Police could have to take action if they have a "reasonable suspicion" that someone is in the country illegally.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

Or it could have been used to hold the shape of the shoe while it was not being worn.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

Some Americans had trouble understanding the economic reason why food had to be destroyed so people could have enough to eat.

VOA: special.2011.03.24

Some college presidents and others have suggested that a lower drinking age could have the effect of reducing alcohol abuse.

VOA: special.2009.08.07

A researcher says three hundred forty-three thousand AIDS deaths in South Africa in the last ten years could have been prevented.

VOA: special.2009.03.16

I can take care of myself." "I don't think so. Matt could have seriously cut you up last night."

VOA: special.2010.01.20

A captain,of all things! Who could have dreamed that they would place such a responsibility on such weak shoulders as his.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

That way,H.I.V.-infected women could have plenty of time to get the pouch from a health care provider early in their pregnancy.

VOA: special.2010.05.24

And the dymaxion car -- which could have provided safe, pollution-free transportation using little gasoline -- was never produced.

VOA: special.2010.05.30

But there was still a question about whether corporations could have the same freedom of political speech as real people do.

VOA: special.2010.03.12

Scientist Cecil Lewis said the human DNA could have been there because people had had contact with the bone.

VOA: special.2011.03.15

I then replaced the wooden boards so well that no human eye -- not even his -- could have seen anything wrong.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

"If I felt that I could have been increasingly effective in that job, I suppose I would have continued to do it.

VOA: special.2010.05.09

Or the British could have been killed by Spanish troops who came up from what is now Florida.

VOA: special.2009.08.17