Example sentences of "could [verb] from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Contrasted in this way it seems improbable that madness and creativity could spring from the same source . |
| 2 | A second difficulty could arise from the Labour Party rule ( again dating from 1981 ) that a Leader in office as Prime Minister can be challenged for the Leadership at a Party conference if an election is requested by a majority of the conference on a card vote . |
| 3 | The league programme had not been free from the upsets that could arise from the organizational confusion of most Edwardian football clubs . |
| 4 | There is still a possibility the club could resign from the Northern League before Tuesday 's deadline . |
| 5 | Ledeen always thought it self-evident that America should re-open contacts with Iran ; it could profit from the political fissures there , and could perhaps exploit the chaos that would undoubtedly follow the end of the Ayatollah 's rule . |
| 6 | Schönhuber manoeuvred around the ‘ old Nazi ’ tag , while making plain that not only was he proud to have been in the Waffen SS , but that there was indeed something worthwhile that Germans could salvage from the Nazi era . |
| 7 | The Commission , however , raised the possibility that importers ( e.g. an auctioneer ) could benefit from the temporary importation arrangements : VAT would be payable only if the item were sold , and it would be deductible . |
| 8 | UNCTAD 's annual report on the least developed countries ( LDCs ) , issued on Feb. 11 , said that these countries could benefit from the new international situation and especially from the settlement of long-standing conflicts , which would permit resources to be diverted from military purposes and the care of refugees to improve economic prospects . |
| 9 | Darlington College of Technology could benefit from the extra investment . |
| 10 | The idea is among those that have been taken over successfully into the theory of evolution by John Maynard Smith , who has shown why the evolutionarily stable strategy in a given situation may not be the strategy that would bring most benefit to every individual — the catch being that the only way all individuals could benefit from the best possible strategy , is for all to agree to pursue that strategy . |
| 11 | ‘ It had become necessary to dispel these doubts so that , with full trust restored , South Africa 's people could benefit from the technological development that has taken place as a result of this process . ’ |
| 12 | The British acceptance of the US position in most respects at Bermuda reflected both its final abandonment of internationalization , and the realization that Britain , too , could benefit from the fifth freedom . |
| 13 | Voluntary tagging may also be adopted for sheep which could benefit from the positive identification of their flock of origin , such as pedigree animals or breeding females from farms operating under specific health schemes . |
| 14 | People could borrow from the social fund , he said , and get money that was interest-free , but money was taken from their income support immediately , even though that support was meant to be the lowest level of income on which one could cope . |
| 15 | Delegates could choose from the whole range of subjects throughout but the Dance Section had such a wide variety of topics and practical workshops that it hard to find time to fit everything in . |
| 16 | These could result from the economic , social and political problems , " including ethnic rivalries and territorial disputes , which are faced by many countries in central and eastern Europe " . |
| 17 | A series of appalling disasters in the public services , notably the Kings Cross underground fire and the rail crashes at Clapham and elsewhere underlined the damage that could result from the public sector being run down . |
| 18 | Badly , that is , if you were the owner , for I could see from the outside that the shelves provided loads of blind spots for shoplifters well out of sight of the cash till . |
| 19 | I could see from the four small puncture marks on Fenella 's wrist that she had tried to stroke him during lunch . |
| 20 | Most impressive of all to us children was the fact that the house had two staircases , the staircase we could see from the front door , and the back stairs , used by the servants . |
| 21 | Behind the house fields and woodland dropped gently away towards the sea coast at Lilstock , Kilve and East Quantoxhead , and it was this view which Dorothy and her brother could see from the tall sash-windows of their favourite parlour . |
| 22 | He could see from the changing mottle of the secretary 's complexion that Garvey had made up his mind for him . |
| 23 | Martha could see from the humourless stretch of her grandmother 's mouth that she judged Mrs Joyce and her offspring an unwelcome addition to the neighbourhood . |
| 24 | I had to admit my first impression was not quite what I had expected : instead of bold cliffs and mountain peaks , all we could see from the heaving deck of the boat was a seemingly endless beach of black shingle fringed by white breakers . |
| 25 | I had to see Helen , After all , she was just over that hill which I could see from the top windows of the Grand . |
| 26 | You did n't even wax lyrical about the incredibly romantic island we could see from the cliff-top at the cape . |
| 27 | And er he told me I could start and if I could relieved from the other pit , so I went and saw the under-manager at , and I says , Aye , he says , you can go . |
| 28 | The issue in Gallagher was not whether an appellant could raise a non-certified point but whether the House itself could depart from the certified question and address what it took to be the true question arising . |
| 29 | Not even the groups of sightseers and holidaymakers , strolling round on foot and admiring the baroque palaces and museums and cathedrals , could detract from the romantic , secretive atmosphere . |
| 30 | In fact , as far as I could judge from the old hearing system , the effect on Quigley was fairly stupendous . |