Example sentences of "could maintain a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should not be imagined that the tiny Party élite at either of these provincial levels could maintain a tight hold . |
| 2 | As with the middle classes of Victorian England or the British colonials in India and Africa , one or two men working could maintain a large family in comfort . |
| 3 | While all went well she could maintain a fine independence , but when the order threatened to change , she was more affected than she would have believed possible . |
| 4 | It had become quite acceptable for such a man , in his early sixties , to shift his money to safer investments , hand over the family home next to the workplace to his son , and move into a house in the suburbs from which he could maintain a benevolent but less taxing interest in family concerns . |
| 5 | ‘ We are one of the few clubs that could maintain a big staff and keep everybody happy . |
| 6 | The excellent French musket of 1777 , for example , could maintain a rate of fire of three rounds per minute with an effective range of 200 metres and could fire 8,000 shots without needing modification or repairs . |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | In theory , HARPY could maintain a path for each legal sequence through the network . |
| 9 | By order of Master Miller dated 2 November 1990 the following point of law was ordered to be tried as a preliminary point before the trial of the action , namely whether the council could maintain an action for libel for any words which reflected upon the council as the county council for Derbyshire in relation to its governmental and administrative functions in Derbyshire , including its statutory responsibility for the investment and control of the superannuation fund , and whether , if not , the statement of claim disclosed a cause of action . |
| 10 | It would appear that tenants are bound by the provisions of the Act and could therefore be affected adversely by it , but it remains to be seen as to whether a tenant in such a position could maintain an action against its landlord for breach of the landlord 's covenant for quiet enjoyment where there is no reservation of such a right of access in the tenant 's lease . |