Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [to-vb] [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | No manmade nuclear repository could hope to cope with this kind of natural event either . |
| 2 | One could try to account for this by invoking the anthropic principle , but grand unified theories actually provide a possible mechanism for explaining the imbalance . |
| 3 | ‘ I do not see what Sid could have to do with this affair , ’ said Auguste , illogically shocked . |
| 4 | Alan and Maryon both felt that six weeks would probably be enough and did not think he could manage to continue on this diet for another three weeks . |
| 5 | Others are merely temporarily hidden , such as whether there is fire behind a building which obstructs our line of sight ; we could come to know about this by going to see . |
| 6 | I could continue to talk about this disease indefinitely but to what purpose ? |
| 7 | I have no experience of using Pascal but I 'm sure I could learn to program in this language . |