Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spain likes parts of Britain 's hard-ecu plan since it could slow moves to EMU . |
| 2 | ‘ Family Doctors for Family Life ’ handed out information on how mothers could treat colds at home without medical supervision . |
| 3 | Mr Ratky believes the problem could damage prospects of tourism in the town . |
| 4 | This meant that there were essentially three variables which could affect risk of relapse : level of EE , level of contact , and maintenance medication . |
| 5 | How anyone could thread bits of bread on hooks then snag the poor buggers in the crop and just reel them in I 'll never understand . |
| 6 | Next thing you could 'ear bits of wood and such — bits of the boat , like — falling into the river . |
| 7 | Baroness Hooper , the Government 's junior health spokeswoman , put her name to a press release which effectively said people could eat sugar without worry . |
| 8 | If so , and depending on their condition , the set could make £40 at auction . |
| 9 | These factors , said some respondents , could make claims for compensation more difficult to pursue , even though hepatitis B is an acknowledged occupational disease for some healthcare workers . |
| 10 | The 12,000 crowd expected in Sheffield will be the largest the Coopers have ever played in front of but the publicity that would accompany Olympic success for Great Britain could make Ian into hockey 's first Gazza-figure . |
| 11 | He tried to lighten his mood , grinning at her like a schoolboy , ‘ Apart from anything else we could make love at breakfast-time , lunch-time and tea-time . ’ |
| 12 | Several Departments could make use of assistance from volunteer workers , without in any way compromising existing staffing levels . |
| 13 | By 1937 , however , with Franco in possession of supreme military and political power , they had realized that the " New State " could make use of documentary evidence of Republican sympathies to incriminate its adversaries . |
| 14 | erm but I would say , on the whole , my guess is that there are many girls that perhaps could go into science and could make contributions to science but do n't do so simply because their families do n't understand it and the schools do n't support them . |
| 15 | Yeah you could make balls with newspaper if you wanted . |
| 16 | So you could relate positivity to achievement and see what you have access to that might express that . |
| 17 | Disraeli was later to talk of the Two Nations , the Rich and the Poor , who could exist side by side in the same country with no knowledge of each other 's way of life . |
| 18 | The reference to her Bible suggests two things : firstly the oral and the literary could exist side by side , and secondly that religion and superstition were not necessarily perceived as contesting forms of popular belief . |
| 19 | Several firms , in both food processing and engineering , felt that productivity and competitiveness could be enhanced if they could guarantee security of employment to what they regarded as their " core " staff . |
| 20 | The vague reformism of the epoch was , in these circles , channelled into an even vaguer brand of aristocratic constitutionalism which revived the claims of the old ‘ rich men ’ ( ricos hombres ) of Castile ; grandees could stomach rule by career bureaucrats but the career of court favourite was an aristocratic preserve not to be exercised by the ‘ sausage maker ’ , Godoy . |
| 21 | I simply phoned them and erm they put , they put it up so that I could buy things on Access that I could get , well I mean those were the days when I knew that you could sell a house like |
| 22 | That would mean she could buy eggs for supper and pay something on the grocery bill and have enough left over for the vet . |
| 23 | But Eisenhower and Dulles continued to work on the assumption that they could buy time with diplomacy , and with this object in view — especially in face to face meetings with the British — they were reluctant to lean too heavily on their ally . |
| 24 | The nature of the changes , which could include modification of gene expression , permanent reduction in cell numbers , or modification of organ structure , is unknown . |
| 25 | With reference to the application to erect 2 retail units at the Bus Depot , Whitburn Road , Bathgate , we would be grateful if the development could include racks for cycle parking . |
| 26 | Group health promotions could include work on weight reduction , diet , exercise and mobility . |
| 27 | Handicap hopes could include Source Of Light in the Bessborough and Tychonic in the Britannia . |
| 28 | Realistically , though , you would need to have strong evidence that the existence of such a right is part of your particular deal with your employer , and that you have been denied satisfaction from your work in a clear and unjustifiable fashion , before you could pursue litigation with confidence . |
| 29 | Any member of the scheme who felt that the terms of the trust were being abused could seek redress under trust law . |
| 30 | In turn the C & AG would have a right of overview and could instigate value for money investigations by his own staff or , perhaps more effectively , by the private sector auditors . |