Sentence examples for it could have adapted from inspiring English sources

She believes it could have adapted and thrived anyway, because of its strong legacy brand, but instead it "let go of what made it special".

Or it could have adapted itself to this new reality, and changed itself to fit the rise of corporatist government.

If bacteria had made the trip during a time when Mars was more habitable, they could have thrived, and, as conditions became more brutal, it's possible that they could have adapted to the harsher environment.

Almost nothing happens — Antonioni could have adapted it into a good film — and yet the story's simmering atmosphere of barely suppressed violence and dread comes slowly to a boil.

Obama could have adapted Simpson-Bowles, but symbolically it was vital to embrace it in some form as his headline deficit plan, because it already enjoyed some G.O.P. support and strong backing from independents, who liked the way it forced both parties to compromise.

It's admittedly easier to win audiences over with a crusade against toxic drinking water than it is with an attack on the intricacies of health-care administration, but surely the filmmakers could have adapted the "Erin Brockovich" model and made a strong, shrewd piece of fiction about the terrible trouble that families with inadequate medical insurance find themselves in.

"Of all the things he could have adapted, 'Beaux Stratagem' seems like an odd thing to choose," Ludwig said, "because it's already in English.

Despite that banks could have adapted to Basel II during the years before its implementation, we consider that this possibility does not affect the decision to issue different financing instruments given that the changes mainly affect the computation of risk-weighted assests and not the definitions of Tier I and Tier II.

A different administration could have adapted to 9/11 in a very different way.

"There are plenty of examples in history of companies that could have adapted and failed to and died.

But he suggests that with even a little foresight, record companies could have adapted to the Internet's brutish and quizzical new realities and thrived.