Example sentences of "it could [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually it could give thousands of jobless youngsters , who may otherwise have turned to crime , the chance of a well-paid job or a better future . |
| 2 | Mr McFall held up a penknife with a three-inch blade and said it could exact terrible injuries and that post-mortem examinations last year at the department of forensic medicine and science at Glasgow University showed that in 18 out of 31 stabbings , the wound was three inches or less . |
| 3 | My argument here with Dennett is that if he intends interpretations ( a ) or ( b ) ( a textual quotation here would be beside the point , since these distinctions are not made in his paper in that form ) , then those are inferior explications of consciousness to a process one in terms of level : ( b ) because it lacks the ‘ unity ’ requirement , and ( a ) because , although it could meet all the necessary conditions set out earlier , it seems in some way arbitrary , just as did Minsky 's supreme organizing module . |
| 4 | If you are very lucky it could perform all these functions at once . |
| 5 | IBM is saying it 's delivered a million copies of OS/2 and predicts it could reach two million by the end of the year : Microsoft Corp voiced scepticism about the number to The Wall Street Journal to which IBM VP Jim Cannavino retorted , ‘ A stork did n't bring [ the one million copies ] and I assure you I have n't cooked the books . ’ |
| 6 | The ten-foot-long cylindrical plastic balloon rises as trapped air is heated by the sun , and according to the blurb on its packaging , it could reach extraordinary altitudes ’ up to 30,000 feet if inadvertently released . |
| 7 | The benefit of this form of publicity is that it could reach those in the home ( women , unemployed , disabled ) and especially those who can not make use of the coverage in newspapers ( i.e. the blind ) . |
| 8 | If fertility remains low and life expectancy continues to improve , it could reach 20 per cent by the year 2025 . |
| 9 | It found that the company 's true deficit for 1982 was some 200 billion ( CEFE 1984 : 22 ) , a sum equal to roughly 1 per cent of GDP , and that , unless it was checked , it could reach 400 billion pesetas or even higher by 1986 . |
| 10 | The first conceptualization had then to be changed so that it could handle this happening . |
| 11 | By forcing MPs to give up their seats if they joined the Cabinet , the NPKA believed that it could eliminate vote-buying and other corrupt practices . |
| 12 | The Tribune Company had already won a similar battle in Chicago in 1985 and seemed confident that it could repeat this profitable victory in New York . |
| 13 | As you know , at the moment it starts at five , but perhaps , ideally , it could start younger , but obviously there are financial considerations as well . |
| 14 | As you know , at the moment it starts and five , but ideally perhaps it could start younger , but obviously there are financial considerations as well . |
| 15 | It could fit mains-powered alarms , but that would mean putting up rents . |
| 16 | At worst it could mean many months in hospital . |
| 17 | But for their beleaguered manager , Liam Brady , it could mean much more , such as keeping his job . |
| 18 | In DHAs , for example , it could mean another department , unit or external organisation , GPs , patients ' relatives , prospective patients as well as the present ones . |
| 19 | It could mean permanent coastal flooding in some countries and widespread famine in others . |
| 20 | Unfortunately there are sacrifices to be made , it could mean less time with loved ones or a more pressurised lifestyle , but if that 's what you want now is the time to reach out and take it . |
| 21 | If it could feel confident and secure in these conditions it should be fine for year-round Britain . |
| 22 | Some critics point out that it is difficult to see how it could benefit larger multi-celled animals , because of the problem of passing on good genes via sperm cells , or the egg . |
| 23 | It could cover all your rate payment , but after April 1988 , anyone in receipt of income support and housing benefit will have to pay 20 per cent of their rates . |
| 24 | However , it could dictate public perceptions of the parties ' agenda . |
| 25 | So if I put a twenty four one on then it could leave that like that , right ? |
| 26 | But there are fears in some quarters that it could infringe personal liberties . |
| 27 | Last last year , AT&T showed it could transmit 432 million bits of information per second through a single-mode fibre system in Atlanta , Georgia . |
| 28 | FoE campaigner Viv Mountford said : ‘ We have always said that if ICI build an incinerator it could attract other ‘ dirty industry ’ and now already North West Water have come up with a scheme to burn sewage sludge in Widnes . |
| 29 | Oxfam is being urged to call off a charity pop concert because of fears it could attract thousands of travellers back to Castlemorton.Tickets are already on sale for the event although it has n't yet been granted a licence.Richard Barnett reports : |
| 30 | A plea to downgrade Darlington so it could attract more Government aid is to go ahead despite an earlier warning that it could backfire . |