Example sentences of "who could [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Weir was regarded as an effective right-hand batsman who could bowl useful medium-pacers for Auckland , and Kerr was considered an elegant opening batsman for Canterbury . |
| 2 | He was not the only one who could break signed treaties . |
| 3 | Conversely , we would be impressed by another yogi who could alter these processes in his intestines on a word of command but made no claims to know what was going on down there from moment to moment . |
| 4 | But a man still , who could betray one woman with another . |
| 5 | We found that the best were often child care experts who could suggest constructive alternatives , not so often the most senior people in the organisation . |
| 6 | The steward was not left to mourn that his bottles found no custom : there was treating and return treating , and one humble Highlander who could sing Gaelic songs was made the sink into which was poured the spirits bought by sundry odd pence ; and , to the satisfaction of those who deem it a noble accomplishment the filling a man drunk , this Celt was brought into that pitiable condition , and manifested the power of the spirits over his brain in rather a curious way , — he was for kissing all round . |
| 7 | Everyone knew that a breaking point had to come ; and everyone who could took extraordinary measures to protect himself . |
| 8 | Jimmy Wilde , our centre-half , made an excellent debut for us in preventing Simpson from scoring but manager Fred Maven and Secretary Edmund Goodman knew immediately that this was a man who could do great things for Palace . |
| 9 | A Lurgan solicitor who could speak menacing words in a slow quiet voice , he had come close to the leadership of the Unionist Party , had held cabinet office and retained good links with the paramilitaries and the workers ' leaders who had planned and organized the 1974 strike . |
| 10 | Middlesbrough are the only side who could pip in-form Leicester for second spot . |
| 11 | For these were the real ‘ professionals ’ who , at certain times in the war , took over either as commanders appointed by the crown or as leaders of groups of freelance soldiers who could ignore royal orders and get away with it . |
| 12 | More important , my father had learned the theory as well as the practice of ‘ wireless telephony ’ , so he was that rare individual , a man who could offer practical advice on how best to use the components he bought from Marconi 's , Cossor , Edison-Swan , Oldham Batteries and other suppliers . |
| 13 | Governors should recognise their power to co-opt on to their working groups , in a non-voting capacity , any member of the local community who could offer specific expertise and skills which they may be lacking . |
| 14 | We did six tracks with Chris , but we did n't gel with him at all , we needed someone who could offer more inspiration . |
| 15 | Employers were content to retain a cadre of single women who could supervise other women , though once into their fifties such women were at risk of being construed as ‘ too old ’ . |
| 16 | Corbett could not prove that but he recognised the kind of man who could concoct cunning elixirs which could kill a man or woman and leave no trace . |
| 17 | The scarcity of employment suitable for the sons of a gentleman provided the man who could meet that need with very real influence in his region , and a favour of considerable value to a freeholder need not involve any major place in government service . |
| 18 | Where did the people who could pay such prices come from ? |
| 19 | He also talked in Morocco to Barbara Walters of ABC news , Walters was among those Western journalists with whom the Shah was on good terms and who could expect exclusive interviews when they came to Teheran , as well as personal attention from the Iranian ambassador in their won countries . |
| 20 | She looked the sort of girl who is so often a trademark of California — a girl who could dance all night , yet play tennis or golf , ride or swim the next day without the slightest effort . |
| 21 | And the other reason they do n't want to turn up is primarily because they do know that we have compulsory purchase powers and the planning — the paper put forward by the Chief Planning Officer today was a vindication of wage for a good many years , a good many months rather , that we do have compulsory purchase powers and we are able to use them and it was specifically asked at the Panel today , by both Monty Finnist and Sir Monty Finnist and Tony Christopher , why does n't the City Council market this site and use its compulsory purchase powers and that 's one question to address tomorrow as a politician who could make that decision . |
| 22 | In the big American museums you no longer have brilliant ‘ star ’ directors the way you had them in the Sixties and Seventies people like Sherman Lee at Cleveland , Fred Cummings at Detroit , Tom Hoving at the Met who could manage 5,000 projects at once , either making brilliant acquisitions , or putting on unusual or daring exhibitions , or making outrageous statements that might get them censured today . |
| 23 | Ada and Daisy 's task was to hand round food , and to talk to those who could manage some conversation . |
| 24 | Strongly opposing the maintenance of an essentially arbitrary general retirement-age , the Committee recommended that the test for engagement or retirement should be capacity , not age , and that all who could give effective service should have the chance to continue in work if they so wished . |
| 25 | If the child gives a written statement to the social worker , the statement itself is first-hand hearsay as it is one stage removed from the child who could give direct evidence of the abuse . |
| 26 | " You should just see her , you ca n't imagine , you would have to see her to know why she chose it , " and all the time , as she spoke , some more assured , sophisticated account underran her words , silently , in her own mind , an account by some other girl , some girl who could wear such garments , and laugh at them , and explain them , and not suffer — some girl so far above such things that nothing could pull her down . |
| 27 | Because of this , even those who could afford professional labour will often prefer to do it themselves . |
| 28 | The basic problem in the layout is precisely that of Chedworth — finding the house where an owner who could afford such engineering could have lived in any style . |
| 29 | The feudal lords — who could afford real glass — usually had it set directly into stone or metal . |
| 30 | ‘ In Byrne , Sunderland have a player who could supply that sort of brilliance and they have a great Cup tradition , too . |