Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hawks could all-too-easily become tempting targets for the soldiery . |
| 2 | The policy was based on little more than a vague belief in the large potential for economies of scale and an unquenchable faith among politicians that government agencies could successfully meet short-term political demands — particularly in respect of regional unemployment — in combination with longer-term goals of greater efficiency and higher industrial growth . |
| 3 | She boasted that she had obtained an American wonderdrug called Cancell which could successfully treat these incurable diseases . |
| 4 | But if it is inconceivable that he could successfully shepherd nervous unionists through new talks with their nationalist counterparts and Dublin , equally his head can not be sacrificed in a Labour-Unionist deal to take Neil Kinnock to Downing Street . |
| 5 | So it is unlikely that we could successfully prosecute either of them , even if we were willing to accept the expense and loss of time involved . |
| 6 | Whether Churchill and Beveridge really believed that the exchanges could successfully redirect young people away from ‘ uneducative ’ labour is doubtful . |
| 7 | Poor families could rarely afford medical insurance and treatment for more than one member , usually the father . |
| 8 | These technological successes gave credibility to Khruschev 's claims that Communist states could eventually overtake capitalist economic growth . |
| 9 | These solar sails would be slow to accelerate , but could eventually reach high speeds — at zero fuel cost . |
| 10 | If successful , gene therapy could eventually offer effective treatment for as many as 4,000 hereditary illnesses , including cystic fibrosis . |
| 11 | Thought there was going to be a much look , see where it could eventually to control industrial air pollution from local industries . |
| 12 | He hoped the facility could eventually become portable so it could be taken into the community and set up in village halls . |
| 13 | The store will be built in stages and could eventually have enough room in its 30 vaults to store 6000 tonnes of spent fuel for up to 100 years . |
| 14 | Increased public awareness of the dangers of exceeding the recommended dose of paracetamol might help , although this could paradoxically encourage more people to take an overdose . |
| 15 | The reason that Scotton Parish Council are opposed to a road of the type shown in the key diagram , is that they do not consider and I do not consider that a road in that position , going to the north of Knaresborough , could effectively meet that need to relieve the A fifty nine . |
| 16 | I wonder if you 'd care to wander up for a few minutes and we could perhaps move this matter of Gray on a bit ? |
| 17 | Back they came though , with a goal from David Penney , which proved that Portsmouth were n't so hot ; that United could perhaps pull this one out of the fire . |
| 18 | Well I think if I could ask James to help on the geographic spread of the profits overall and then I could perhaps supplement that afterwards on the oil services . |
| 19 | He suggested once to Blanche that she could perhaps feel such chill draughts blowing from the past when others could not . |
| 20 | As a doctor I could perhaps feel sorry for him ; as a man I felt only fear and dislike . |
| 21 | Another idea would be the lace anniversary , when you could perhaps arrange some cow parsley over a fabric lace background . |
| 22 | Well a cooker you definitely , a fridge say we could perhaps borrow that one of mum 's until we could afford one . |
| 23 | We could make a plan of the street , we could ask each of the groups to find a reason to go to someone else 's " house " ; we could perhaps ask other people in the street to try to help resolve some of the disputes other people are having . |
| 24 | I think it may be it may be that they could perhaps get more money if the local parties affiliated separately but |
| 25 | We could er there 's the Air for Southwell , we could perhaps play that again . |
| 26 | He could perhaps take more care with his appearance , but he is handsome . |
| 27 | Cleo could perhaps use one of her old contacts in the city , one of the young men whose ardour she had inflamed . |
| 28 | lower charges , and I think you could perhaps use other funds to erm er increase that . |
| 29 | Various stories about him , however , confirm how strongly he perceived that the outward forms of religion have to be internalized , and therefore could perhaps become redundant . |
| 30 | Well , yes , I suppose , in a ‘ how long is a piece of string ’ sense that enough piranhas — and I do n't suppose anyone 's ever been around long enough to count — could together commit such acts of savagery . |