Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or you could stay another year at school or college and re-take the subjects you failed . |
| 2 | The consequence was that the company no longer had to accept the market price for its products but could affect that price by varying the output of the product . |
| 3 | The user must not switch off the computer before this option is chosen as this could affect further use of the files on disk . |
| 4 | For example , if we pick every tenth house number in a street then all those selected will be on the same side of the street ; this could affect some aspect of the study . |
| 5 | Well , he could rule that pile of trash . |
| 6 | Down in 24th place in the Ryder Cup points table , Feherty could earn automatic selection by lifting the £108,330 first prize . |
| 7 | Down in 24th place in the Ryder Cup points table , Feherty could earn automatic selection by lifting the £108,330 first prize . |
| 8 | ‘ Jealous people asking how I could earn such money on a government salary . ’ |
| 9 | If he could earn some money for a railway ticket he would go straight off to Amsterdam and ‘ fathom ’ the deafening silence which was tormenting him . |
| 10 | It was the concept of parole , originally at the discretion of the Home Secretary , but amended in the course of the passage of the legislation through Parliament so that he could grant early release on licence to a prisoner only if advised to do so by a statutory Parole Board , that commanded the keenest interest of penal reformers and had the most extensive effects . |
| 11 | We believe that if we could liberate this wealth of talent we would transform our economy and create a shared society of which we should all be proud . |
| 12 | Irving Layton was exactly the sort of man to further that : enthusiastic and bold , erudite and observant , worldly and street-wise , compassionate and cavalier ; he could throw all caution to the wind and sing and drink and dance the night away . |
| 13 | Chief Constable Burrows was then called to see if he could throw any light on the missing statement . |
| 14 | Harriet , still grieving and perplexed and unable to obtain any further information from Liza , asked Edna outright if she could throw any light on the matter . |
| 15 | Erm , on there 's a specific question I 'd like to ask er if he could throw some light on that one . |
| 16 | Write a report on these data using graphical representation where this is helpful and indicating any other figures that could throw further light on the situation . |
| 17 | Dr Dafydd Griffiths , at the Institute of Archaeology , has been using these techniques to find answers to these questions , which could throw considerable light on past trading routes and cultural contacts . |
| 18 | ‘ I heard you could eat any amount of steak and you 'd lose loads of weight ’ , or ‘ did n't I read somewhere that you are n't supposed to eat carbohydrate and protein at the same meal ? ’ |
| 19 | It is clear the National government 's right-wing attitudes and its hostility to the threat of communism could override public concern within the context of its parliamentary supremacy . |
| 20 | Erm perhaps I could answer that Chairman by saying that the policy I 've suggested from the Humberside structure plan would er would I think cover that er problem in that it starts off by saying , Proposals for industry and commerce that are not in accordance with the relevant policies of this plan will not normally be permitted . |
| 21 | It also revealed how easily bad workmanship could expose this type of house to the risk of damp and rot . |
| 22 | Okay so we could make one lot of twelve we could make two lots of six . |
| 23 | This could make one gram of tritium in half a day and as a byproduct give back some of the electrical power — one megawatt — from the fusion processes involved . |
| 24 | He proved that he could make that journey on a primitive craft . |
| 25 | Anyone could make that mistake in the urgency of a business flight , yet the airline concerned must pay the Government for that . |
| 26 | You look like you could make good use of a break . ’ |
| 27 | A PUBLIC inquiry today could make legal history as the Nature Conservancy Council attempts for the first time to purchase compulsorily a farmer 's land to protect a rich wildlife habitat . |
| 28 | His research into the possible use of guerrillas led him to champion preparations for all types of irregular operations , although he could make little headway against the traditional thinking of those directing military operations . |
| 29 | As a result during the rest of the summer he could make little headway against the officials whom Henry left in charge of Aquitaine when he once again turned his attention to the north . |
| 30 | Although this is a somewhat oversimplified distinction , it is nevertheless significant that rural agitation during the late nineteenth century took the form of trade union organization ( under Joseph Arch ) in the South and East , whereas unionism could make little headway in the North and West . |