Example sentences of "could [verb] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mother the dowager Queen Isabella survived until 1358 and if she could transmit title to Edward III , why could not Jeanne of Navarre , Louis X 's daughter , or any of the daughters of Philip V do likewise ? |
| 2 | So you could relate positivity to achievement and see what you have access to that might express that . |
| 3 | The Inland Revenue , however , has acknowledged that the delay in receiving their Lordships ' decision could give rise to difficulties for employers completing forms P11D ( return of employees ' expenses and benefits ) for 1991/92 and 1992/93 . |
| 4 | Yalden & Yalden were able to calculate correction factors which could take this differential loss into account , but clearly this could give rise to problems in interpreting predator assemblages . |
| 5 | They will take approximately a week to reach this stage , so that while any traces remaining in a carpet could give rise to problems , a solid floor can be easily disinfected to kill them before this stage is reached . |
| 6 | This could give rise to questions such as : |
| 7 | While generally a very fair summation of the draft ( though , of course , some interpretations could give rise to discussion ) , the description of Article 11 is , I fear , a very serious misunderstanding of the draft Convention which could give rise to unfortunate and unnecessary misapprehensions . |
| 8 | Since the legal rules about the control of water pollution are expressed through the discretion of field officers it is important to understand their working definitions of pollution in terms of the kinds of events , activities , or social settings which could give rise to action on their part , whatever its ultimate conclusion . |
| 9 | ( i ) The main requirement of water for textiles is freedom from solid particles in suspension or from substances that could give rise to solids in processing . |
| 10 | The danger of serious conflict occurring on the border was anticipated in a motion proposed by the United States and carried in the General Assembly in 1949 authorising UNCOK to observe developments on the border and to report back on clashes that could give rise to war . |
| 11 | It shows how the Word could give birth to commentators ’ words , as could the castrated Origen , but gives no acceptable explanation of how it could produce Origen . |
| 12 | Depravity and a wasted body and spirit could give birth to health . |
| 13 | Even when people could give money to relatives , it has never been obvious that they should do so , whatever other circumstances obtain . |
| 14 | As quality feature films were produced so the anxieties and introspection could give way to congratulation and to a new hyperbole . |
| 15 | Thorpe J. having held that ‘ there is no doubt at all that J. is a child of sufficient understanding to make an informed decision , ’ I shall assume that , so far as the common law is concerned , Lord Scarman would have decided that neither the local authority nor W. 's aunt , both of whom had parental responsibilities , could give consent to treatment which would be effective in the face of W. 's refusal of consent . |
| 16 | He said the scheme could give confidence to youngsters who were in danger of losing it at a crucial time in their lives through adverse family or other circumstances . |
| 17 | Dr. Pugh suggested health workers could give advice to families on how to safeguard their children . |
| 18 | A catalyst that could convert methane to methanol or larger unsaturated hydrocarbons directly and at low temperatures would be of enormous commercial interest . |
| 19 | He further argued that no conceivable military strength in the area could defend access to oil resources against attack from the north ( i.e. the USSR ) . |
| 20 | With grants available to all who could gain entry to university or polytechnic , initial teaching training courses came to be filled , in part , with young people whose ‘ A ’ level grades were not high enough to gain entrance on conventional university course . |
| 21 | The background to this inquiry was that with the introduction of " gateway " facilities on Prestel — the ability to use another database by means of Prestel — the library could gain access to ECCTIS , a high education database . |
| 22 | With the destruction of state socialism in Hungary , the old and relatively comfortable set-up in which officially approved writers could have access to funds , however limited , via the Writers ' Union , will come to an end , since the Union itself will no longer have any official funding . |
| 23 | Or , you could fix floor to ceiling mirror panels to the walls , either at right angles to the window , or on the wall opposite . |
| 24 | He was searching for a complete lyricist who could add flavour to songs he was intending to be covered by bigger artists . |
| 25 | After thirty years , he could come face to face with the soldier who had spared his life . |
| 26 | Reluctantly she decided she must see it through , for Peter , and in some way for herself — she had to prove to herself that she could come face to face with Marc again and survive the ordeal . |
| 27 | IT was the idea that he could offer comfort to others in bereavement which inspired John Johnson , of Winchester Road , Four Marks , to have his collection of prose and poetry published . |
| 28 | This was fun ; with any luck she could say goodbye to facials , mud-packs and manicures . |
| 29 | If their earlier positive results could be replicated , then it was important to study how early loss could increase vulnerability to depression . |
| 30 | They also warned that the drug could cause sensitivity to sunlight . |