Sentence examples for we could not secure from inspiring English sources

As Abraham Lincoln stated, "We could not secure the good we did secure if we grasped for more".

"We assessed the situation and felt that we could not secure the torch and protect the protesters and supporters to the degree that we wished," he told Reuters.

Kristen Silverberg, the assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs, said Friday: "We are very disappointed that we could not secure stronger language condemning government-sponsored rape.

We could not secure the equipment last year even if we could power it with generators and link via satellite.

As we needed to consider the feasibility of study completion, we could not secure the sufficient number of patients for analysis.

I prefer that to [being] two years down the line and we couldn't secure an actor".

"We would have been in this market a long time ago, but until recently we couldn't secure a location on a budget we could pay," Mr. Corriveau said.

We couldn't secure Bill Paxton as a lead actor, and making a tornado movie without him would be total career suicide. .

However, Keynes could not secure American support for "creditor adjustment".

Not this year, though, as Vallence could not secure the required time off work.

He could not secure the ball as he tried to catch it, and the Packers recovered.