Example sentences of "could [adv] maintain [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defendants therefore could not maintain their counterclaim , since it was discharged . |
| 2 | For Gandhi , symbols manifest man 's craving for the unseen and intangible ; for Tillich they are necessary because the Ultimate or Holy could not maintain its unconditional character without them . |
| 3 | Held , allowing the appeal , that , notwithstanding the general principle that a trading or non-trading corporation was entitled to sue in libel to protect so much of its corporate reputation , as distinct from that of its members , as was capable of being damaged by a defamatory statement , a local authority , as a corporate public authority , was not entitled at common law to sue for libel to protect its governing reputation ; that to allow it to do so would impose a substantial and unjustifiable restriction on freedom of expression , since an action for malicious falsehood , or a prosecution for criminal libel , provided the local authority with the sufficient and necessary protection it required in a democratic society ; and that , therefore , the local authority could not maintain its libel action for any words which reflected on it as the county council for Derbyshire in relation to its governmental and administrative functions in that county ( post , pp. 41H , 48F–G , H — 49B , 56B–C , 58A–B , 59F–G , 65B–C , F ) . |
| 4 | ‘ But we could easily maintain our standard of living while using less electricity . |
| 5 | Owner-occupier farmers with higher annual income , who in any case spend much of their profits each year on new equipment , could still maintain their standard of living by collaborating with developers by granting long leases . |