Example sentences of "could [adv] [vb infin] [noun] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was widespread scepticism about whether private financial institutions could successfully channel funds from lenders to borrowers , and general agreement that the IMF should play a major role . |
| 2 | In a similar position would be a street trader , who regularly deals with a certain wholesaler and who could only gain credit from him by guaranteeing to purchase his goods . |
| 3 | When I tried embroidery I was ashamed that I could only produce ugliness from the beautiful silks . |
| 4 | Although I dreamed and could thus distinguish sleep from death , although I woke up again each morning , the fear remained , and my sister 's death only served to strengthen it . |
| 5 | And in 1836 a deputation of Birmingham reformers saw O'Connell on apprenticeship ; they could already assume help from Birmingham and Black Country MPs . |
| 6 | He was troubled , I could see , because , being unable to share these memories , he could not disentangle truth from fiction or creative embellishment from accurate detail . |
| 7 | But her annoyance over the pictures could not distract Catherine from her latest — and biggest — ambition . |
| 8 | 27 per cent could not subtract £1.80 from £5.00 . |
| 9 | He wanted talented members of the civil service to take temporary appointments in the police , but though agreeing in principle , the government could not spare officers from revenue and judicial work . |
| 10 | While they could not prevent crises from occurring , there were often occasions when détente was made easier by discreet use of royal connections . |
| 11 | The skiing developments in Caimgorm 's attracted only 1.5% skiers from overseas and even if the proposal did go ahead for expansion they still could not draw skiers from Europe . |
| 12 | It was clear to me that we dared not and could not use money from the Department . |
| 13 | She was smiling , and Paul suddenly realised that he could not take money from her . |
| 14 | He could not obtain compensation from the person who had caused the accident and sued his employer for failing to provide insurance or advising him of the need to take out insurance . |
| 15 | DEAN STANDING , 22 , celebrated his second England call-up with an impressive nine points but could not save Swindon from a last-heat Gold Cup defeat at King 's Lynn on Saturday . |
| 16 | When they could not get money from the machine they beat her with sticks . |
| 17 | They complained that they could not get loans from LEDU and if they did , the money only came after long delays . |
| 18 | Moreover , since venereal disease was contracted by a man at his own risk he could not claim protection from the medical arm of the state . |
| 19 | Young points out that this means the victimisation of over 20 per cent of respondents is still unknown and that such a large proportion could easily skew findings from the surveys . |
| 20 | This came both from abroad and from borrowers at home , who could easily obtain credit from the banking system which was flooded with foreign cash . |
| 21 | At that point we could still take water from the aquifer , but we would have to pump it out in the same way as we would from an unconfined aquifer . |
| 22 | In polluted regions of the Northern Hemisphere , seasonal increases in ozone concentration have been observed ; such changes could arise from photochemical reactions , but they could also involve transport from the ozone-rich stratosphere . |
| 23 | But it is also beginning to realise that , unless it is careful , it could also face opposition from more unexpected quarters . |
| 24 | By ensuring the general application of minimum wage standards industry-wide bargaining could also prevent workers from competing with one another by offering to work for less . |
| 25 | The Supreme Court ruled on June 15 that the US government could legally abduct people from foreign countries in order to bring them to trial in the USA . |
| 26 | Hence , Marshall pointed out that one could simply use years from 1 upwards in the ascending part of the life-cycle as an index of a falling growth rate . |
| 27 | People who could n't tell Weber from Webern went along to cheer their favourite tenor and be seen with their bums on a fifty-quid seat . |
| 28 | His hands were cold He could n't tell fish from weed . |
| 29 | Roger From the Practice could n't tell emphysema from the common cold . |
| 30 | Tucking the little girls up under their light sheets , she could n't prevent tears from coming to her eyes when one of the children placed her thin arms around her neck . |