Example sentences of "could [adv] maintain a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Repairs and maintenance could merely maintain an asset at its present state ( revenue expenditure ) or could add improvements to an asset ( capital expenditure ) . |
| 2 | I was told the service was really only for pilots flying unaccompanied , who could not maintain a good lookout whilst otherwise engaged , and that the service applied essentially to commercial operations . |
| 3 | Moreover , we could not maintain a continuously preconditioned state by infusing an A 1 -selective adenosine agonist into rabbits for 3 days . |
| 4 | The defendants applied to strike out the statement of claim of the local authority on a preliminary issue on the grounds that the authority could not maintain an action in libel for words which reflected on it in relation to its governmental and administrative functions and that the statement of claim disclosed no cause of action . |
| 5 | Can the right hon. Gentleman confirm that on 6 March 1991 , in answer to question 40 , Rear Admiral Pirnie said that Britain could maintain a continuous patrol with three Trident submarines , and that with one submarine in refit we could still maintain a continuous patrol with only two submarines ? |
| 6 | However , the reader could still maintain an internally consistent position by advocating ‘ incorporation ’ as the only feasible route to modernisation and development , at the same time as acknowledging the linkages between these processes and soil erosion . |