Example sentences of "could [adv] [vb infin] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | To do the navy justice , however , it must again be emphasised that powerful interest could rarely secure promotion for the unqualified , and in the naval service some ability was a prerequisite for advancement . |
| 2 | The bottom line could eventually mean demands for higher council tax bills . |
| 3 | So now when our crews came back from their missions and we heard snatches of their conversations about long lines of refugees , about cities being devastated , and miles and miles of fires , I remembered Kings Cross and could only feel pity for what these civilians were now enduring ; French , Dutch , German or whatever . |
| 4 | In the event , however , the Commission could only obtain agreement for 5 per cent of the ERDF budget to be non-quota , and very little interest was expressed in these funds by member states . |
| 5 | Ceauşescu could not wage war against foreign enemies — his neighbours after all were his fraternal allies — so he could only provide means for his ambitious plans by waging economic war against his own people . |
| 6 | But if naval patronage did prove to be of considerable value to the Elphinstone family interest , reinforcing the impact of the Indian patronage distributed by Keith 's brother , William Elphinstone , the fleet could only provide patronage for those officers fortunate enough to be employed in a command in a suitable station far from Great Britain . |
| 7 | First of all we SUFFERED that defeat last Saturday next I knacker my ankle playing on Sunday and lastly I arrive in Northampton on Monday morning to find that we could only get tickets for Arsenal end on Tuesday ( So Gavin it was n't me being escorted away by the men in black , even though it the current season does n't improve quickly I might be escorted by mem in white . ) |
| 8 | National groups could only find outlets for their own beer by acquiring smaller companies and shutting down their brewing plant . |
| 9 | Whether there was any political party that could comfortably find room for him was a difficult question . |
| 10 | In that respect the banks argued that Mr Crawley had no locus standi , and the judge agreed that a shareholder could not recover damages for any reduction in value of his shareholding . |
| 11 | Almost two centuries later it was being proposed that in much the same way every Spanish ambassador should have assigned to him a son or younger brother " to assist him as a comrade in his work " , be instructed in the conduct of embassy business and handle matters the ambassador himself could not spare time for , with the implication that he might well succeed to the post if it fell vacant . |
| 12 | John , whose Gospel scheme does not include , except by implication , the story of what the church , equipped with the Holy Spirit , achieved , and therefore could not make room for Pentecost ( as Luke does at the outset of his second volume ) , nevertheless makes the same point with considerable clarity In the first chapter of his Gospel he stresses that the Spirit rests exclusively upon Jesus , the fulfilment of the messianic hopes of the Old Testament for the bearer of the Spirit . |
| 13 | It also said the council could not reimburse Tracy for any damage . |
| 14 | Hatfield and Totteridge were separate places and the one could not levy rates for the other . |
| 15 | Despite the imposition of price controls , his government could not win acceptance for its pay restraint policy on the part of the TUC . |
| 16 | The security at the Palace was so tight that even the band 's ersatz manager , Scott Piering , could not gain admittance for his close acquaintances . |
| 17 | One central committee member , Ognjen Krstulovic , resigned because he could not accept responsibility for the implementation of the policy . |
| 18 | The insensitive reviewer had invented and made use of the horrible word ‘ Bowenoid ’ for the stories collected in The Blush — he found them penetrating and subtle but could not forgive Elizabeth for her good fortune in being able to please the simple as well as the highbrow reader . |
| 19 | They said outright what I could not find words for . |
| 20 | If after that he could not find sureties for his future good behaviour , he was to be banished . |
| 21 | The CNAA could not establish boards for every subject component of degrees in education , and in the event for the first few years the Committee for Education , using a range of specialist panels in support , itself carried out the validation work . |
| 22 | But he said he could not consider calls for an open sheriff 's inquiry , in spite of pleas by the islands ' MP , Jim Wallace , Shetland Islands Council , and the petitioners . |
| 23 | Although many boatmen 's wives acted as crew they were not recognised as such and could not get compensation for injury or sick pay . |
| 24 | When they could not get gold for their dollars after 1971 ( the US gold stock fell by only $2½ billion over the whole period ) , they only acquired these dollars because they were prepared to sell their own currencies in order to prevent them rising further . |
| 25 | Neal Blewett found just forty-eight " predominantly middle-class " constituencies in 1910 , while Michael Kinnear found seventy-five in 1921 ( and Kinnear 's figure is certainly an understatement , for he could not get figures for divided boroughs outside London , many of which certainly would come into his category , so the real figure may be more like ninety ) . |
| 26 | Craig Brewin , chairman of the Football Supporters Association , said fans who could not get tickets for big matches would face ‘ frustration ’ if they could not afford satellite dishes . |
| 27 | Having got this joke out of the way , she was then told no she could not have money for food , but she could have cash for a carpet . |
| 28 | There is plenty of strategy here , but more heart and pain than you could possibly have room for . |
| 29 | And when it daylight came the next day next morning you could hardly believe it you could hardly see Rousay for the foam that the gale kick up like a thick fog . |
| 30 | Oddly , despite her own feelings towards Rune , she could still feel sympathy for the other girl . |