Example sentences of "could [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Falconer is facing compulsory redundancy and has been told that she could stay on the staff if she accepts demotion to ordinary lecturer — a post already held by her sister , Barbara Diack . |
| 2 | The Collector had posted all the men he could spare on the upper , north-facing verandah . |
| 3 | An example of a chart that you could construct on a card , or in your diary is shown opposite . |
| 4 | He hoped Great Britain would support Austria-Hungary against Russia and that Germany could remain on the fence . |
| 5 | Mrs Falconer , a senior lecturer in textiles , has been told there is funding for only one textile lecturer in the school , but that she could remain on the staff if she accepted demotion to ordinary lecturer — a post already held by her sister , Barbara Diack . |
| 6 | She has , however , been informed that she could remain on the RGU staff if she accepted a demotion to ordinary lecturer — the post held by her sister , Mrs Barbara Diack , who , in turn , would lose her job . |
| 7 | ‘ We could build on a garden room . ’ |
| 8 | I mean i i if you could get in for a penny a week that was alright because when things got better you could build on a penny a week , you see ? |
| 9 | On Sotheby 's activities in Berlin he was candid about the difficulties experienced by this ‘ very interesting experiment ’ so far but felt that the company could build on the pool of new private ( West ) German buyers that had emerged from the sales . |
| 10 | A radical pluralism could build on the common ground emerging between these two traditions . |
| 11 | Any citizen attending could inscribe on a piece of pottery the name of the person he wanted ostracised , without speeches or debate . |
| 12 | However , subject to the normal exemptions and depending upon the individual employee 's particular circumstances , a liability to capital gains tax could arise on a subsequent disposal of the shares . |
| 13 | We could picnic on the grounds of the Villa Borghese . ’ |
| 14 | I wonder if you could comment on the possibility of putting a Land Rover 5 bearing diesel engine into my 6 cylinder 109 inch chassis . |
| 15 | The House of Lords , while accepting that some elements of natural justice could apply to investigations and preliminary determinations , held that an opportunity to see the counter-statement was not required : no final decision was being made and if the taxpayer could comment on the counter-statement the Commissioners would wish to comment on those comments , thereby producing an endless succession of exchanges , bringing the administration to a standstill . |
| 16 | One of the potentially most significant developments in the period of glasnost and perestroika was the setting up of a constitutional review committee which could comment on the constitutional legality of legislation passed by the Congress of People 's Deputies or the Supreme Soviet and decrees issued by the President . |
| 17 | I should be grateful if the Under-Secretary could comment on the way in which housing benefit is calculated . |
| 18 | Yes , if I could comment on the traffic calming . |
| 19 | ‘ Black people are the original people of the Earth , no one could exist on the planet without us and we must wake up , to struggle and do what we have to do to come into power , ’ announces Chester , striding across the stage , as the audience cheers . |
| 20 | He is blessed , though , with large hands which assisted him with the amount of spin he could impart on a cricket ball . |
| 21 | They could knock on the door , or they could sell send their servants ! |
| 22 | It was also felt that it was a company which nobody could attack on the grounds of political bias in favour of the project — if anything , thought Walsh , the other way round , after he had seen a portrait of Margaret Thatcher prominently displayed in its Ealing headquarters . |
| 23 | The pile of the arrow could catch on the inside of the bow . |
| 24 | When down himself ( very seldom ) , he could count on a pratfall from his hysterical shaman , Drew ‘ Bundini ’ Brown , on the latest bizarre news from his scheming court , maybe a straight line from some reporter that he would turn into a ricocheting soliloquy on , say , the disgusting aesthetics of dining on pig . |
| 25 | MV And South Korea could count on a peculiarly nasty dictatorship to help quicken the pace of its capitalist development . |
| 26 | IF HEAD teachers of opted-out schools were typical voters , the Conservatives could count on a landslide election result . |
| 27 | IF YOU were down on your luck in Devon in the early 18th Century , you could count on a hot meal at Bowden House , near Totnes . |
| 28 | The army put itself forward as the vehicle for such policies , and in taking radical domestic and international action the army could count on a measure of support from the rural community . |
| 29 | Thus the military conspirators could count on a growing area of civilian support . |
| 30 | After the Harter Act , United States issuers , confirmers , and negotiators of letters of credit and documentary drafts who paid monies or extended credit on the strength of , inter alia , ocean bills of lading , could count on a minimum enforceable carrier liability , even where such a liability was artfully disclaimed . |