Example sentences of "could [vb infin] a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , in the use of spears , the Christian knight , crouched behind his kite-shaped shield , atop his massive war horse could topple a lightly armed man completely out of the saddle — and probably spear him through in the process . |
| 2 | It is just as likely that some viruses evolved from more complex organisms — that they are cell fragments which found they could earn a perfectly good living simply by sponging off others . |
| 3 | Independence would provide a ‘ golden bridge ’ whereby the Marhaens could attain a just social order . |
| 4 | Six years later , when the launching of the European Economic Community with the same six member states had in a sense superseded the ECSC , the Authority could make a reasonably positive report . |
| 5 | A recent auction sale brought to my mind the fascinating subject of tally sticks , which could make a wonderfully interesting and historically interesting collection . |
| 6 | Much of the training was carried out in colleges and the 8-hour course , plus travel , could make a particularly long day for those attending . |
| 7 | The chances of successful socialist planning would be greatly increased , and the scope for multinationals to play governments off against one another reduced , if European socialists could make a more effective collective impact on the making of EEC policy and legislation . |
| 8 | Alternatively , we could make a more subtle form by using different music in one or two of the verses , alternating the musical setting to give a form such as ABABA or ABACA ( supposing there are five verses ) . |
| 9 | While the other patients crowded outside and Miss Sowerby tried to keep them in order , Alec motioned to the father to carry the boy into the ‘ ops ’ theatre and lay him down on his back on the operating table so that we could make a more detailed examination . |
| 10 | There the government even lent ceremonial costumes from the treasury to poor members of the tsar 's council , the boyarskaya duma , so that they could make a suitably impressive show when an envoy from the west was officially received in Moscow . |
| 11 | After three years ' practice , you could make a comparatively painless change to the solicitors ' branch , being exempted from articles , and also ( at discretion ) from some papers in the Final . |
| 12 | You could make a very simple picture with pansies , which are generally translated as ‘ think of me ’ , or potentillas which mean ‘ beloved daughter ’ . |
| 13 | I think it could make a very interesting project . |
| 14 | So you could make a really nice outfit |
| 15 | With such enjoyable and accessible music this could make a highly satisfactory set for demonstrating a newly acquired hi-fi system . |
| 16 | Remember , at this time you could buy a really good Martin flat-top for around forty dollars , but the cheapest Tri-Plate — the plain , unengraved Style 1 — would cost you eighty-five dollars . |
| 17 | Olla was bargaining with nightmarish persistence for a carpet , and Mart was considering nipping back to the boat to see if anyone could lend him five hundred quid so he could buy a really wicked sword . |
| 18 | Other institutional supports for citizenship could include a more responsive system of local government , and national and regional assemblies if these were to be set up . |
| 19 | Its considerable size — population about 2,500 — certainly can not be the whole explanation , for a much smaller place could display a more distinctive social structure . |
| 20 | More important , no survey of clients ( or lawyers ) could yield a sociologically relevant analytic category . |
| 21 | The additional energy they enjoyed after following the diet for a few weeks helped them to take on a much more positive attitude towards life — I could sense a really happy attitude in the remarks on the questionnaires . |
| 22 | When the public schools were created to educate the children of the middle classes ( as opposed to the aristocracy , who were educated by tutors ) they could inculcate a more formalised standard English which would equip their pupils for empire , civil service and the cosmopolitan professions . |
| 23 | If you think about it , it is pretty unlikely that , if you yourself were reading a magazine , even if you looked quite hard at an ad , you could give a very detailed description of the ad even quite soon afterwards . |
| 24 | Chomsky points out that the principles of operant conditioning were originally derived from experimental studies of animals , in which the ex-perimenter could achieve a very high degree of control over variables which were presumed to influence behaviour . |
| 25 | The theory behind the stock editor approach was that one person ( or group of people ) working full time on the bookstock could achieve a more penetrating and unified approach , and that the stock editor could pay more detailed attention to such matters as checks on withdrawals , coverage of specialist reviews , and the perusal of lists of secondhand books . |
| 26 | This possibly had something to do with my early days in Mespot , where the Wapiti had huge doughnut wheels and literally you could choose a very restricted area and get the aircraft down . |
| 27 | The one thing that would have persuaded him to accept an invitation for the Stuttgart Ballet to go to South Africa would have been if he could show a really good black dancer working alongside the whites . |
| 28 | These spirits were also known as ‘ mahrs ’ , and could assume a more erotic personality . |
| 29 | When Van Gelder was n't smiling , which was n't often , he could assume a very discouraging expression indeed . |
| 30 | Theodora applied her left leg and Cranmer was surprised to find he could do a very creditable turn on the forehand . |