Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] rise to " in BNC.

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1 ‘ With a very great number of credit grantors not being members of any trade association and others being members of more than one , such a system could not give rise to a fair method of raising a levy .
2 Again in Johnston v Chamberlain ( 1933 ) 17 TC 706 , the taxpayer sought to argue that a payment from a discretionary trust could not give rise to income tax liability on the beneficiary as it was " only when the trustees choose to exercise their discretion by making the payment that the sum gets to the children at all " .
3 If even one base pair change in DNA can profoundly affect the body , the inclusion of a whole length of foreign genetic material among our own genes could easily give rise to metabolic imbalances and disturbances .
4 Such an agreement could easily give rise to the inference that they intended the passing of property to be similarly postponed ( see Underwood v. Burgh Castle Brick & cement Syndicate , above ) .
5 The shortfall in Northern Ireland of no more than four members could hardly give rise to serious objection .
6 In any case primaries could well give rise to organized campaigning , too expensive to be envisaged by all but the well-heeled .
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