Example sentences of "could [vb infin] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Collector had posted all the men he could spare on the upper , north-facing verandah . |
| 2 | A radical pluralism could build on the common ground emerging between these two traditions . |
| 3 | One of the potentially most significant developments in the period of glasnost and perestroika was the setting up of a constitutional review committee which could comment on the constitutional legality of legislation passed by the Congress of People 's Deputies or the Supreme Soviet and decrees issued by the President . |
| 4 | Gandhi indeed could count on the British conscience for his personal safety , but he could never count on it for political concessions — and it is clear that at some level he understood this . |
| 5 | The cultural budget , which stood at FFr3 billion in 1981 , is now FFr13 billion ( £1.3 billion ; $2.3 billion ) thirteen years later , precisely because he could count on the unconditional support of President Mitterrand , who is not only an acknowledged lover of both the arts and literature , but also requires an element of grandeur to be orchestrated and injected into large-scale projects ( see p.12 ) . |
| 6 | However , an ex gratia payment to an older man who has no full-time employment in prospect could fall on the other side of the line . |
| 7 | He took deep breaths , trying to calm his mind and soul so he could concentrate on the recent events in the Tower . |
| 8 | In the same hour , you could gaze on the incredible beauty of Da Vinci 's The Last Supper and stroll the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele , Europe 's oldest , most elegant shopping mall . |
| 9 | The ships they could see on the right side of the aircraft were returning from a rehearsal for the service of remembrance that was held on the ocean every year . |
| 10 | The country could bank on the confident and honest John Smith . |
| 11 | However , most of the cases which arose for decision were concerned with payments extracted ultra vires by persons who in virtue of their position could insist on the wrongful payment as a precondition to affording the payer his legal rights i.e. they were payments colore officii . |
| 12 | Most importantly , they wanted to prove that a cooperative venture could compete on the open market with conventional firms — while turning down work that did not fit its principles . |
| 13 | How well she knew — and who better ? — the devastating effect that this man 's presence could have on the female population . |
| 14 | Anything could happen on the last hole at Royal St. George 's , with its six bunkers , the out-of-bounds line twelve yards beyond the green and the ever-present Duncan 's Hollow . |
| 15 | It is clear that neither of them could call on the personal loyalty of the royal servants in the duchy . |
| 16 | It is clear that neither of them could call on the personal loyalty of the royal servants in the duchy . |
| 17 | Beatty , arguably one of the most powerful people in Hollywood and clearly one of the best producers , could call on the best technical people available for his film . |
| 18 | However , the new Phoenix King could call on the mighty Dragon-riders of Caledor and the legions of the Phoenix Guard . |
| 19 | If those whom the church excommunicated by name were still unreconciled after forty days , the church in England , as in western Europe generally , could call on the secular arm to assist . |
| 20 | It would be helpful if you could indicate on the attached reply slip if your Association will be represented at the meeting . |
| 21 | I hope that your governing body will be represented at this Meeting and it would be helpful if you could indicate on the attached reply slip if your Association will be represented at the meeting . |
| 22 | So long as you keep things above board your schemes will be tolerated , perhaps even appreciated , but do n't over-stretch your imagination as the results could border on the bizarre . |
| 23 | Suddenly a mechanism was provided by which the brain ( which may or may not be considered in some way related to the mind ) could intrude on the elementary processes of message reception and transmission . |
| 24 | The king could intrude on the local scene by bringing in an outsider ( perhaps with some local associations ) but he also had the option of picking a talented man from a local family to endow with countships or abbacies . |
| 25 | Early down-town theatres could rely on the casual trade , the ‘ droppers-in ’ , but small-town and suburban halls had to go after their trade and it was essential that managers acquaint the whole community with what was on offer . |
| 26 | ‘ In the old days we could rely on the same spectators attending match after match , whatever the weather or the results . |
| 27 | Could shine on the big occasion . |
| 28 | They would not expect the taking of Perth and Scone to be easy , and night would fall long before they could send back to clear out Abernethy and Forteviot , or before they could press on the further twelve miles to Dunkeld . |
| 29 | They were organizations which could operate on the one hand on the electorate and on the other on the MPs , thus directly influencing policy . |
| 30 | Two by-elections at the Wrekin and one at Dover showed the threat that independents could pose on the anti-spending tack , and Lord Salisbury tried to guide the agitation into respectable channels through a People 's Union for Economy . |