Example sentences of "could [verb] [noun sg] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This meant that there were essentially three variables which could affect risk of relapse : level of EE , level of contact , and maintenance medication . |
| 2 | Several Departments could make use of assistance from volunteer workers , without in any way compromising existing staffing levels . |
| 3 | By 1937 , however , with Franco in possession of supreme military and political power , they had realized that the " New State " could make use of documentary evidence of Republican sympathies to incriminate its adversaries . |
| 4 | Several firms , in both food processing and engineering , felt that productivity and competitiveness could be enhanced if they could guarantee security of employment to what they regarded as their " core " staff . |
| 5 | The nature of the changes , which could include modification of gene expression , permanent reduction in cell numbers , or modification of organ structure , is unknown . |
| 6 | Handicap hopes could include Source Of Light in the Bessborough and Tychonic in the Britannia . |
| 7 | But Linford could win battle of speed kings |
| 8 | So long as it could prevent news of discontent travelling from one region to another and igniting a bush-fire of revolt , the Party was able to restore its control relatively quickly and with little loss of life . |
| 9 | Both the head and the DCSL freely acknowledged that these developments were undertaken in the light of knowledge that a library project existed , and that schools might stand a better chance of securing a grant if they could show evidence of commitment to enhanced library provision . |
| 10 | He enjoyed a good relationship with Acheson and it suited both men for Dulles to be closely involved in policy formulation : Acheson because it would diminish at least some of the acrimony in Congress and Dulles because he wished to consolidate his record so that he could become Secretary of State in the next Republican administration . |
| 11 | For the person with special needs it could provide clarity of presentation . |
| 12 | A longer term issue could be the abolition of US and Japanese laws separating commercial and investment banking , which could entail repatriation of eurobond business to New York and Tokyo . |
| 13 | British Aerospace , possibly in partnership with Thomson CSF of France , has emerged as the leading British contender to mount a bid but could face Ministry of Defence objections . |
| 14 | That non-enrollers were more likely than migrants to say that they had n't done a course because they needed other qualifications could imply ignorance of entry requirements . |
| 15 | Erm er I do n't know , I mean maybe it would be like it would be like you give a fairly sort of neutral statement and you have the adjectives at the end of the scale give indicate the responses like y'know something like how do you feel about homosexuality and you could have sort of y'know erm natural to unnatural or something like that erm |
| 16 | Similarly , ‘ inversion ’ could signify reversal of position and/or reversal of direction , both being inimical to effective government and social control . |
| 17 | This could reflect fear of aggression . |
| 18 | Our finding that patients with healed duodenal ulcers have disordered patterns of antroduodenal motility , which could promote sequestration of acid within the bulb , provides indirect support for this hypothesis , as do preliminary reports that cisapride 10 mg three times daily reduces 24 h intraduodenal acidity in healthy volunteers without affecting gastric pH . |
| 19 | X and her husband could find peace of mind and could somehow be helped to strengthen their marriage . |
| 20 | Neither Jones ( 1969 ) in his study of Wolverhampton , nor Bulpitt ( 1967 ) in his analysis of a number of north-west Labour parties , could find evidence of party groups undertaking a successful policy formulation role . |
| 21 | For example , the new antibodies to progastricsin and DD9-E7 could increase specificity of diagnosis of intra-abdominal adenocarcinoma ( colon , stomach , small intestine , pancreas ) . |
| 22 | Under the provisions of the 1911 Act ( a measure to which the Lords acquiesced under threat of being swamped with a mass of new Liberal pro-reform peers ) , the House could delay passage of nonmoney bills for only two successive sessions , such bills being enacted if passed by the Commons again the succeeding session . |
| 23 | ‘ or was likely to be caused to persons in or on that vehicle ( or trailer ) or on a road ’ 'Likely to be caused' means potentially dangerous such as sharp edges jutting out from the body of a motor vehicle ; a loose driver 's seat which could cause loss of control of the car ; projecting wheel wing nuts or mudguards that could strike a pedestrian ; and a loose rear bumper that might fall off and cause an accident etc . |