Example sentences of "could [vb infin] to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like the producers of filmed drama they relied heavily on nineteenth-century models and conventions but obviously mime , pantomime , and other comic traditions by their very nature could adapt to silent cinema even more effortlessly than melodrama and popular fiction . |
| 2 | For instance , if the parties do not want the expert to consider any evidence other than that contained in their submissions , and do not want him to make his own independent investigations , they could stipulate to that effect in the expert clause . |
| 3 | The unintended consequences of the diminished role of the MCC were to erode the very functions of Field Chairs which made the post worthwhile , to make them less informed by removing opportunity for MCC debate and replacing it with reports of MMRC , debates , and to reduce the contribution that fields could make to Modular Course development . |
| 4 | Even as far back as 1978 the white paper on the nationalized industries welcomed the development of audit committees and the contribution they could make to improved efficiency . |
| 5 | He said that if the lawyer had felt he was being unfair to him he could appeal to another court . |
| 6 | This could act to some extent as a rival system to the more traditional system of alliances and pacts in the Third World upheld by the Western powers . |
| 7 | Most of the groups that met by the lake could speak to each other . |
| 8 | After about five hours they could speak to each other on the radio , and Spencer asked the Islander pilot to flash his lights to establish contact . |
| 9 | For , as Prior of Scone and its guardian , he bore round his neck the Brecbennoch , the little silver reliquary casket of St Columba which was all the Celtic church could bring to any battle while its Abbots of Iona and Armagh and Kells disputed with one another in the turmoil of Irish battle , Irish famine , Irish plague , demanding the grace of St Columba and first claim to the aid of his relics . |
| 10 | The rows of the table could refer to any set of objects ( such as the cars produced by Rover ) and the columns to the properties of these objects ( for example the parts required in the manufacture of the cars ) . |
| 11 | A further series of experiments was performed to assess whether colonic bacteria could contribute to measured metabolism . |
| 12 | Plankton are absorbers of carbon dioxide and their disappearance could contribute to global warming as well as leaving a gap in the marine food chain . |
| 13 | It should , however , be recognised that more rapid intestinal transit , by reducing the time available for absorption , could contribute to decreased bile acid absorption and diarrhoea . |
| 14 | Agnes wondered if the dog 's powerful voice could contribute to this discomfort , but thought it wiser to remain silent . |
| 15 | We have spent a lot of time developing a methodology that could contribute to this process . |
| 16 | The diesel check , described by one test station owner as ‘ the worst possible thing you could do to any engine , ’ was suspended yesterday pending the results of an inquiry into the damage claims . |
| 17 | The only thing you could do to this programme is |
| 18 | In difficulties , members of a family could look to each other . |
| 19 | In other scenarios , almost everyone could move to low-density countryside houses and communicate via the electronic technology that is already available , or alternatively people could recolonize the countryside and run smallholdings ( Anderson , 1975 ) . |
| 20 | She said she hoped the couple could move to another home soon . |
| 21 | It shows that not all labourers ' cottages were flimsy hovels and that families in this group could aspire to reasonable comfort . |
| 22 | She breathes her lament into the earth filling her mouth , saying over and over , for the habit of power has made her take the past on her shoulders , ‘ If I could return to that time , I would no longer change men into beasts as I did , and then find myself unable to change them back into men . ’ |
| 23 | The artist who painted in the eyes gave power to the image but was in turn filled with dangerous emanations which had to be washed off before he could return to ordinary life . |
| 24 | ‘ He wanted to get the matters cleared up once and for all so he could return to this country in future with a clear conscience , ’ said Mr Spain . |
| 25 | Before either of us could react to this confession , unexpected even to me , I ploughed on . |
| 26 | Although district councils will have more scope to refuse applications , Labour councillors fear some policy controls could shift to central Government . |
| 27 | In principle these could mix to some extent , but in practice they can be considered separately as their energies must be very different . |
| 28 | Notwithstanding the problems it was clear that I could emulate to some extent the effect of the shoulder rotation ( shoulder torque ) and movement of the wrist ( wrist torque ) . |
| 29 | Britten invests him with a memorable sententiousness of utterance , something one might call proverbial if such a word could apply to melodic line . |
| 30 | It is also likely to benefit makers of more expensive and complex cars , such as McLaren 's F1 and the Jaguar XJ220 , and could apply to any sector of car , not just the sporting machines that currently stand to gain in credibility . |