Example sentences of "it could [vb infin] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kenneth Baker indicated recently that he thinks such a plan should go ahead ; if he can persuade his government colleagues that the scheme could make a real contribution to economic growth it could start up by the Spring . |
| 2 | Well it could start off in that . |
| 3 | It could mean up to £10 off the average bill , but BT say it will take months to work out exactly how much you will save . |
| 4 | She had laughed then at the vivid imagination of the child , but now for a brief moment she saw the city as Maggie saw it , basking in the first rays of the sun and oblivious to the dangerous mist below that might suck it in before it could wake up and take wing against the now blue blue sky . |
| 5 | If the DVLA co-operates , it could mail out surveys to car owners , which would then be returned to JD Power . |
| 6 | But , with the group expected to follow George Wimpey and John Laing in making substantial provisions , it could end up £25m to £30m in the red . |
| 7 | It could end up as a public dogfight . |
| 8 | But it could end up as the only game in town . ’ |
| 9 | If it is likely that the Purchaser has to inject money into the business it could end up losing more than it paid if there is a total disaster and the Vendor 's liability is limited in this way . |
| 10 | It could end up like the Little Big Horn . |
| 11 | ‘ It all depends on our fitness problems , but if I said it was unlikely Ferguson would get the call it could end up sounding like famous last words , ’ said Roxburgh . |
| 12 | Nunn is the one I really want , but it could end up being Collins in an outdoor fight in Dublin . ’ |
| 13 | But , that 's what he wants just now but if he can get the flight then it , it could end up being the second and third or the third and fourth week . |
| 14 | SNACK ATTACK : If your sandwich is n't kept cool it could bite back |
| 15 | It emerged yesterday that one of the two private consortia negotiating to build the line with British Rail had rejected BR 's preferred route because it said it could cost up to £5bn . |
| 16 | Undergrounding some or all of the cables is seen by many as one way of lessening the visual impact of the line but NGC says it could cost up to 18 times more than overhead lines . |
| 17 | Recently it broke down and he has been told that it could cost up to £400 to get him mobile again . |
| 18 | Once this trend for the relaxation of the 1970 legislation began , the EPA considered that the only way in which it could slow down or stop this erosion , short of a resurgence in the environmental movement , would be to show more flexibility in its administration of the Act , especially towards new industry . |
| 19 | It could fetch up to £120m , according to analysts . |
| 20 | Discipline was important , indeed essential , because in the widest sense of the word , it could open up a more ordered world . |
| 21 | It could open up a whole new range of products , especially portable equipment . |
| 22 | And if they are genuine it could open up old wounds in Russia where there is still bitter feeling over how the execution has been constantly covered-up by communists , including leader Boris Yeltsin . |
| 23 | You could crack your skull on that intractable stone , or it could scoop out spoonfuls of flesh . |
| 24 | It could date back as far as the middle of the ninth century and was closely associated with the later castle . |
| 25 | A rewarded training trial consisted of transporting a rat in a slowly rotating opaque box from an adjoining room and putting it into the arena at and facing the centre of the N , S , E or W side-wall ( shown as an unfilled circle ) from which it could move around freely until it found the F+ feeder ; a non-rewarded trial lasted 60s and was conducted without either landmarks or feeders . |
| 26 | But they can ma can make sure because if you make another fire it could move in could n't it Dave ? |
| 27 | ‘ It could drag on for months , ’ I protested , ‘ years even . ’ |
| 28 | Meteorologists warn that it could travel up to 2,000 km , falling over the southern Soviet Union and other eastern European countries if prevailing winds allow . |
| 29 | The nest was built whilst the truck was in use , so the bird must have been patiently waiting for it to return after each journey so that it could carry on with nest building . |
| 30 | The task therefore was to recover greater autonomy at the centre and limit the state 's obligations to those that were essential and/or that it could carry out . |