Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] [verb] their [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can we imagine , for instance , that rulers could effectively have articulated their image through Christ , had there been no religious feeling in society as a whole to which appeal could be made , when they projected the Christ-image of rule ? |
| 2 | Such women decided they could only begin to tackle their problems through their own women 's networks . |
| 3 | Arsenal could easily have trebled their score as they ran Liverpool ragged in the second half . |
| 4 | Daley 's 66th-minute decider was one of few moments of excitement though , once in front , Villa could easily have sealed their victory with two more goals in the ensuing five minutes . |
| 5 | They were so free in expression she wondered if they had been read at all by his parents but presumed they could hardly have escaped their eye . |
| 6 | They could also seek to express their views by searching out a friendly bishop to speak for them in the debates . |
| 7 | Monasteries , hopeful of future gain , could frequently have preferred their entrants to be from wealthy families . |
| 8 | Had the Conservatives lost another general election they might have lost credibility as a potential party of government , and this could well have damaged their role as the integrating force of the political right . |
| 9 | And with John Harkes and Chris Waddle hitting the bar and John Sheridan striking the post , Wednesday could almost have doubled their score . |
| 10 | He reckons that the politics of mutual extermination could indeed have run their course , and the opportunity to tackle the most pressing issues of the 1990s — poverty and the destruction of the environment — is finally within reach . |
| 11 | The money motive was perhaps not quite the panacea it was once believed to be , as some departments became relatively well off while others could barely afford to pay their salaries . |
| 12 | As with the designers of the Douglas pistonliner family , those that designed the test-rigs to go in support of the Pratt & Whitneys could never have envisaged their creations having to last as long as they have . |
| 13 | All had been rescued by their Lord when they could never have earned their salvation . |
| 14 | He found instead the only possible protuberance to which they could safely have anchored their rope . |