Example sentences of "[noun sg] the [adj] could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such gentlemen freeholders could be manipulated , but they rarely considered themselves the hired retainers of a politician , whose support the latter could take for granted . |
| 2 | Without some such law the rich could hold the poor to ransom . |
| 3 | Either the US could allow themselves to be convinced that they were fighting one war , in Vietnam and Korea ; that with practically unlimited US military and economic assistance the French could defeat the main Vietminh forces in Tonkin ; and that revolution or insurgency could be contained in the rest of the country . |
| 4 | Without his help the Welsh could struggle to secure two wins in the pool to make sure of a place among the last eight . |
| 5 | He said the concentration on help for business , especially small firms , improved job prospects and was the best form of help the unemployed could have . |
| 6 | No , the only way the Seven could get at The New Hope would be to try to blow it out of the sky from below . |