Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adv prt] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lexandro grinned wildly , for within but a few more weeks he was to have holes drilled through his carapace so that he could jack in to power armour . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | At a time when a skilled worker earned about £2 a week , a footballer could earn up to £8 . |
| 4 | Already a giant American sports management group reckon that Christie could earn up to £1million for each of the next four years . |
| 5 | The consultants estimated that the annual savings could range up to £192 million . |
| 6 | YOU COULD WIN UP TO £100,000 |
| 7 | YOU COULD WIN UP TO £125,000 |
| 8 | With his connections , there was still a good chance Balestre could hang on to power . |
| 9 | It could fetch up to £120m , according to analysts . |
| 10 | A fine salamander paperweight could fetch up to £10,000 today . |
| 11 | This particular coin could fetch up to £500 , according to Christie 's . |
| 12 | You could send out to Japan quicker , for that part ! |
| 13 | Let it be some dreamy boy of about seventeen with his hair cut in ‘ curtains ’ and some really nice gear , then she could show off to Sam and the others ! |
| 14 | She said the bid could bring up to £250,000 worth of business to hotels , restaurants , sports and other leisure facilities . |
| 15 | Such difficulties notwithstanding , fibreoptic systems could bring back to Earth some of the telephone communications that are routed through satellite links . |
| 16 | Although in 1978–9 Libyans could time in to Cairo 's radio broadcasts to hear abuse of their leader , Libya 's news services did not air the quarrels with neighbours . |
| 17 | It was the sort of spot Martha would have wanted to be buried , because from her grave you could look out to sea towards the Gribbin , close to where Sam had been drowned . |
| 18 | Another guess , by a team at the University of Tennessee , thought that the cost could run up to $1 trillion , if standards were stringent . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I had a bike and could pedal down to Middleton in Teesdale , meet Marie , take her to the pictures — not the best seats mind — then buy us both fish and chips and still have change out of that two bob . |
| 21 | This was pleasant for the small landowners , who could move on to Virginia and resume tobacco growing there , but less prosperous white men in the West Indies lost almost all hope of working up the scale to become modest farmers on their own land . |
| 22 | Thanks , that 's Paper G. If we could move on to Paper H. Trade Union Recognition . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The operation could cost up to £250,000 . |
| 25 | The 6ft 4in goalscorer , who has 16 caps , could cost up to £500,000 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Recently it broke down and he has been told that it could cost up to £400 to get him mobile again . |
| 30 | 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 . |