Example sentences of "could [verb] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | An example of a chart that you could construct on a card , or in your diary is shown opposite . |
| 2 | ‘ We could build on a garden room . ’ |
| 3 | I mean i i if you could get in for a penny a week that was alright because when things got better you could build on a penny a week , you see ? |
| 4 | Any citizen attending could inscribe on a piece of pottery the name of the person he wanted ostracised , without speeches or debate . |
| 5 | However , subject to the normal exemptions and depending upon the individual employee 's particular circumstances , a liability to capital gains tax could arise on a subsequent disposal of the shares . |
| 6 | He is blessed , though , with large hands which assisted him with the amount of spin he could impart on a cricket ball . |
| 7 | When down himself ( very seldom ) , he could count on a pratfall from his hysterical shaman , Drew ‘ Bundini ’ Brown , on the latest bizarre news from his scheming court , maybe a straight line from some reporter that he would turn into a ricocheting soliloquy on , say , the disgusting aesthetics of dining on pig . |
| 8 | MV And South Korea could count on a peculiarly nasty dictatorship to help quicken the pace of its capitalist development . |
| 9 | IF HEAD teachers of opted-out schools were typical voters , the Conservatives could count on a landslide election result . |
| 10 | IF YOU were down on your luck in Devon in the early 18th Century , you could count on a hot meal at Bowden House , near Totnes . |
| 11 | The army put itself forward as the vehicle for such policies , and in taking radical domestic and international action the army could count on a measure of support from the rural community . |
| 12 | Thus the military conspirators could count on a growing area of civilian support . |
| 13 | After the Harter Act , United States issuers , confirmers , and negotiators of letters of credit and documentary drafts who paid monies or extended credit on the strength of , inter alia , ocean bills of lading , could count on a minimum enforceable carrier liability , even where such a liability was artfully disclaimed . |
| 14 | This , however , is quite distinct from a counselling service , which would seek to offer protected time in which the counsellor and client could focus on a psycho-social problem . |
| 15 | Mrs. Campbell hoped that a tide waiter 's post might be found for the man , but there was more to it than charity , for , as she advised her cousin , William Anderson 's brother was a rich baker who had lately filled the office of deacon convener of trades in Stirling , and ‘ as he has a near connection with severalls in the present management I wish if possible you could fall on a way to get this small thing for him , it wou 'd make a noise amongest the folks to see that we are at pains to do for them ’ . |
| 16 | He could win on a wide variety of venues on a broad spectrum of methods . |
| 17 | Furthermore , a settlement arrangement was made whereby the creditor countries could exchange on a monthly basis their accumulations of the weaker currencies ( which they had been buying in the EC exchange markets ) for some other form of reserve asset . |
| 18 | We could improve on a little bit was er , the time spent on incoming calls and queries which is hard to get away from . |
| 19 | And the longer they dealt with it , the more aggravated our members could become on a shop floor , or that they could have additional disputes you know , on their hands , because of the fact that the dispute or the , the problem had lasted so long . |
| 20 | The software was inexpensive and could run on a single or dual disk drive system . |
| 21 | In her study of 61 white mothers conducted in London in 1983–4 , Wilson ( 1987 ) found that none relied upon their children 's grandparents to carry the main burden of child care while they themselves went out to work , but most regarded grandmothers as support which they could use on a more casual basis for babysitting , and as help in emergencies . |
| 22 | We could work on a paper like this for ever and never conclude anything . |
| 23 | ‘ Could be that some tracks could emerge on a compilation , however , ’ says SF 's Clive Selwood . |
| 24 | The debate over the inequality in the divorce laws ( men could divorce on a simple charge of adultery but women could not ) also began during the late nineteenth century , and revision of the laws was recommended by the Royal Commission on Divorce in 1912 . |
| 25 | The West Green House and garden were closed to the public in April so that work could begin on a two-year restoration programme of the garden . |
| 26 | No , not then , they all had cara well they used to have wee things they could stick on a a cart , a kind of bow shaped thing . |
| 27 | In 1921 Bowley estimated that only 41 per cent of working class families could depend on a man 's wage and of the families drawing public assistance during the 1930s fewer than one half depended on only one wage earner . |
| 28 | The pre-season dispute over which contest — the Eddie Aikau or the Triple Crown — would have priority if the surf topped twenty feet at Waimea seemed about as relevant as an argument over how many angels you could fit on a pinhead . |
| 29 | In the first few months we received a considerable amount of written advice from individuals and professional organisations , and so in making our decisions we could draw on a range of expertise . |
| 30 | An Anglo-Saxon settlement could draw on a variety of environments to maintain the supply of essential resources . |