Example sentences of "could [vb infin] as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kohl had always had to cope with the personal problem of appearing lacklustre and undynamic , and in 1988 even close colleagues doubted whether he could remain as Chancellor for long . |
| 2 | Having predicted that Lewis could rule as world champion for some time , Foreman was asked whether he would like to fight him . |
| 3 | The controversial high-tech pyramid structure at the cliff top entrance to Whitby Spa could disappear as part of plans to improve sign-posting of the complex . |
| 4 | Ageing could evolve as part of an optimal life history . |
| 5 | Chaucer 's prototype , the Miller of Trumpington , was such a well-trained rogue that he could distinguish between the various degrees of filching ; and he could steal as occasion served him , either ‘ courteously ’ or right ‘ outrageously ’ . |
| 6 | You could describe as training . |
| 7 | There we claimed that if nothing in your experience could count as evidence that you were not a brain in a vat , your belief that you are not a brain in a vat can not be called justified . |
| 8 | For example , some people define ‘ language ’ in such a way that only a system of intentional communication between conspecifics could count as language , and some regard abstract features such as syntactic structure or individuating reference to past events as necessary to ‘ language ’ . |
| 9 | Previously only a member firm of The Stock Exchange could act as sponsor . |
| 10 | Erm , and it was so , it 's obviously as good as it was , you know , I think you could resign as chairman , if actually at all , so . |
| 11 | Others might launch an attempt if they can garner support : Ken Livingstone could emerge as candidate of the hard-Left Campaign group . |
| 12 | There was nothing in his face that she could interpret as affection or even as desire . |
| 13 | You 'll never keep it up ! the voice was back with all it could muster as vengeance . |
| 14 | Quite how a man who could not bear to hurt a living thing after seeing the damage his childhood air-rifle did to a starling could serve as defence secretary is something of an enigma . |
| 15 | The transitive verb meant ‘ to make suitable ’ and when translated into human terms this indicated a solution to a number of perceived difficulties in the juvenile labour-market : at the very least it offered a safeguard against redundancy through technological change ; it provided a necessary companion for ‘ intelligence ’ , one of the qualities demanded by ‘ modern ’ industrial conditions ; and it seemed to imply a degree of social contentment , integration , and stability , which were important , if only in so far as they could serve as protection against the ravages of unemployment and , in extreme cases , unemployability . |
| 16 | Progress has been less hindered in Malaysia since 1983 , when the government began a new policy , led by the prime Minister , of co-operation between government and the private sector in which multinationals could participate as minority partners or with management contracts . |
| 17 | According to Bede , Eorcenberht ( 640–64 ) ruled the kingdom ‘ most nobly ’ ( HE III , 8 ) and his son and successor , Ecgberht ( 664–73 ) , afforded a secure base from which Theodore could embark as archbishop of Canterbury on his work of ecclesiastical reorganization . |
| 18 | Whereas in Aristotle 's day , and indeed for some two thousand years afterwards , it might have been conceivable that extremes of wealth and poverty , and even slavery , could coexist as part of a single society , by the time of Rousseau that was no longer the case . |
| 19 | Now , could argue that Greater York could be bigger or smaller , the local government commission , erm er there report is a very interesting read , I mean a number of the options that they 've looked at would be a gra er a city of York going out to the ring road , erm that might be one option , there 's a there there idea of of Greater York , they did harden , they did see some merit in in a Greater York unitary authority based on the Greater York planning study I think , erm whether that is going to come to pass only Mr Gummer presumably er knows , so my idea of Greater York is that it 's an area which is tied socially and economically to the city , you could argue as mobility increases , as the A ni nineteen is improved up through the County that really Northallerton now is perhaps more within the sphere of influence of York than it was ten years ago , erm e it was probably to a degree influenced by York even twenty years ago , erm I do n't think er there is much to be gained by debating where Greater York ought to be , the Secretary of State previously has n't been bothered about er amending it er it seems to us to be the reasonable area , and it 's a combination of five districts , erm erm erm who who who hopefully should be working together towards sorting out the er other problems of Greater York . |