Sentence examples for could have admitted from inspiring English sources

"I think he could have admitted mistakes.

Queried by a reporter about his "dire language", he could have admitted that he exaggerated a bit.

I wish I would have, wish I could have, admitted that it was against my own better judgment as well.

Whatever Clemens did, he could have admitted to some isolated usage, the way Pettitte did, the way Alex Rodriguez did, the way Mark McGwire has done, however belatedly.

Obviously the Dutchman could have admitted the scale of the failure and blamed it all on his predecessor, but that is not the Shell way.

The defendant denied the entire paragraph of averments, when he easily could have admitted that the accident happened, that the defendant owned the vehicle, and that there was some injury to the plaintiffs.

He could not have admitted going behind the high command's back, they say, without implying that he thought they were involved.

A more aggressive affirmative action policy could easily have admitted many more black students, yet our policy led us to reject 70percentt of black applicants.

Or that the Louisiana Attorney General's office, in light of the recklessness on display in the video, couldn't have admitted that the rash actions taken by the officers were "unreasonable"—the characterization necessary to indict?

The next stage has been given a provisional 12 month duration, although investigators have admitted it could last far longer.

Pirelli was aware of the practice but has now admitted it "underestimated" the effect it could have and admitted it "did not forbid" it.