Example sentences of "could [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.

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1 To Branson , paying tax was ‘ a waste of money ’ when you could plough that money back into the company .
2 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 .
3 Well , he could rule that pile of trash .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 It is not apparent that the authors could answer that question .
7 Accordingly , the House of Lords referred the issues to the European Court of Justice so that the House of Lords could answer that question .
8 He proved that he could make that journey on a primitive craft .
9 Yes sir , county council could make that decision , it would first though have to consider a report from the education committee , under the education act .
10 And the other reason they do n't want to turn up is primarily because they do know that we have compulsory purchase powers and the planning — the paper put forward by the Chief Planning Officer today was a vindication of wage for a good many years , a good many months rather , that we do have compulsory purchase powers and we are able to use them and it was specifically asked at the Panel today , by both Monty Finnist and Sir Monty Finnist and Tony Christopher , why does n't the City Council market this site and use its compulsory purchase powers and that 's one question to address tomorrow as a politician who could make that decision .
11 Anyone could make that mistake in the urgency of a business flight , yet the airline concerned must pay the Government for that .
12 Gavin Pritchard-Gordon 's Peer Prince ( 3.10 ) has already won twice this season and could make that advantage tell over Josh Gifford 's Zamil .
13 It already supplies Fokker with fuselages for Fokker 's small jet and could make that product its own by buying the Dutch company for less than $1 billion .
14 Any such conflicting treaty would be absolutely and automatically void , and the signatory States to the former treaty could invoke that invalidity at any time .
15 A social worker could facilitate that kind of meeting , making it safe for painful things to be said , past help acknowledged .
16 It could buy that second car you 've always promised yourself .
17 But physical attraction could jump that gap like an electric spark and did so effortlessly .
18 What if someone could undergo that absorption with a cool … dare I say it ? … scientific rationale .
19 No one could survive that surface for long .
20 Nobody could doubt that metalwork was going to get its comeuppance .
21 Consequently , mathematics could assist that understanding — an urgent matter if , as Bacon sometimes implied , all knowledge was ultimately to be found in the Bible .
22 By looking at him now you could sense that future , and his eyes reminded you that he had not asked to be born .
23 She could sense that Pool was preoccupied .
24 Obedient passivity and emotional dependence are not at all what Schleiermacher was talking about , though some of his language , taken out of context , could give that impression .
25 It was a matter of horror to me and my wife that such a young lad could carry that knife .
26 It would be great if we could achieve that level of non-smoking among school and college students .
27 If the answer is no , then you need to think about how you could improve that piece of work , somebody is speaking now it 's bad enough you owe me ten minutes if it 's not the best piece of work you 've ever done , why is n't it ?
28 When I learned one day that an amateur American flyer had set ‘ the world 's record ’ in altitude for a single-engined aircraft , carrying two to a height of more than 18,000 feet , I saw the possibility of a news story if I could beat that record .
29 And he could break that record when he makes his 500th appearance for the Anfield giants against Chesterfield in the Coca-Cola League Cup this week .
30 I do not think that even the hon. Member for Dover ( Mr. Shaw ) could accuse that authority of being profligate , but those cuts will affect the care of the elderly in Calderdale .
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