Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | By arguments of this kind , biological or similar arguments could coherently yield constraints on social goals , personal ideals , possible institutions and so forth . |
| 2 | However , the quarter of an inch strain gauge could only record stress on one small portion of the club , while simulation can simultaneously display stress levels on over 1,000 grid points . |
| 3 | As Lothar was still only in the lower clerical orders , those of the deacon , he had to be ordained priest , which could only take place on the ember days , so accordingly the ceremonies were delayed until Saturday and Sunday 21/22 February , six weeks after the election . |
| 4 | Worshippers could only play music on Fridays and Sundays , were banned from having a bass drum , and could only use the church between 8am and 10pm . |
| 5 | His conclusion that there was no duress where the defendant could only put pressure on the plaintiff by the institution of proceedings , to which proceedings there would have been available the defence which ultimately prevailed , was , in my view , unimpeachable since there is ample authority for the view that a mere threat of action does not per se constitute duress . |
| 6 | There was so much about her that Louise admired , she could only suspend judgement on the rest . |
| 7 | But David Bulman , for the objectors , said only 12 full-time jobs would be created and that local people could already play football on the common free of charge . |
| 8 | In all of this it has been assumed that the general rule applies and that X , not being the owner could not confer ownership on Y who in turn could not confer ownership on Z. It now remains to examine those exceptional situations where the original owner may lose his ownership , i.e. where title may be conferred by someone who himself has no title . |
| 9 | In all of this it has been assumed that the general rule applies and that X , not being the owner could not confer ownership on Y who in turn could not confer ownership on Z. It now remains to examine those exceptional situations where the original owner may lose his ownership , i.e. where title may be conferred by someone who himself has no title . |
| 10 | ( A few months later , president George Bush underlined the non-equivalence of ‘ women ’ and ‘ American citizens ’ : explaining why the US saw fit to invade Panama , he said he could not tolerate assaults on ‘ the wife of an American citizen ’ . |
| 11 | After a restless few hours ' sleep , Fabia awakened to daylight and the concrete knowledge that for her sister 's sake she could not accept defeat on that interview issue . |
| 12 | The headquarters ' 38-set ( see Appendix 5 ) could not contact Ryder on the MGB and Newman did not at first realise how few men were ashore . |
| 13 | They said that one could not solve unemployment on such a scale and that if one invested £1 million in one area , having taken it away from profitable Birmingham or wherever , it would leave us worse off in the end . |
| 14 | He could still feel eyes on him , they were like fingers , they poked him in the ribs , the shoulderblades , the neck , it was hard not looking round . |
| 15 | Naval patronage was regularly used , within the limits imposed by regulation , to sustain a political interest , and even if the powers of a flag officer in the field of promotion were restricted in Europe , an officer in command of a ship , or in a position to influence that commander , could still place boys on the first rung of the promotional ladder by securing for them appointments as midshipmen or , failing that , captain 's servants . |
| 16 | Even if he only held his cottage on a tenancy , a cottager could usually keep animals on the common pasture land , and collect fuel from the land unsuited to agriculture , known as the waste . |
| 17 | It could also throw light on the process by which they trap carbon dioxide in the atmosphere . |
| 18 | Beveridge , however , studied the German experiment more closely during the next year and concluded that the contributory insurance principle could not only reduce costs ; it could also eliminate reliance on means tests . ’ |
| 19 | But a better understanding of how it works could also shed light on other questions concerned with the development of sensory nerve cells . |
| 20 | Tylor 's next step was to show that these statistical correlations , or ‘ adhesions ’ as he quaintly called them , could also shed light on other puzzles . |
| 21 | At the same time , the hotel staff could also provide services on behalf of the maintenance company . |
| 22 | Exchange could also take place on the basis of ideological support , commitment or obligation , as has often been the case between public enterprise unions and social democratic governments . |
| 23 | Similarly , the value of a reinvestigation could be weakened if , instead of co-operating , the suspect leaves his explanation for the trial , when not only can it not be investigated but when it could also cast doubt on the value of any re-investigation that has taken place . |
| 24 | Alongside the usual diet of methodology and administration , in-service courses could profitably include discussions on policy . |
| 25 | She helped Jenna out and they could both hear Alain on the phone in another room . |
| 26 | I could now see Malc on the front row quite clearly . |
| 27 | Sun could simply cut prices on its diskless workstations to fend off the X terminals crowd , says X Business Group analyst Greg Blatnik , but he does n't really believe it , preferring to think they will join the fray instead . |
| 28 | I 'd joined in trying to control the thing by now as Gillian found she could n't manage curves on her own . |
| 29 | I could n't leave Elinor on her own . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I left here , telling myself I could n't be lady Anne 's companion 'cos I could n't leave mama on her own . |