Example sentences of "could [verb] [pn reflx] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , contra Lawrence , it is obvious that for Eliot the idea that modern western society should adopt savage customs is seen as ludicrous and reprehensible , since he believed that not even the lowest of civilized people could adapt themselves to such society without deteriorating and frequently also corrupting the natives . |
| 2 | Like many so-called archaic methods it was the result of long adaption of means to ends ; like many supposed pockets of peasant routine the Basque system could adapt itself to new demands . |
| 3 | In Snowdonia , Snowdon itself could lend itself to such management as could the Glyder and Tryfan mountain block . |
| 4 | In Snowdonia , Snowdon itself could lend itself to such management as could the Glyder and Tryfan mountain block . |
| 5 | It was hoped that Japan could re-establish herself to some extent in the islands of Habomai and Shikotan while the Kurils should come under a UN mandate . |
| 6 | Once more they could reveal themselves to each other — not just physically , because with every gesture she made she knew she would reveal the one thing he must never know — the fact that she loved him . |