Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] their [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taylor long ago argued that the advantages emerged over several years of contact and that in an emergency most experienced doctors could successfully manage their patient 's problem . |
| 2 | The name commemorates Don Juan Fernandez De Velasco , the Spanish governor of the city who , in 1598 , allowed the widening of a local road so that the citizens could better celebrate their carnivals . |
| 3 | Probably about ten per cent , if his memory of his own days still held ; perhaps less , considering the government 's attitude that the universities could only justify their existence by pre-packaging high-level robots for industry . |
| 4 | They could only retain their job if they accepted a reduction of 2½d per hour . |
| 5 | He could only remember their mother telling them through her tears to be strong , and to have faith . |
| 6 | They had to take their places on a enormous swing ; once seated it was lowered from the flies until the audience could only see their legs as they went through their act . |
| 7 | Despite the power many potentially exercise by virtue of their oil resources , developing countries as a whole could only increase their share of exports from 4.6 per cent in 1970 to 7.1 per cent in 1983 , leaving many as dumping grounds for the surplus capacity in OECD countries ( UNIDO , 1985 ) . |
| 8 | In 1953 he unveiled her at the Cannes film festival where she stole the limelight to such an extent that established stars could only get their pictures taken by posing with her . |
| 9 | Scotland led 2–1 after the foursomes but the target of three points from the singles was beyond them when their top two players , Catriona Lambert and the very talented 18-year-old Mhairi McKay , could only halve their matches . |
| 10 | An insensitive allocation policy could only frustrate their efforts . |
| 11 | Civilised men , possessed of considerable intellect , as he was , could generally control their lust and even deny it when it was felt in response to a woman who was either despised or prevented from reciprocating for a variety of reasons , but they could not always control their emotions . |
| 12 | The Prince had had an inkling of what was to come in Wales , when the crowds had been so eager to see Diana that they could scarcely hide their disappointment if Charles and Diana took one side of the street each and they were on the side of the street he took . |
| 13 | The league champions could scarcely believe their luck as they then moved into overdrive scoring four tries in the final quarter without reply . |
| 14 | Orrell , having led 9–0 at half-time , could scarcely believe their eyes . |
| 15 | PATIENTS so short-sighted they could scarcely see their car from 25 yards can now see well enough without glasses or contact lenses to read its number plate . |
| 16 | ‘ The fans want goals , the lads want goals — and you could physically feel their relief when they came . |
| 17 | The pot-bellied tosser told me that the club wished to make a gesture in recognition of all I had done for the ‘ Stiffs ’ during my spell as manager , and after much discussion it was agreed that they could best show their appreciation by raising the price of my season ticket for next year by 25 per cent . |
| 18 | I feel the time is now right to respond to local bargaining initiatives , C C T and L M S , with a review of how the research department could best provide their services to the people at the sharp end . |
| 19 | By receiving accounts of invoices received or paid , they could easily overcommit their budgets . |
| 20 | Similarly , databases offered by the current crop of object firms like Versant , Objectivity and Servio Logic , could easily have their market chewed up by the mainstream relational players like Sybase , Ingres and Oracle , which nearly every day are claiming more and more functionality for their products , like inheritance , C++ and objects . |
| 21 | Julia Langer from Friends of the Earth ( FOE ) also believes environmental groups must use the market to educate the public , but fears that such groups could easily find their message compromised . |
| 22 | In a society rigidified by autocracy and serfdom , the educated could easily find their ambitions thwarted , their sensibilities offended . |
| 23 | Radio 4 could easily rename their show Just An Hour and put Merton on every week ( Just A Minute , tellingly , is the only show he has actually asked to be included on ) . |
| 24 | Slowly it began to dawn on the pair that nobody else could possibly represent their work . |
| 25 | Tempting to speculate what could possibly complicate their mission now ? |
| 26 | He wound up the interview and was rising to say goodbye when Catherine , sounding shy , asked Peter Yeo if she could possibly use their ladies ' room . |
| 27 | Yet they could hardly express their resentment in terms of thwarted personal ambition and so preferred to see their fate as a result of ideological changes in the Party . |
| 28 | It was the échevins who were to represent the towns in all the proceedings of the following year ; and once Thierry of Alsace was safely ensconced as count , he could hardly subvert their position . |
| 29 | Pushing it towards the door they could hardly contain their excitement until Endill stopped in his tracks , realising they had made a terrible mistake . |
| 30 | Corbett could hardly understand their accent and was thankful for the stout staff his guide carried and so expertly used to make their way through the milling crowd . |