Example sentences of "a [noun sg] which they could [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two hundred years ago if you wanted to show off to the neighbours you built a tower on a hill which they could n't help but see for miles around . |
| 2 | But the message went further for it was felt that the lesson to be learned was that living standards could be maintained if unity prevailed : ‘ With the help of the Trade Union Movement , mobilized by the TUC General Council , they were enabled to secure a victory which they could not have won if they were left to fight alone . ’ |
| 3 | To the English , when they returned in the fifteenth century , fortified towns provided both a military threat and a challenge which they could not ignore . |
| 4 | The doctors can recommend treatment A in preference to treatment B. They can also refuse to adopt treatment C on the grounds that it is medically contra-indicated or for some other reason is a treatment which they could not conscientiously administer . |
| 5 | The doctors can recommend treatment A in preference to treatment B. They can also refuse to adopt treatment C on the grounds that it is medically contra-indicated or for some other reason is a treatment which they could not conscientiously administer . |