Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mother the dowager Queen Isabella survived until 1358 and if she could transmit title to Edward III , why could not Jeanne of Navarre , Louis X 's daughter , or any of the daughters of Philip V do likewise ? |
| 2 | We may guess that a pipe flow with an artificially induced parabolic profile at the entry could remain laminar to even higher Reynolds numbers than flows with a normal entry length . |
| 3 | I think there is some room for suggesting that , erm , in certain circumstances , the actual perpetrator of the crime , could make retribution to the victim . |
| 4 | I could make love to you in any room in the house , ’ he grinned . |
| 5 | I mean if you do things like that while improving infrastructure , erm , setting up credit , government credit facilities , er , so , so , so we can lend , we could lend money to small farms . |
| 6 | So you could relate positivity to achievement and see what you have access to that might express that . |
| 7 | Now if we can get a proper public transport system , a properly funded public transport system which will make , you can force people off the roads but you can also force them to persuade the approach with a properly funded er public transport system which is A priced within the peoples pockets and B er you can lead to views that will be er , er will be a great advantage for the area and the fifth terminal at Heathrow could fall par to this structure but if this new structure is n't there and if it is n't part of this adequately funded transport system then there is no point in , in building it was as I said earlier be , be madness . |
| 8 | There is a particular risk that children could fall victim to the misplaced aggression of a guard dog . |
| 9 | And , before she could fall victim to the tears of rage that threatened her , she stumbled past the startled girl towards the lift . |
| 10 | Foreign involvement in US carriers , Mr Skinner argued recently , could compromise response to a national emergency . |
| 11 | In such regions the temperatures could have been low enough to permit certain volatiles to condense yielding volatile-rich bodies which could survive passage to the Earth . |
| 12 | This process will identify critical areas where lack of performance could prevent progression to the next stage . |
| 13 | Mrs Thatcher should do either as the Mail demands and replace Mr Lawson with a Chancellor of whose policies she can wholeheartedly approve or , as Mr Heseltine urges , lift her veto against the only course which could give credibility to an exchange rate policy . |
| 14 | It raised the more general and important question whether the determination of a statutory tribunal with a limited jurisdiction could give rise to issue estoppel at all , or only to cause of action estoppel ; in other words , whether it could give rise to an estoppel for all purposes or only for the limited purpose for which the jurisdiction to make the determination was conferred . |
| 15 | Mr Smith said he feared that opt-out schools could give rise to a two-tier education system . |
| 16 | Since the nucleus of a cell in the gut could give rise to a normal toad it is clear that no genetic information had been lost during the development of the gut , and the same holds for the skin nucleus . |
| 17 | Yalden & Yalden were able to calculate correction factors which could take this differential loss into account , but clearly this could give rise to problems in interpreting predator assemblages . |
| 18 | For example , posing the question ‘ What happens if the stationery replenishment procedure fails ? ’ could give rise to a variety of answers . |
| 19 | An uncontentious view could give rise to a conceptual model ( Fig 13.8 ) that reflects the actual procedures followed , based on the transformation : |
| 20 | It is to be hoped that in the course of time the word ‘ fear ’ used in the context of the foregoing will be abandoned in favour of the word ‘ foreboding ’ , for the conscience , once properly developed should give warning rather than frighten , and therefore enable the individual to avoid that which could give rise to real fear . |
| 21 | And yet , if a circle of blisters caused by the plague could give rise to a Ring-A-Ring-O'-Roses , and the famous Dick Whittington cat was not introduced until about 150 years after Dick died , why should embellishment through the ages not have taken King Coel or Coilus to Old King Cole , completed with pipe , bowl and fiddlers three . |
| 22 | We have looked briefly at forming a limited company , but this we understand could give rise to our lower flying costs being treated as a benefit in kind by the Inland Revenue — and subsequently taxed . |
| 23 | For example , members might claim to be disadvantaged in an open hearing in putting forward a defence that could give rise to legal action for defamation or breach of confidence . |
| 24 | The Inland Revenue , however , has acknowledged that the delay in receiving their Lordships ' decision could give rise to difficulties for employers completing forms P11D ( return of employees ' expenses and benefits ) for 1991/92 and 1992/93 . |
| 25 | Each notification could give rise to a demand for the excess sum stated in the policy . |
| 26 | The clinical grading structure could give rise to some difficulties in deciding whether previous posts held were equivalent or higher than the new grades and it would be advisable to clarify your position at interview . |
| 27 | They will take approximately a week to reach this stage , so that while any traces remaining in a carpet could give rise to problems , a solid floor can be easily disinfected to kill them before this stage is reached . |
| 28 | While generally a very fair summation of the draft ( though , of course , some interpretations could give rise to discussion ) , the description of Article 11 is , I fear , a very serious misunderstanding of the draft Convention which could give rise to unfortunate and unnecessary misapprehensions . |
| 29 | While generally a very fair summation of the draft ( though , of course , some interpretations could give rise to discussion ) , the description of Article 11 is , I fear , a very serious misunderstanding of the draft Convention which could give rise to unfortunate and unnecessary misapprehensions . |
| 30 | The danger of serious conflict occurring on the border was anticipated in a motion proposed by the United States and carried in the General Assembly in 1949 authorising UNCOK to observe developments on the border and to report back on clashes that could give rise to war . |