Example sentences of "could [verb] [noun] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd be grateful if you could spare time for a fitting , and I did think it would be a good idea if I could hold a rehearsal of everyone concerned in my part of the show before the official one . |
| 2 | Cleveland and Yorkshire North MEP David Bowe has told campaigners that the EC could grant money for a feasibility study if the line whose future is threatened by British Steel 's decision to transfer Redmire quarry limestone from rail to roads from September was part of a regional transport plan … |
| 3 | On May 4th , before a meeting of the Council of the Americas , he said that the only way he could build support for a system of open trade was to apply the laws that Congress had put in place , and to hold America 's partners to agreements they have made . |
| 4 | The terms of employment are negotiable and could include secondment for a period of not less than three years . |
| 5 | A choice of colour or new hairdo , lipstick that only a fashion model would wear , could work wonders for a woman . |
| 6 | A word in the wrong place , a petty curse pursued into an even pettier vendetta and Hessian could crush clog for a lifetime . |
| 7 | It was Europe on 5 October 1989 , where a vast human drama which could provide scenes for a thousand films is in progress , writes Patricia Clough . |
| 8 | This general doctrine applied particularly to the Middle East because : ( 1 ) it lay on the route of any Soviet expansion into Africa ; ( 2 ) it could provide bases for a Soviet role in Africa ; ( 3 ) it formed a forward position for the defence of South Africa and India ; ( 4 ) it was a base for bombing the Soviet Union ; and ( 5 ) it was an area crucial for its oil resources . |
| 9 | A 600-acre farm employing four people could provide facilities for a thousand-bedroom hotel , three golf courses , several restaurants and full pony-trekking facilities . |
| 10 | The leading judgment , expressing the majority view , was given by Lamont J. The maxim , which I have already quoted , led to the conclusion that as the child en ventre sa mère was born alive it was to be treated as having being alive while en ventre sa mère and so could claim damages for an injury at that time . |
| 11 | This meant either working out very accurate tables of the movements of the moon or devising a chronometer which could keep time for a voyage of months or years without relying on a pendulum that would be disturbed by the rolling of the ship . |
| 12 | It could reinforce prescriptions for an appropriate scientific method . |
| 13 | But she could cut heather for a bed . |
| 14 | You could have respect for a man who lusted after you and fought for you and took you . |
| 15 | Having got this joke out of the way , she was then told no she could not have money for food , but she could have cash for a carpet . |
| 16 | For instance " Chocolate-coated Bees Gain in UK Popularity " could attract attention for a general survey on sweet-eating habits in the UK ; or " Stamping Machine Breaks the Million Barrier " could stimulate interest in a release on a new piece of machinery . |
| 17 | Only Mercedes-Benz could charge £50,800 for a car that is comprehensively outperformed by a Vauxhall Calibra 2.0i 16v , costing £33,550 less , and still call it a sports car . |
| 18 | Yet reform could spell disaster for a regime whose very fundamentals rested on a resistance to change . |
| 19 | A PLANNED housing development could spell disaster for a top nature reserve , environmentalists have warned . |
| 20 | I decided that I could find space for a few really large trees and decided to stock fence in front of the spinney and put in an oak and two beech and three ash well away from the fence . |