Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I first realised that herbs could reproduce this effect — ; and later wondered if a lack of them could be responsible for some of the diseases that seem particular to fish of this area . |
| 2 | To Branson , paying tax was ‘ a waste of money ’ when you could plough that money back into the company . |
| 3 | Or you could stay another year at school or college and re-take the subjects you failed . |
| 4 | How the Other Half Lives A divorced woman rings her ex-spouse : Perhaps you could spare some time to see the children on Saturday … |
| 5 | Only in rats subjected to stress did bFGF ( given subcutaneously in a large dose ) cause a small but significant attenuation of the mucosal lesions and this was accompanied by increased gastric blood flow suggesting that the maintenance of gastric circulation in stressed rats could explain this protection . |
| 6 | The consequence was that the company no longer had to accept the market price for its products but could affect that price by varying the output of the product . |
| 7 | For example , if we pick every tenth house number in a street then all those selected will be on the same side of the street ; this could affect some aspect of the study . |
| 8 | The proposals could affect any industry or service occupation , and would mean that , for the first time in Britain , all types of PPE will be covered by comprehensive regulations . |
| 9 | ‘ I would undertake to pay Miss Kennedy a generous salary and you could refund any capital she may have put in as your partner . |
| 10 | Well , he could rule that pile of trash . |
| 11 | ‘ Jealous people asking how I could earn such money on a government salary . ’ |
| 12 | If he could earn some money for a railway ticket he would go straight off to Amsterdam and ‘ fathom ’ the deafening silence which was tormenting him . |
| 13 | Well it it it was based er basically on the fact that they could earn more money than than most tradesmen in the yard at that particular time er I would say that . |
| 14 | They worked hard for any money they got er but basically this was the idea that they could earn more money than say a joiner or a plumber or whatever , and therefore they had a wee bit of pride in themselves . |
| 15 | We believe that if we could liberate this wealth of talent we would transform our economy and create a shared society of which we should all be proud . |
| 16 | Sure , I could adapt any song and get away with it , but I ca n't say I 'd be as satisfied doing it that way , and I certainly would n't choose to interpret those things on one guitar . ’ |
| 17 | Irving Layton was exactly the sort of man to further that : enthusiastic and bold , erudite and observant , worldly and street-wise , compassionate and cavalier ; he could throw all caution to the wind and sing and drink and dance the night away . |
| 18 | Chief Constable Burrows was then called to see if he could throw any light on the missing statement . |
| 19 | Harriet , still grieving and perplexed and unable to obtain any further information from Liza , asked Edna outright if she could throw any light on the matter . |
| 20 | Erm , on there 's a specific question I 'd like to ask er if he could throw some light on that one . |
| 21 | If the consignor wanted to ensure that no person other than the consignee or the lawful holder of the bill could claim delivery , he could stipulate that delivery required production of all the copies or parts of the set that were not in the master 's possession . |
| 22 | ‘ I heard you could eat any amount of steak and you 'd lose loads of weight ’ , or ‘ did n't I read somewhere that you are n't supposed to eat carbohydrate and protein at the same meal ? ’ |
| 23 | Perdita did n't think she could eat another thing , but the figs in syrup that followed were so delicious she was soon piling on great dollops of cream . |
| 24 | He was feeling genuinely enthusiastic , in a splendid mood , but he was nervously aware that it could disappear any minute . |
| 25 | In the past , schools felt that they could influence this environment . |
| 26 | Erm perhaps I could answer that Chairman by saying that the policy I 've suggested from the Humberside structure plan would er would I think cover that er problem in that it starts off by saying , Proposals for industry and commerce that are not in accordance with the relevant policies of this plan will not normally be permitted . |
| 27 | It is not apparent that the authors could answer that question . |
| 28 | Accordingly , the House of Lords referred the issues to the European Court of Justice so that the House of Lords could answer that question . |
| 29 | It also revealed how easily bad workmanship could expose this type of house to the risk of damp and rot . |
| 30 | He proved that he could make that journey on a primitive craft . |