Example sentences of "could [vb infin] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Library could budget for phased installation of entry level systems within the next three years by spending a proportion of its budget in each of these years , and working on these systems would give us the expertise to proceed to development phase . |
| 2 | Convinced that no amount of prosperity could compensate for appalling living conditions , Napoleon II resolved to sweep away this insalubrious heartland in order to create light , air , cleanliness and ease of movement . |
| 3 | The other way in which he could compensate for unfavourable power relations was through effective public relations . |
| 4 | The windscreen in front of the ‘ cabin' looks just like glass , but is in fact edible and made out of melted glacier mint — a clever and original idea you could adapt for other cakes , for example for windows . |
| 5 | The third duke , whose wife had left him , set up a lady friend here ; and what more perfect house could exist for romantic visitations ? |
| 6 | Tomorrow Hari would go to Ma Popits first thing and see what cast-off clothing she could buy for young Will . |
| 7 | No hard and fast rules governed the setting up and running of the joint authorities , which could simply go for post-sharing and joint-buying or could opt for combined contracting . |
| 8 | The sweetener for those who find themselves paying more is that they could qualify for transitional relief which which will cover the increase . |
| 9 | I have already mentioned the stipulation that before I could qualify for married status I should have passed two language exams . |
| 10 | If doctors could know for certain which individuals would develop the disease , they could treat potential diabetics before the process takes hold . |
| 11 | If only we could know for sure , but at that moment a guard came in and took away the television . |
| 12 | Once she got her bearings , she could head for Dead Rat and get Doc Threadneedle to sort out her skullplates . |
| 13 | That slow laugh came again , but this time I could identify for sure the menace and the mockery in it . |
| 14 | There was nothing we could do for poor Victor at five in the morning ; we should meet for an early breakfast and decide then what to do . |
| 15 | I knew before I could see for sure that Jo would be driving . |
| 16 | He stated that the Soviet Union had to negotiate the return of the islands before it could hope for improved co-operation with Japan . |
| 17 | One weakness of this study is that being retrospective , although the authors could control for inter-rater reliability in defining cases of schizophrenia , they were relying on diagnoses made by clinicians at an earlier period . |
| 18 | In particular , voters on social security receiving rate rebates could vote for increased services without having to pay for them . |
| 19 | In recognition of the general interest in avoiding the disruptive effect of such proceedings on the public administration no one could apply for judicial review unless they had successfully applied ex parte for leave . |
| 20 | The guy was talking to Pete , he thought he could , he develop , he could develop for coarse fishing |
| 21 | I guess I could pass for short and fat if you looked at me through the end of a glass of liquor . ’ |
| 22 | From ‘ above ’ , a left government could attempt to gain control over the deployment of investment funds , in particular the surplus income of the personal sector , while from ‘ below ’ workers could struggle for democratic control over the particular enterprises which employ them , breaking down the managerial hierarchies and commercial secrecy of these enterprises . |
| 23 | It was partly because these artificial agglomerations soon broke up that we were left at the finish with a lot of little scraps , which nobody , when not talking through the back of his head , could mistake for potential nations . |
| 24 | There was no way of explaining this , no parallel that he could reach for other than to say : that he 'd once made a wish , and the wish now appeared to have come true . |
| 25 | For example , one could write for six-part choir and have three upper and three lower voices in two separate strata , or use a nine:part choir , three different layers of three voices each , etc . |
| 26 | If only Nubenehem remembered it , then at least he could establish for certain which girl had been at the City of Dreams . |
| 27 | As soon as possible , young musicians should be encouraged to become part of regular adult groups , and an all-age orchestra could play for occasional services . |
| 28 | If , in addition , they could hire for private patients the very expensive facilities in the way of X-ray machines , operating theatres and the like , to be found within the National Health Service , this too made their lives very much easier and in many cases made their private practice a possibility . |
| 29 | Mrs Ward came every day to help Maureen to make her mother comfortable until the doctor could arrange for nursing help . |
| 30 | But who could say for certain ? |