Example sentences of "could [adv] [vb infin] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sabbatical leave , further training for teacher trainers themselves , and the buying in of linguistic expertise could only go part way in breaking the vicious circle . |
| 2 | But her mouth was dry with tension , and she could only manage orange juice and coffee . |
| 3 | Therefore , if you had a £20,000 mortgage and wanted to raise a further £8,000 for home improvements , you could only claim tax relief on the first £20,000 . |
| 4 | This time , however , the bank could only afford 55% cover against its loans while the other banks were setting aside 70% or even 80% . |
| 5 | Foreigners could also buy property , but could only purchase land leasehold . |
| 6 | INVINCIBLE : Parkinson 's Disease could not stop soccer star Chris Garland from walking 130 miles with Botham |
| 7 | We may note Le Chevalier qui fist parler les cons ( seven manuscript copies ) , Cele qui se fist foutre sur la fosse de son mari , " The woman who got fucked on the tomb of her husband " ( six copies ) , Cele qui fu foutue et desfoutue ( six copies ) , La Damoiselle qui ne pooit oïr parler de foutre , " The maid who could not bear hearing talk of fucking " ( five copies ) , La Coille noire , " The black balls " ( six copies ) or La Dame escoillee , " The woman who had her balls cut off " ( six copies ) . |
| 8 | East German nuclear power plants would have to be closed down immediately , because they could not meet EC safety norms . |
| 9 | Soft ground is essential for Yahoo and conditions should be to his liking , although if he could not beat Desert Orchid in the Cheltenham bog it is difficult to visualise him doing it at Kempton . |
| 10 | He did have ( and I know this as I was on his staff at the time ) some sympathy with Coastal Command in view of its flight in the Atlantic , particularly in the Western Approaches and more especially in what was called the " black pit " , this was an area in the Atlantic where the RAF could not give air cover to the convoys either from Ireland . |
| 11 | Gerhard Riege , a Party of Democratic Socialism ( PDS ) member of the Bundestag ( lower house of federal parliament ) , committed suicide on Feb. 15 , leaving a note in which he stated that he could not face media publicity concerning his alleged Stasi connections in the former GDR . |
| 12 | The only credible explanation is that Nkrumah , with Rhodesia fresh in his mind , felt he could not tolerate superpower indifference to the Third World any longer . |
| 13 | Neglect of this obvious truth led to computer programs ( say , for language analysis ) being regarded as failures if they could not record 100% success . |
| 14 | And for the same reason Camel Lairds could not gain intervention funding . |
| 15 | defence insurers argued against the order 14 summons on two counts ; first the plaintiff could not obtain summary judgement because there were two defendants and one might escape liability ; secondly the first defendant sought leave to amend his defence to argue contributory negligence because the plaintiff had not worn a seat belt . |
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| 17 | The District 's Annual Report for 1959–60 said that , although the WEA 's national officers were still trying to achieve this increased grant , the Eastern had exceptionally-strong claims and accordingly ‘ we are now pressing for special consideration ’ : in other words , Jacques was arguing with the Ministry that , even if it could not afford 90% grant to the WEA as a whole , could this not be allowed to the Eastern District individually ? |
| 18 | Then , due to the current troubles , they were taken away from them and offered to Gateshead , who agreed to take them but then could not get television coverage , so they went to Germany . |
| 19 | This prohibition on other forms of lending meant that they could not issue cheque guarantee cards because they would then be obliged to honour cheques of depositors who overdrew their accounts thereby , in effect , giving them an overdraft . |
| 20 | As we saw earlier , societies were previously inhibited in this by the fact that they could not issue cheque guarantee cards . |
| 21 | And this is how you could best describe swimbladder disease . |
| 22 | So for example , if I went on er a job on Monday I could possibly draw gun number three but the following day if we went on a similar operation I might get gun number six . |
| 23 | This was the same evening on which Johnson wryly said that now the Hanoverian King had given him a pension , he could hardly drink Stuart health with the wine thus bought . |
| 24 | In fact he would have a selling job to do , but could hardly ask Jim Cavalier for a few hints . |
| 25 | because people who are signing on will er , well , pe he 's , he could still claim Income Support . |
| 26 | Moreover they could always use family labour or import casual labour to carry out any essential work . |
| 27 | The Government warns that the offspring of affected women could also develop Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease . |
| 28 | He asked if he could also have bonus money for the people below who had also contributed to his efforts . |
| 29 | Your husband could also try eating bread the continental way — without any spread . |
| 30 | From now on , she knew , she could n't set foot wrong . |