Example sentences of "which could be [vb pp] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a static gathering was likely to amount to an obstruction , which could be cleared by the police exercising common law powers . |
| 2 | Such evidence might be taken to show a much less intense use of coinage in the former than in the latter , a view which could be supported by the calculations based on the material from Bath that very little coinage was available in circulation per capita of the population of Roman Britain ( see p. 47 ) . |
| 3 | These men were aware of the importance of recognizing that these so-called ‘ primitive peoples ’ had complex and elaborate cultures which could be destroyed by the supposedly civilizing influences of the European powers . |
| 4 | THE £3 billion Channel Tunnel high-speed rail link and the £300 million Heathrow Express line are to go ahead , Chancellor Norman Lamont announced yesterday.But the future of the £1.7 billion cross-London rail link Crossrail appeared less certain with Mr Lamont saying the scheme was now going to be a joint venture between the public and private sectors.The much-delayed 68-mile Channel Tunnel fast link will not go into London 's King 's Cross station as British Rail hoped , but instead will terminate at neighbouring St Pancras — a less expensive option.But Mr Lamont did say that Government money would be put into the scheme which could be completed by the end of the decade.The 15-mile Paddington-Heathrow fast link — a joint venture between BR and airport operator BAA — will be started later this year and should be finished by the second half of 1997 . |
| 5 | Coun Richmond believes the authority squandered the opportunity to create a shops development in part of the town centre which could be hit by the new Cornmill shopping complex . |
| 6 | Finally , Gorbachev proposed the convention of a broad conference on the Mediterranean , similar to the CSCE , which could be attended by the Mediterranean states , ‘ the states adjoining the region ’ , the United States and ‘ other interested countries ’ . |
| 7 | This is admittedly a rather crude distinction , but one which could be justified by the very uneven break — some 80 per cent of establishments were " non-users " for each category — which it produced ; For experimental purposes we also separated out " high user establishments where the number of fixed-term contract or agency workers used was the equivalent of five per cent or more of the labour force but the results thereby obtained were not more instructive than those obtained by the initial classification and so are reported upon only in a limited fashion . |
| 8 | The environment will generate demands which could be met by the increment in the budget without challenging the existing budget thus leaving existing programmes of expenditure untouched . |
| 9 | The court will take into account the fact that the landlord must prove a statutory ground of opposition in order effectively to operate the break-clause ( Adams v Green ) and accordingly will not attach much weight to objections which could be raised by the tenant when the landlord seeks to operate the break-clause ( Amika Motors Ltd v Colebrook Holdings Ltd ) . |
| 10 | Prepare your advice in the form of a report , with special reference to the role which could be played by the sales force . |
| 11 | Nevertheless there is clearly a negative impact on the environment , in terms of aesthetic qualities , which could be minimised by the provision of more primary , designated trackways . |
| 12 | Fama and MacBeth proposed three hypotheses which could be tested by the model : |
| 13 | On the top was a pole wrapped in straw which could be ignited by the cossack sentry in case of enemy incursion . |
| 14 | Quite apart from their own reservations about the wisdom of the American action in Panama , most EC governments believe it would be impossible to find the form of words which could be agreed by the British Government and by Spain and other critics of the US intervention . |
| 15 | In the context of financial conglomerates , this might concern information , say , in the corporate finance arm which could be used by the investment arm for its own account dealing . |
| 16 | He described it as an ‘ unfortunate incident ’ which could be solved by the introduction of a new rule at the league 's annual meeting . |
| 17 | It has been suggested ( Knuth 1969 , pp. 199–201 ) that testing for floating.point zero is not appropriate , and that a more suitable test would be for any value in a small range about zero , the size of which could be set by the programmer . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , I knew that I needed something far beyond that which could be offered by the NHS . |
| 19 | Thirdly , a court might decline to allow judicial review if it thought that the alternative dispute-settling body possessed relevant expertise which the court lacked ; or , fourthly , if the case raised issues which could be considered by the alternative body but not by the court on judicial review ; or , fifthly , if the alternative body 's procedure was better suited to resolving the case than judicial review procedure . |
| 20 | The assessment panel agreed to Tony 's enrolment in St Augustine 's and attempted to co-ordinate the help which could be provided by the different agencies . |
| 21 | The arm mounting , fitted to the body at operator neck height by a rubber joint , contained an extendable piston rod with a pair of jaw grips at the end which could be flexed by the actor inside . |
| 22 | Most of those though , are national debates — money is the only issue which could be effected by the coming County Council elections . |