Example sentences of "could [vb infin] to [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is the total range of possible adjustments which man theoretically could make to those fluctuations ? |
| 2 | The statements could relate to past facts ( i. e. they could mean that those services were provided last season ) or they could relate only to the future ( i.e. that they will be provided next season ) . |
| 3 | And thirdly increasing emphasis , not on the socialist politics of the Communist Party in the nineteen twenties , but on the development of a nationalist ideology which could appeal to all classes in Chinese society who were interested in getting the Japanese out and who were angered by the Kuomintang government 's inability to stand up to the Japanese . |
| 4 | It could appeal to old Gaitskellites like the ‘ gang of four ’ , Owen , Williams , and Rodgers , joined by Roy Jenkins whose Dimbleby Lecture in 1979 had first outlined the prospect of a new centrist movement . |
| 5 | On 13 October 1988 , Chief Master Munrow ordered that the question whether the plaintiffs could object to certain items in the account on the ground that they were unreasonable should be tried as a preliminary issue . |
| 6 | You see Donny suggested at that last meeting that we had just small leaflets that we could give to all members . |
| 7 | An additional question was whether in construing s 63(2) , FA 1976 , their Lordships could refer to Parliamentary proceedings at the time the legislation was introduced . |
| 8 | You can interpret it in any way you like — it could mean the best groomed , it could refer to canine coats , attractive collars and leads . |
| 9 | The health of children and young people is too important to neglect and adequate research , assisted by standardization of records , could contribute to significant improvements . |
| 10 | The report 's authors believe that the developments in community care could contribute to further reductions in acute hospital services . |
| 11 | What Nutristem had done to plants , these people could do to human beings . |
| 12 | A lifetime of commitment though required not just higher rewards or the promise of permanent employment , but also some limitation on the ease with which labour could move to other employers . |
| 13 | On April 8 a Superior Court judge ruled that Gates could return to full duties pending a judiciary hearing . |
| 14 | By analogy , the same principle could apply to other insiders , such as merchant bankers , who misuse confidential news . |
| 15 | The problem with this provision is that it could apply to such orders as the 1987 Order referred to in clause 1.10 , hence the suggested interpolation in that clause . |
| 16 | Some 40 senior government officials from 10 separate departments held a joint seminar in mid-December to discuss ways in which the government as a whole could respond to environmental problems . |
| 17 | When he was about thirteen or fourteen he decided he would like to take classes provided that he could go to private lessons . |
| 18 | We could go to such places as the towns of Paisley , Barrhead , Airdrie , to villages like Kilbarchan , Millerston , Clarkston , and so on . |
| 19 | For a trusted confidant contemplating moving on , Branson could go to considerable lengths of generosity , flattery or playfulness to persuade them to stay . |
| 20 | Well yes you could go to antique shops and buy that sort of furniture |
| 21 | Otherwise cracks like these could spread to other properties . |
| 22 | Business could switch to uncontrolled institutions . |
| 23 | This reflected fears among the delegates that national identities would be impaired by integration and that the free movement of labour and unrestricted purchase of land could lead to economic imbalances between member states and , as a result , a loss of domestic political support . |
| 24 | Moreover , variations in a local sales tax , or in a tax on vehicles or petrol could lead to unwanted distortions in trading patterns . |
| 25 | Apple , which has agreements with Sony Corp that could lead to similar developments in the consumer electronics market , indicates that it is keen to conclude other such agreements . |
| 26 | The UK , in particular , is fundamentally opposed to the idea of compulsory employee participation , believing that this is an area best left to individual company policy and fearing that giving in on the issue in this context could lead to similar measures becoming a compulsory feature of EC company law . |
| 27 | Furthermore , they do not find a ‘ downward assimilation ’ among the downwardly mobile and propose the existence of a ‘ ratchet effect ’ which could lead to increased demands for HE during periods of high gross social mobility . |
| 28 | These areas provided havens for gambling schools , and the police did not dare to venture there except in strength — when attempts to break up street-gambling , or to douse the high spirits of Bonfire Night could lead to violent eruptions . |
| 29 | The legendary Scottish mountaineer , Hamish McInnes , said he felt the work of the expedition was important , and could lead to possible breakthroughs in the treatment of mountain sickness . |
| 30 | The third approach to prevention , and the most difficult , lies in economic and social changes which could lead to general improvements in standards of living . |