Example sentences of "could a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could a crafty change of grape mean a change in fortune ? |
| 2 | You are legally responsible for the cost of all calls made from your phone — could a swollen bill be explained by someone making secret 0898 calls , or ringing friends in California ? |
| 3 | How could a loving son bask in the radiance of divine joy , indifferent to the knowledge that his mother had been cast out ? |
| 4 | How many units of alcohol could a normal weight man take without going over the limit ? a.2 b.4 c.8 d.10 |
| 5 | How could a Prime Minister who gave voice to such sentiments be regarded as a political figure in his own right ? |
| 6 | Not until the 1920s and 1930s could a real clearance be made of this formidable mess , and a newer Nottingham begin to appear out of it . |
| 7 | Nor could a looser grouping of sovereign states cope with the awkward trade-offs which the Western response to Eastern Europe will involve . |
| 8 | How in the world could a worthless louse like Guy Sterne melt her into this uncomfortable aching longing ? |
| 9 | Could a relevant statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Budget Speech be admissible for establishing parliamentary intention in the construction of a provision of a finance Act in the absence of a clear ministerial statement during the passage of the Bill ? |
| 10 | What could a ten-year-old boy possibly have against me ? |
| 11 | To what extent were large profits made from spectator sports and what kind of earnings and working conditions could a professional sportsman expect ? |
| 12 | Where else therefore could a small scholarship be more usefully bestowed than in a manner which would , as Kinnoull indicated , ‘ much oblige Lady Findlater , & many other friends ’ , while conferring a favour upon a grateful man ? |
| 13 | How could a small group of 12 lads be taken as representative of ‘ the working class ’ ? |
| 14 | But without Wilson as what he termed ‘ a reliable witness ’ , could a favourable outcome of the Sting case be assured ? |
| 15 | The barons had sworn to uphold the cause of his granddaughter in Norway , but could a three-year-old girl rule Scotland ? |
| 16 | Could a non-violent transition to socialism take place via socialist victories in liberal democratic elections , and perhaps participation in government coalitions with ‘ bourgeois ’ parties ? |
| 17 | ‘ In the same way as a working person and a taxpayer makes a specific contribution to the upkeep of the national health system , so could a specific premium or tax be levied to support publicly funded legal services , ’ he said . |
| 18 | How could a sixteen-year-old girl think about death ? |
| 19 | Could a reforming East Berlin government then maintain a shoot-to-kill policy on the Wall ? |
| 20 | Mutiny by the men , and what could a Petty Officer do if the Ministry in Moscow determined that the sailors of the Storozhevoy should not be freed from their conscripted service after four years at sea , that they should serve another year , what could a Petty Officer to ? |
| 21 | Mutiny by the men , and what could a Petty Officer do if the Ministry in Moscow determined that the sailors of the Storozhevoy should not be freed from their conscripted service after four years at sea , that they should serve another year , what could a Petty Officer to ? |
| 22 | Furthermore , as Yevele had shown at Canterbury , the defensive value of the round tower was becoming better appreciated ; even if it did not always deflect a cannon shot aimed at it , such a tower could withstand an impact better than could a straight-facing surface . |
| 23 | Could a private citizen obtain a court order to prevent post office workers boycotting mail to South Africa ? |
| 24 | How could a working boy understand how a police escort had to be summoned in South America because there was such a large mob shouting and cheering for the ‘ Ingleses ’ , or appreciate an imitation of Josephine Baker ? |
| 25 | Or could a third party claim that it had never indicated dissent and only now wished to exercise the right ? |
| 26 | Only by a greater yield from the land could a growing population be supported , and savings and a market be created for a resumption of ‘ lost ’ industrial prosperity . |
| 27 | And could a Dizzy review be written without any rotten-egg jokes ? |
| 28 | And given the diversity both of contemporary philosophy and of contemporary feminism ( Delmar , 1986 ) , how could a feminist perspective in philosophy be recognised ? |
| 29 | Could a related business activity be carried on within one area of the shop by any of the family members without registering for VAT ( the turnover of this activity is expected to be low ) ? |
| 30 | How could a self-styled poet be so oblivious to taste ? |