Example sentences of "could have given [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | To think that the selfsame parents could have given birth to the two of us , she says . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , over at Mount Edgecombe , the most favoured guess as the site of invasion , the Earl reluctantly gave permission for one hundred of his finest oaks to be felled as they could have given cover to invading forces . |
| 3 | Phillips ( 1986 ) has described how metamorphic fluids could have given rise to the mineralisation in Central Wales . |
| 4 | It is difficult to see how such chaotic initial conditions could have given rise to a universe that is so smooth and regular on a large scale as ours is today . |
| 5 | Finland had been annexed only recently , and the impoverishment of the Baltic peasantry which resulted from their emancipation under Alexander I could have given rise to extensive social unrest . |