Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [prep] the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Uniscan could persist throughout the 1950s without much difficulty since it in no way threatened national independence . |
| 2 | But nothing could compare with the two universal sex-symbols of the decade , Marilyn Monroe and Brigitte Bardot . |
| 3 | And then I could add them together , or if that 's a bit awkward , what I could do is I could think of the hundred and one as a hundred add one , I can think of the seventeen as ten add seven , and then I multiply them this way and I multiply all the bits and then add all the bits up at the end . |
| 4 | He pointed out that even in the original form which it took when Cocks v. Thanet District Council was decided , section 69(1) conferred a measure of discretion on the local authority since in principle at least the local authority could choose between the three methods of discharging its duty which were set out in paragraphs ( a ) , ( b ) and ( c ) . |
| 5 | When they had been in the chemist 's buying shampoo , Mr Kennedy had asked what he could do for the two young ladies and they had been pleased . |
| 6 | The delivery because it gave me what I had to think about when I was up there language body language and then the playbacks I could look at the two things that Mike just highlighted as one and two . |
| 7 | Moran rattled the newspaper a few times but by the time he could look around the three children were locked back into their school books . |
| 8 | I could see from the four small puncture marks on Fenella 's wrist that she had tried to stroke him during lunch . |
| 9 | If the technical regulations are applied vigorously , massive upheaval could follow in the three weeks between yesterday 's race and the eighth round of the world championship in France . |
| 10 | It was only in the context of the theoretical work of T.H. Green and Bernard Bosanquet , and of Fabian " municipal " revisions of the programme of socialism , that William Harcourt , the prominent Liberal politician , could claim in the 1890s that " we 're all socialists now " . |
| 11 | Even Idris who er they 're desperate for but he Idris did n't think you know , he could cope with the four churches . |
| 12 | ‘ Once in the VAT field it must however be appreciated that a business could go over the 7,200 threshold , as a result of increased business activity or even an increase in the rate of VAT . |
| 13 | The results shown in Fig. 1 suggest that several transcription factors could bind to the -594 to -314 promoter fragment and that these factors are probably responsible for the observed transcription pattern . |
| 14 | Progress in the solving offshore jurisdictional dispute between Norway and Russia could lead to the two sides exploring for oil off their northern coasts . |
| 15 | They were organizations which could operate on the one hand on the electorate and on the other on the MPs , thus directly influencing policy . |
| 16 | Thus if we want signs of low morale in the civil service , for example , we could point to the 1981 civil service strike . |
| 17 | To legitimise their activities in Lebanon , the PLO could point to the 1969 Cairo agreement , a dubious document drawn up in Egypt between Arafat and the Lebanese army commander which permitted any Palestinian in Lebanon ‘ to participate in the Palestinian revolution ’ and to assist in guerrilla operations by safeguarding ‘ the road to the Arkoub region ’ , the great volcanic escarpment in south-east Lebanon that was now largely controlled by Arafat 's Fatah gunmen . |
| 18 | Or we could comply with the 30 October 1993 rule but amend the accounting reference date within the first nine months of incorporation , as we may , and draw up accounts to 31 October 1993 , which is within the seven day period allowed by s 223(2) . |
| 19 | Both phenomena could , however , be results of the same underlying mechanism : a circumferential tension in the free edge of the epithelium , acting like a purse string , could drive in the one case the contraction of the isolated patch of skin , in the other case the closure of a wound . |
| 20 | Concern was also expressed for the future of the British components industry if Ford showed less willingness to purchase British components than Austin Rover traditionally had done — thus any job losses could extend beyond the two firms engaged in the merger . |
| 21 | Finally , the corporation tax liability could differ between the two firms , not just as a result of the above differences , but because one firm has income from abroad , whereas the other does not ; similarly , capital gains tax liabilities can cause reported earnings to differ . |
| 22 | Whereas Arthur Rank could argue in the 1940s that the diversity of production activity within the company eliminated the dangers of monopoly , Davis did away with alternative centres of initiative . |
| 23 | Since the virus can spread through blood , transfusions could account for the 25 per cent of AIDS victims who are not gay . |