Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [noun] to [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | So you could relate positivity to achievement and see what you have access to that might express that . |
| 4 | While generally a very fair summation of the draft ( though , of course , some interpretations could give rise to discussion ) , the description of Article 11 is , I fear , a very serious misunderstanding of the draft Convention which could give rise to unfortunate and unnecessary misapprehensions . |
| 5 | Since the legal rules about the control of water pollution are expressed through the discretion of field officers it is important to understand their working definitions of pollution in terms of the kinds of events , activities , or social settings which could give rise to action on their part , whatever its ultimate conclusion . |
| 6 | The danger of serious conflict occurring on the border was anticipated in a motion proposed by the United States and carried in the General Assembly in 1949 authorising UNCOK to observe developments on the border and to report back on clashes that could give rise to war . |
| 7 | Depravity and a wasted body and spirit could give birth to health . |
| 8 | As quality feature films were produced so the anxieties and introspection could give way to congratulation and to a new hyperbole . |
| 9 | Thorpe J. having held that ‘ there is no doubt at all that J. is a child of sufficient understanding to make an informed decision , ’ I shall assume that , so far as the common law is concerned , Lord Scarman would have decided that neither the local authority nor W. 's aunt , both of whom had parental responsibilities , could give consent to treatment which would be effective in the face of W. 's refusal of consent . |
| 10 | A catalyst that could convert methane to methanol or larger unsaturated hydrocarbons directly and at low temperatures would be of enormous commercial interest . |
| 11 | He further argued that no conceivable military strength in the area could defend access to oil resources against attack from the north ( i.e. the USSR ) . |
| 12 | With grants available to all who could gain entry to university or polytechnic , initial teaching training courses came to be filled , in part , with young people whose ‘ A ’ level grades were not high enough to gain entrance on conventional university course . |
| 13 | Should an accident seriously damage one of the craft it could take years to gear up specialised production lines to build the larger replacement parts . |
| 14 | Or , you could fix floor to ceiling mirror panels to the walls , either at right angles to the window , or on the wall opposite . |
| 15 | After thirty years , he could come face to face with the soldier who had spared his life . |
| 16 | Reluctantly she decided she must see it through , for Peter , and in some way for herself — she had to prove to herself that she could come face to face with Marc again and survive the ordeal . |
| 17 | Christine and Tony had decided to look for a girl of about 2 , since they felt a baby would be too much to cope with and a 2- year-old could accompany Christine to nursery school . |
| 18 | In May 1980 , it announced a study on how the country could safeguard supplies to industry . |
| 19 | If their earlier positive results could be replicated , then it was important to study how early loss could increase vulnerability to depression . |
| 20 | In his earlier years he could counsel priests to celibacy and doubters to Catholic dogma with almost papal infallibility , untroubled by a fiance 's feelings or a questioner 's uncertainties . |
| 21 | They also warned that the drug could cause sensitivity to sunlight . |