Example sentences of "that could [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Histological investigation of the intestine did not show any morphological features that could explain the physiological observations . |
| 2 | In a histological investigation of the intestine we were unable to show any morphological changes that could explain the physiological observations . |
| 3 | Even his cynicism could n't destroy the kind of male magnetism that could draw the innocent female into its web . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | A country that could boast the encyclopaedic knowledge of Lomonosov ( 1711–65 ) , the elegance of Karamzin 's ( 1766–1826 ) History of the Russian State , and above all the poetic genius of Pushkin ( 1799–1837 ) found its sense of cultural inferiority fading . |
| 6 | I was delighted with the attribution of a motive more understandable and more worthy than in biblical and Miltonic tradition and was lost in admiration of the boldness that could characterize the Supreme Being . |
| 7 | The Hospitals for Sick Children ( which should link with UCH/Middlesex and Royal Free paediatric services ) is recommended as a centre that could offer the full range of tertiary services . |
| 8 | Indeed , he hoped they would provide the basis of a religion that could unite the warring factions of the Church . |
| 9 | It is an issue that could split the Conservative Party . |
| 10 | Moreover , he says , Delta 's haemoglobin is guaranteed to be free of the viruses that could contaminate the blood-derived product , and of any residual matter from the blood cells that might trigger allergic reactions in patients . |
| 11 | Some fifty years ago the engineers came up with devices that could record the electrical activity of living brains and living nerve cells . |
| 12 | There 's something missing , something that could change the whole slant of our investigation . |
| 13 | The procaryotic cell began to change its form somewhere between 1.3 and 2 billion years ago , when it evolved a kind of brain , developing a small nucleus at the centre that could control the entire chemical manufacturing process . |
| 14 | Extreme right wing parties applaud Mr Heitmann 's views and some fear that could fuel the alarming spate of attacks on foreigners . |
| 15 | The little terraced houses , with gardens front and back , that Loudon advocates have now doubtless been demolished as substandard , for each floor could measure as little as 12 feet by 12 feet ; but they were not only a great advance on the slum housing in industrial towns ; they provided interiors that could give the domestic virtues at least a chance of growth . |
| 16 | He was at all times happy , said his lordship , to give his assent to any measure that could relieve the unfortunate debtor without giving an opportunity to the adulterer , the swindler etc. to take advantage of the same law — . |
| 17 | Myth and menace merge in India 's poll campaign : Tony Allen-Mills writes from Uttar Pradesh on a Hindu-Muslim row over a mosque that could influence the general election later this year |
| 18 | That might help to produce a radical left-wing party with policies that could rebuild the shattered inner-city area of Tottenham . |
| 19 | Building on this , targets and benchmarks could be introduced that could overcome the lingering tendency to see risk management as simply an overhead ( ’ even though , ‘ Ure said , ‘ it costs nothing to sit down and work out threats and actions ’ ) . |
| 20 | As he fielded questions at a press conference in his Yeovil constituency about his terms for a coalition in the event of a hung Parliament or whether Downing Street had been given his telephone number , the instrument that could receive the crucial call was being hunted down by aides . |
| 21 | It could , in theory , be used as a switch that could outperform the electronic equivalent in many cases . |
| 22 | If those same atoms can also be switched off , they could form the digital ‘ ones ’ and ‘ zeros ’ of an atomic-scale data storage device that could store the complete works of Shakespeare on an area less than 1 hundredth of a millimetre across . |
| 23 | And the chances are that Best will be teaming up with another hero of the game , Rodney Marsh , for a double act that could rival the popular Saint and Greavsie . |