Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] their [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr. Philipson also submitted that the Bank of England could properly exercise their supervisory powers under the Act without the breaching of customers ' confidences , and even went so far as to submit that the Schedule 3 information could be so furnished by clothing details of customers ' loans or deposits with anonymity . |
| 2 | Edward II had tried to suppress tournaments , because he feared that they might be used as occasions to form political conspiracies against the court , but his son now encouraged them as occasions when king and nobles could together demonstrate their knightly prowess . |
| 3 | His great sermons warned of the dangers of being controversial and subjective but confirmed that the movies could greatly increase their emotional power as a story-telling medium by developing a surer sense of society . |
| 4 | CAR buyers could soon choose their new models by watching a video at home . |
| 5 | In addition few people believed that FDP officers could easily relinquish their former role . |
| 6 | The Jewish forces could hardly believe their good fortune . |
| 7 | Nor was it mainly caused by the increasing importance of symphony and sonata , a field in which such fine musicians as Boccherini and Clementi could hardly rival their Germanic contemporaries . |
| 8 | Desperately trying to pull herself together , she strove to console herself with the thought that , if Ross could hardly remember their brief marriage , it was obviously going to make matters easier for them both during this hurried trip to America . |
| 9 | He knew that Grainne was gentle and strong and sensitive ; he knew this as if it was something he had been born knowing ; even so , he found himself remembering that the Wolfline were said to have old enchantments in their blood , and that the old enchantments were tinged with the dark sinister magic of the first sorcerers , and that the descendants of those long-ago Wolfkings could still spin their own bewitchments and weave their own spells . |
| 10 | They could still construct their own frustrations . |
| 11 | When confronted with ten identical T-shirts , over half could still detect their own odours . |
| 12 | As Athelstan turned off Cheapside into Poultry , he could still hear their loud guffaws of laughter . |
| 13 | Teachers ' groups or pupils could also create their own databases using local sources obtained from their county archives office , after first seeking permission from the record office whose source material it is . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , if they added that , they could also have their conquered victims become willing slaves , so long as they give regular dosages . |
| 15 | Another inscription from the same civitas , found at the capital of Metz , refers to … nius Numidius magister pagi Io … and demonstrates that pagi could also have their own officials . |
| 16 | Other people could probably tell their own tale about the impact it 's having on the way in which they have to work and the ways in which they have to respond . |
| 17 | These problems are unlikely to affect the relative levels of the greenhouse and solar contributions , but they could well influence their absolute levels . |
| 18 | He bared his teeth , and Lissa could almost feel their sharp incision on her skin . |
| 19 | You could almost hear their good intentions creaking as they made allowances for ‘ the difficult age ’ . |
| 20 | It took some time for the War Office to be persuaded that fugitives from the enemy could usefully serve their adopted country . |
| 21 | OLD mates Graham Gooch and Keith Fletcher are just one more defeat away from a crisis that could seriously threaten their international partnership . |
| 22 | His flashes of brilliance make one want to leap up and cheer : ‘ No English man or woman could play Antony and Cleopatra : passion and love are quite beyond them , they could never discard their suburban subservience . |