Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [noun sg] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Disraeli was later to talk of the Two Nations , the Rich and the Poor , who could exist side by side in the same country with no knowledge of each other 's way of life . |
| 2 | The reference to her Bible suggests two things : firstly the oral and the literary could exist side by side , and secondly that religion and superstition were not necessarily perceived as contesting forms of popular belief . |
| 3 | The vague reformism of the epoch was , in these circles , channelled into an even vaguer brand of aristocratic constitutionalism which revived the claims of the old ‘ rich men ’ ( ricos hombres ) of Castile ; grandees could stomach rule by career bureaucrats but the career of court favourite was an aristocratic preserve not to be exercised by the ‘ sausage maker ’ , Godoy . |
| 4 | No one could take death by force . |
| 5 | In this way , distinct ventures could develop side by side with measurable results — Richard Lewis and his team at Bisham , the Slater squad , Chris Bradnam 's group and hopefully , in time , many more . |
| 6 | Of the 5,000 men that were surveyed in the course of the Kinsey research , no more than four ( 0.08 per cent of the survey ) were found who could reach ejaculation by fantasy alone , without the aid of manual or other stimulation . |
| 7 | Sixty years later , in a yet more striking case , the newly arrived Russian ambassador to Denmark , finding that the king , Christian V , was in bed and too ill to receive him , insisted on having another bed provided on which he could lie side by side with the king so that they could talk . |