Example sentences of "but it could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will , sadly , be too late for many young people , whose lives have already been ruined ; but it could set the agenda for future generations who might even get society better organised than we did . |
| 2 | But it could talk did n't you say ? |
| 3 | Mike had a dream the other night that she had a , a little boy , but er , the funny thing was it 'd only just been born but it could talk |
| 4 | It had only just been born but it could talk properly and everything |
| 5 | For example , if , the expected payoff for type converges to but it could improve its payoff to by masquerading as a z = 0 player . |
| 6 | His son , seeking to staunch the outflow of money on the Scottish war , quickly arranged a truce , but it could offer few hopes of long-term disengagement . |
| 7 | ‘ We 've had to chop and change on a regular basis this season , but it could hold us in good stead because when everyone is fit again , we 'll know we have people who can operate well in different positions . ’ |
| 8 | But it could end up as the only game in town . ’ |
| 9 | Nunn is the one I really want , but it could end up being Collins in an outdoor fight in Dublin . ’ |
| 10 | The documentary impulse was inherent in the contract filmmakers made with the MOI at the beginning of the war , but it could absorb the poetic romanticism or Powell-Pressburger , the sophisticated visual and verbal montages produced by Humphrey Jennings , another documentarist with surrealist roots , in such 1941 pictures as Words for Battle and Listen to Britain , as well as films in the realist tradition . |
| 11 | This will only cause problems with consultation with the members and they 're the most important , the bloody members , but it could lead to and a scramble for jobs . |
| 12 | English winegrowers are about to harvest a record crop of grapes — but it could lead to them facing new restrictions on production in the future . |
| 13 | North America , Dr Bosworth , said was on a ‘ consumption binge ’ but it could continue to live off its assets . |
| 14 | But it could cost them more than they make . |
| 15 | Shadow Cabinet ministers yesterday appeared united behind the leadership 's strategy , but it could involve some tough choices . |
| 16 | Ignorance may be blissful , but it could bring you both a nasty shock when the subject does come up . |
| 17 | The lord president tried to attract support by embarking on a reform of the council , particularly by a reduction in its fees ; but it could make little progress against the obstructionism of Secretary Ingram , who had the backing at court of the lord treasurer , Lionel Cranfield ( later Earl of Middlesex , q.v . ) . |
| 18 | The fact is that the ultimate choice will not matter to the departed pet but it could make all the difference to the real pain of separation from a beloved companion . |
| 19 | But it could do this only by making a substantial cut in its prices , in fact to prices below the cost of steel imports ( EP , 12 August 1985 ) . |
| 20 | But it could do your confidence the world of good . |
| 21 | A toy next to a ScumStopper Magnum , but it could do the job . |
| 22 | That boosted its price substantially but it could do things that no other printer was capable of so the added value made it well worth it . |
| 23 | an individual or as now as a , a Neighbourhood Watch , although I mean it 's not the main function of Neighbourhood Watch to do not noisy parties , but it could do , then make a complaint to Newark and District Council |
| 24 | The absence of mathematics eliminates any advance treatment , but it could serve as an introduction text and as a source document . |
| 25 | But it could start overnight , and indeed it has already started . |
| 26 | Just how the wave crosses the gap junction is unknown , but it could depend upon the diffusion of either calcium itself or InsP 3 . |
| 27 | ( Not his own imprisonment , of course ; society could not tolerate the imprisonment of Lord Lane , but it could tolerate and indeed is baying for , the imprisonment of those whose private behaviour offends Lord Lane 's principles . ) |
| 28 | The difference may seem slight , but it could affect interpretation of the event , since the most important assembly of the Gallic provinces , the Council of the Gauls , was re-established in the former year . |
| 29 | A base like this could not resist the authority of the host government but it could protect merchants against local hostility or the attacks of other traders . |
| 30 | But it could eclipse Sun 's ambitions . |