Example sentences of "could [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asians were products of a culture emphasizing the value of education as a means of social advancement and , because of the tight control they were able to exert over their children , could imbue the second generation with similar values . |
| 2 | Alborne seemed content to sit on their eight-goal lead but , when four Whaddon players left the pitch with ten minutes to go so they could catch the last bus , it was too good an opportunity to miss , and Alborne finally ran out winners by eleven goals to nil . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , if only I could win the first prize ! ’ breathed Angela . |
| 4 | He was scathing about an electoral pact with the Liberal Democrats and said he was convinced that Labour could win the next election . |
| 5 | If a patent were to be granted to the second business , it could prevent the first from using what it has already been using for some time . |
| 6 | Meanwhile she had many friends who took up her cause : memorial concerts were given in Prague and Vienna ; she received a gratuity from the Elector of Cologne ; and the King of Prussia offered to purchase several compositions for 100 ducats each ( including the Requiem which Constanze made sure was ‘ completed ’ by Süssmayr so that she could collect the last instalment of money due from Count Walsegg ) . |
| 7 | It is often unwise of the plaintiff to rely on the defendant sued obtaining an indemnity from a third party if the plaintiff could bring the third party in as a second defendant , eg in road accident cases . |
| 8 | we could do the first bits and about an hour really , this weekend not at work or anything . |
| 9 | But she knew she could do the next job . |
| 10 | Of the verderers he could see nothing , but so strong was his sense of present danger that Allen remained half-hidden watching until the sun came up over the forest and the wet rock slabs of the Waste shone like glass and he could feel the first faint warmth of the sun 's beams striking on his face . |
| 11 | It is unlikely that any of us could remember the first time we saw our own reflection ( mirrors often form part of toys aimed at very small babies , such as activity mats or cot toys , and there are , of course , lakes , kettles and other possibilities for reflection ) ; what is likely is that it was a member of our family ( probably our mother ) who told us : ‘ That 's you , that 's what you look like ’ . |
| 12 | He could remember the first time that he 'd stepped outside into country darkness and closed the door behind him ; it was as if he 'd been struck blind with the click of the latch , and he 'd begun to panic at his inability even to tell which way was up . |
| 13 | If I could remember the third one , we 'd get another point would n't we ? |
| 14 | No one could remember the last time anyone had stayed there , or , indeed , if anyone ever had . |
| 15 | Guy's/St Thomas 's Hospital could become the second major centre , although it faces competition from the Royal Brompton/Chelsea and Westminster for the provision of paediatric cardiac services , and from St George 's linked to the Royal Marsden ( Sutton ) for cancer services . |
| 16 | Sir : Just before John Paul II was elected there was speculation that Cardinal Hume could become the first non-Italian Pope for several centuries . |
| 17 | Two men who helped George Blake , a Soviet spy , to escape from prison in 1966 could become the first British authors in recent history to have royalties seized by the courts . |
| 18 | Orion 's plans have caused consternation among Intelsat officials , who are worried that the craft could become the first of many operated by private companies to ‘ cream off ’ traffic from the lucrative telecommunications route between North America and Europe . |
| 19 | Deprived of the usual dash of digital and chemical additives , it could become the first easy-listening album for the post-E , no power generation . |
| 20 | In his last years Monet stumbled upon the exquisite notion that colour in itself could become the first subject for his art ; painting has never looked back/ |
| 21 | Wiltshire could become the first county in Britain to ban foxhunting on county council land . |
| 22 | As a result it could become the first estate in the area to have a 20mph speed limit introduced . |
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| 24 | Auditors could become the next Institute grouping to form a faculty , if interest in the idea continues to grow . |
| 25 | After the changes in western policy in Bosnia , we look at the prospects for peace there , at the ‘ safe areas ’ for Muslims and at the province of Serbia that could become the next Balkan flashpoint |
| 26 | Ulster Unionist MP John Taylor warned Northern Ireland could become the next Bosnia unless the Government took steps to stop the IRA . |
| 27 | Western banks are even more reluctant to part with cash , seeing the possibility that East European borrowing could become the Third World debt problem of the 1990s . |
| 28 | United had four cleared off the line … hit the bar twice but it took a hand ball and a penalty from Jim Magilton to get them back into the game … with ten minutes to go the Manor was celebrating an equaliser from Joey Beauchamp and surely they could see the second division side off … but after extra time it was still two all and now down to penalties … the crunch came when Chrissy Allen 's kick was saved … and Swansea 's Keith Walker scored to make it five four to the second division side on penalties … |
| 29 | Through it , Donna could see the first of many wax tableaux showing famous film stars . |
| 30 | Angel could see the first light in the east . |