Example sentences of "could they [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How could they choose this nothing man simply by a bit of finagling and jiggery-pokery behind the scenes . |
| 2 | But if subjects failed to recognize the stimulus in the Hall and Schachtman ( 1987 ) study ( as indicated by the occurrence of dishabituation ) , how could they show latent inhibition to that stimulus ? |
| 3 | If so , how could they stay motionless , at a constant distance from each other ? |
| 4 | As the various censored titles appear ( and often re-appear ) over the years one reacts with thoughts like ‘ How ridiculous , how silly , how could they ! ’ , and ‘ Unbelievable , unacceptable , how could they justify that ? ’ . |
| 5 | Could they reach enough households to make an impact ? |
| 6 | Where could they go next ? |
| 7 | So the resit people , could they go next door and start doing the resits . |
| 8 | Only thus could they interpret stimulus-information sensibly in widely differing contexts and take appropriate action accordingly . |
| 9 | How could they do that ? … |
| 10 | How could they do that ? |
| 11 | I mean could they do that in about quarter of an hour |
| 12 | Still less could they do this while trying to disperse the economically powerful German population of the east among the various neighbour states without aggravating the problem still further . |
| 13 | How could they do this to Clare , who loved to play games ? |
| 14 | How could they do this to a little girl ? |
| 15 | EXCLUSIVE by Caroline Storah , crime reporter THE heartbroken father of Liverpool girl Jean Larkin killed in a gruesome double murder said today : ‘ How could they do this to our beautiful daughter ? ’ |
| 16 | Could they obtain enough food to sustain themselves ? |
| 17 | To sympathize or t could they help more more than anything . |
| 18 | Could they jettison Christian faith and hope , without loss of moral standards ? |
| 19 | To which the obvious reply is another question : ‘ Where else could they read these books ? ’ |
| 20 | To which U Saw replied , ‘ Oh , Your Ex cell ency , how could they say such a thing . ’ |
| 21 | So a new population wisdom emerged : only when people were financially secure could they risk smaller families . |
| 22 | ( Daily Mirror ) ; HOW COULD THEY LET THIS ANIMAL LIVE ? |
| 23 | Could they guarantee that , in the absence of the overwhelming presence of the Army , there would not be a radical intensification of ethnic cleansing throughout the island of Ireland ? |
| 24 | What could they sell next ? |
| 25 | And , if as they believed , final authority lay with their members , how could they compromise this by hobnobbing with capital on their behalf ? |
| 26 | Could they describe any patterns in these numbers ? |
| 27 | Could they withstand further pressure ? |
| 28 | ‘ How could they know any of it ? |