDDLES all come from thinking you could have a better idea of God or a worse one or any idea of God at all . |
| 15 | I think you could play so many tunes on it that not only would we be producing much more efficiently and economically , but people could have a better quality of life too . |
| 16 | It is their first one , but no jockey could have a better ride . |
| 17 | Our idea was that at last we could have a real go at it , make sure things worked out . |
| 18 | We could have a real hippie parade could n't we ? |
| 19 | I mean Yeah I say , or you could have a taller fridge . |
| 20 | Oh yeah you could have a taller fridge . |
| 21 | Or you could have a Milky Bar ? |
| 22 | I mean you could have a negative number to the minus eight . |
| 23 | The Bank is also concerned that disclosure of such information , where the matters at issue are not yet proved , could have a negative effect upon the [ defendants ] . |
| 24 | Observers say that in today 's social climate both the charges and story could have a negative impact on SCO . |
| 25 | Chimango predicted a gross domestic product ( GDP ) growth rate of 4.7 per cent for the forthcoming year , but noted that poor rainfall in March could have a negative impact on the growth rate . |
| 26 | In fact rural telephone experience could have a beneficial effect , if carefully applied , in a busy city bureau . |
| 27 | Merck , the US pharmaceutical company which discovered that this drug — originally developed as a treatment for worms in animals — could have a beneficial effect in humans , has made it available in West Africa free of charge . |
| 28 | The Tutworker could have a reasonable income which was more or less guaranteed ; the Tributer was more in a position of winning or losing ; the Day Workers , with the lowest wages , were only hired as required but even so were better off than the local farm labourer ; bearing in mind that the mine was not a particularly unhealthy one . |
| 29 | For example , one British study ( Brody and Tarling , 1990 ) concluded that we could have a substantial effect on the crime rate if everyone convicted of an indictable offence received a mandatory 19-month prison sentence . |
| 30 | Your Lordships are well aware that the costs of litigation are a subject of general public concern and I personally would not wish to be a party to changing a well established rule which could have a substantial effect in increasing these costs against the advice of the Law Commissions and the Renton Committee unless and until a new inquiry demonstrated that that advice was no longer valid . |