Example sentences of "could [verb] [adv] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing could stay outside on a night like this . |
| 2 | This reading of the effect of the " fabliau entelechy " on religious imagery can also be applied to what appears as a singularly stark , socially satirical statement in this tale , the concluding lines to the portrait of Alison : These could focus critically on the selfish pleasure-taking of lords with town " wenches " , whom yeomen of lower status have to wed . |
| 3 | ‘ Go ahead , ’ said Jay , enjoying this objective discussion where she could focus entirely on the delirium and dilemma of Lucy . |
| 4 | With him timing the lines , the star could concentrate just on the emotional truth of his acting , and the result was very powerful . |
| 5 | Using EBG , one might observe just one species , a sparrow , and deduce that any bird with short wings and a short beak could survive comfortably on a diet of seeds and insects . |
| 6 | Not only that but the Board predicted that with its second station it could improve substantially on the Sizewell performance , setting British construction times and operating records among the best in the world . |
| 7 | Despite its demise , SeaDocs proved that an international , centralized , largely electronic bill of lading system could work reliably on a world wide basis . |
| 8 | The number of mills that could work effectively on the same stream was limited , which led to smaller streams being used by means of building dams to create mill-ponds . |
| 9 | CAP had many positive effects , not least in showing that the Six could work together on a very complicated issue . |
| 10 | It would have been physically and economically impossible for the whole of Africa , for example , to twist and turn its way out of the straitjacket that colonialism imposed upon its economies and industrialize to the point where it could compete effectively on the world market in the space of 10 years . |
| 11 | She did n't know if Betty knew how long Beuno had been there , so endeavoured to give the impression that she could babble away on the topic of cooking game for hours at a time . |
| 12 | We then went a stage further and to share the technology established joint teams for each of these major areas , so that er the specification while it was under Dasa 's leadership , it was actually done by a joint team which involved expertise from British Aerospace and the other three and er therefore at that time the whole Eurofighter consortium was confident that they were making the best use of the available expertise across the four partner companies , each bringing to the table , their own so that they could go forward on a confident basis . |
| 13 | Oh you could tell right on the phone you were sort of all keyed up with it . |
| 14 | Employees of other ‘ foreign ’ railway companies could travel also on the B.C.R. on a Privilege Ticket . |
| 15 | If you waited long enough after a game at Oakwell , you could travel home on the same bus as your hero . |
| 16 | Celia moved to an easy-chair , so that David and Juliet could sit together on the sofa . |