Example sentences of "that could [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any bacterium that could tap a different source of food would obviously be very successful and eventually some did . |
| 2 | Yet he accepts that these countries need small , defensively equipped armies that could make a potential attacker think twice . |
| 3 | The authoress describes her as having ‘ a mouth that could make a man think of doing some very strange things ’ . |
| 4 | Many packaging materials contain highly flammable substances that could make a fire suddenly flare up . |
| 5 | However , there are many red flowers that could make a successful choice . |
| 6 | She was tall , slender , thirty-plus ; she had long hands , red hair , and the kind of class that could make a shopgirl weep with envy . |
| 7 | pictured at his retirement dinner with his farewell gift from the Company — a banjo barometer ( there 's no doubt that could make a joke about this one ! ) . |
| 8 | That man possessed an absolutely deadly charm — a charm that could make a prisoner of the most stalwart heart . |
| 9 | With a smile that could melt a nun 's heart ! |
| 10 | In this scenario , no benefit is conferred that could trigger a Schedule E liability under s80 ; the managers either maintain their maximum share of Newco or lose something . |
| 11 | SHOW giants Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh last night threatened legal action that could ruin a top amateur theatre group . |
| 12 | The runners found themselves unfairly rebuked for the market-makers ' errors , and for their whimsical misquotes or bid-only quotes that could ruin a deal . |
| 13 | None of these measures to protect and augment the inheritance , however , were proof against the greatest misfortunes that could befall a noble family in the fourteenth century , failure of heirs and political miscalculation . |
| 14 | Indeed , Wycliffe maintained that Gaunt regarded political instability as one of the greatest evils that could befall a state ; and Gaunt 's political career suggests that he believed that political stability was best ensured by the maintenance of the prerogatives of the monarchy . |
| 15 | An experience at Scout camp one summer , finally alerted me to the dangers that could befall a young lad if he was n't too careful . |
| 16 | Sergeant Juron had entrusted d'Arquebus with a heavy bolter that could loose a single hellfire shell as well as ordinary explosive bolts . |
| 17 | ‘ or was likely to be caused to persons in or on that vehicle ( or trailer ) or on a road ’ 'Likely to be caused' means potentially dangerous such as sharp edges jutting out from the body of a motor vehicle ; a loose driver 's seat which could cause loss of control of the car ; projecting wheel wing nuts or mudguards that could strike a pedestrian ; and a loose rear bumper that might fall off and cause an accident etc . |
| 18 | The thousands of items on her shopping list are brought in from all over the world in quantities that could feed a small town — 70 tonnes of sausages , 300 tonnes of tomatoes , 250,000 pints of milk , six million eggs and 350,000 litres of fresh orange juice . |
| 19 | They are nothing worth looking at , for they have green hair and green teeth and little pigs ' eyes and long red noses and shod arms more like a flipper than any respectable arm that could do a day 's work . |
| 20 | ‘ I thought that Austria was too much of a hifalutin idea , ’ grumbles the bowl-headed frontman in an Irish accent that could shag a shamrock . |
| 21 | In a single sentence , Pope John provided the Council with a method and commentators with material that could last a lifetime . |
| 22 | The scientists of Idaho were designing a gold-lined stainless steel container that could hold a mixture of deuterium and tritium gases at up to 3000 times atmospheric pressure and at temperatures ranging from hundreds of degrees centigrade to freezing and below . |
| 23 | But Laird 's trade unionists are still bitter about the council 's decision to object to the proposed Point of Ayr gas terminal the development that could offer a lifeline to the yard if it wins approval . |
| 24 | Real Sociedad manager John Toshack could not attend yesterday 's launch because his side face a vital game that could clinch a UEFA Cup place . |
| 25 | But he believes that there are developments around the corner that could bring a lot of changes for the better , not least of them , technological changes . |
| 26 | When there is a dispute between nations that could bring a threat to peace , the Security Council listens first to all sides of the argument . |
| 27 | ‘ Before we rush forward with plans that could lay a heavy burden on societies around the globe , we must have a basic understanding of how much environmental benefit that money is buying — and whether there is a less-expensive , possibly more effective alternative available , ’ he said . |
| 28 | The proponents of unitary authorities in the Royal Commission on Local Government in England accepted a need for a wider authority for some services in the metropolitan areas and for an authority that could prepare a strategic plan for conurbations . |
| 29 | Companies and auditors are not discussing with the UITF , before finalising their accounts , proposed accounting treatments that could set a precedent for other companies . |
| 30 | Music theatre , a happily hazy term that could cover a whole spectrum of musical activity from a single singer and a handful of instruments , through semi-staged dance to fully-costumed and appointed chamber opera , was the answer . |