Example sentences of "could [adv] maintain the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this situation the US government could not maintain the inflated hopes about détente which had built up in 1971–3 . |
| 2 | The court held that the council could not maintain the action : ‘ to allow such a thing would be wholly unprecedented and contrary to principle : ’ 63 L.T. 805 , 806 , per Day J. There were two grounds of decision in effect , first , that a corporation might sue for a libel affecting property but not for one affecting personal reputation and , secondly , that the charge was one of bribery and corruption of which ( see the Metropolitan Saloon Omnibus Co. case , 4 H. & N. 87 ) ‘ a corporation can not possibly be guilty : ’ 63 L.T. 805 , 807 . |
| 3 | Blanche wanted to be clever and memorise the way his finger moved across the numbers but she could not maintain the concentration after the first four . |
| 4 | One could not maintain the criminal justice system otherwise . |
| 5 | Without the foreign exchange , and with continuing but hidden US subversion , Lacidar 's government could not maintain the social reform programme . |
| 6 | Love , the second round leader , could not maintain the pace he set over the first two rounds and had to settle for a third round 71 . |