Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] [prep] their [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Phillips curve was regarded as an inescapable constraint on policy action which the authorities could only ignore at their peril . |
| 2 | A spokesman for a large nationalised service industry wrote of headhunters being able to provide them with ‘ the feel of external experience ’ and an appreciation of the stature in the market place of their existing staff and the organisation itself , together with a more extensive network of contacts than they could possibly have at their disposal . |
| 3 | But they could still depend on their hold over many of the British chieftains and their families . |
| 4 | So it was pragmatic but it could also fit into their ideology in that how , that if they 'd gone straight for socialism |
| 5 | That came back through a separate AC30 so they could both distort to their hearts ’ content and not interfere with each other . |
| 6 | His answer was very clever : no one could really account for their movements but once again Benjamin and I had drunk deeply from the cup of failure . |
| 7 | They could then contest on their competence in managing such a system , and on the non-economic social , moral , defence and overseas issues . |
| 8 | If a vassal died leaving daughters only , or if an heir who was a minor had sisters , they were also the lord 's wards , and he could freely dispose of their hands in marriage — freely , but with two provisos . |