Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not even poverty , for though by the standards of the middle classes all of them had modest incomes — except in such a paradise of labour as Australia in the 1850s where newspaper compositors could earn up to £18 a week — by the standards of the poor there was a vast difference between the well-paid and more or less regularly employed skilled ‘ artisan ’ , who wore a copy of respectable middle-class costume on Sundays or even on the way to and from work , and the ragged starveling who hardly ever knew where his , still less his family 's , next meal was to come from . |
| 2 | At a time when a skilled worker earned about £2 a week , a footballer could earn up to £8 . |
| 3 | Already a giant American sports management group reckon that Christie could earn up to £1million for each of the next four years . |
| 4 | The consultants estimated that the annual savings could range up to £192 million . |
| 5 | YOU COULD WIN UP TO £100,000 |
| 6 | YOU COULD WIN UP TO £125,000 |
| 7 | It could fetch up to £120m , according to analysts . |
| 8 | A fine salamander paperweight could fetch up to £10,000 today . |
| 9 | This particular coin could fetch up to £500 , according to Christie 's . |
| 10 | She said the bid could bring up to £250,000 worth of business to hotels , restaurants , sports and other leisure facilities . |
| 11 | Another guess , by a team at the University of Tennessee , thought that the cost could run up to $1 trillion , if standards were stringent . |
| 12 | THE EUROPEAN Community could spend up to $12 million dollars a year on the environment , if a proposal made this week by the Commission is approved by a council of ministers . |
| 13 | Glaxo says it spends more than £30,000 on the scheme , while a 50-place nursery could cost up to £250,000 to build and as much as £200,000 a year to run . |
| 14 | The operation could cost up to £250,000 . |
| 15 | The 6ft 4in goalscorer , who has 16 caps , could cost up to £500,000 . |
| 16 | The Children 's Society denounced the proposals , which could cost up to £75 million , as a ‘ knee jerk reaction ’ given figures suggesting the number of persistent young offenders could be as low as 100 . |
| 17 | The 1994 interest relief will be reduced from the 25pc band to the 20pc and could cost up to £125 per annum for a person with a mortgage over £30,000 . |
| 18 | One glazier has estimated that windows for the 370 ft , 27-storey office block , where 90 people are busy clearing the gaping frames , could cost up to £3 million . |
| 19 | Recently it broke down and he has been told that it could cost up to £400 to get him mobile again . |
| 20 | CD-ROM 'S are different , standards exist and you although one could cost up to £500 for one , remember that 680mb is an average capacity — so you ca n't grumble too much . |
| 21 | The tribunal decision , which went in favour of the 100 men , could cost up to £1 million that is based on each man being paid the maximum in compensation , which is £10,000 . |
| 22 | This could cost up to £1 billion , defeating much of the purpose of the VAT increase as a revenue-earning measure . |
| 23 | Britain 's involvement could cost up to £90 million over the next year . |
| 24 | A town centre wall feared to be in danger of collapse could cost up to £60,000 to put right . |
| 25 | It emerged yesterday that one of the two private consortia negotiating to build the line with British Rail had rejected BR 's preferred route because it said it could cost up to £5bn . |
| 26 | Sources close to the regional council said yesterday that a study — which could cost about of £25,000 — could restore the business community 's confidence in the pit and in the consortium which is operating it . |
| 27 | Sources close to the regional council said yesterday that one purpose of such a study — which could cost about of £25,000 — would be to restore the business community 's confidence in the pit and in the consortium which is operating it . |
| 28 | The new Arrangements are very similar to the 1988 Scheme , the main , and welcome , change being the removal of the lower tier in what had previously been a two-tier system for remuneration for advice at police stations : a solicitor could undertake up to £90 of work , extendable retrospectively , where the client was in custody for an arrestable offence , but only up to £50 ( non-extendable ) otherwise . |
| 29 | Welsh Water , based in Brecon , Powys , could pay up to £8.1 million extra for Acer , depending on future profitability . |
| 30 | There is speculation that Grand Metropolitan , challenging McDonalds for supremacy of the fast food market , could pay up to £16m for the Allied branches . |