Example sentences of "[Wh det] [noun sg] [conj] [noun sg] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | The annual conference of Sinn Féin , the political wing of the Irish republican movement , was held in Dublin on Feb. 3-4 , 1990 , during which Gerry Adams , the party president , said that he was ready at any time to discuss the conditions within which peace and justice could be created . |
| 2 | In particular , coal stocks had sunk to a level below that at which distribution and use could operate efficiently . |
| 3 | All the items listed in section 2 were matters in which truth or falsity could be established as a matter of fact . |
| 4 | This led to fears in some quarters that the polytechnics as tough , pragmatic and workaday institutions were unlikely to create a climate in which art and design could grow and flourish . |
| 5 | His legislation , however , was designed to provide the conditions in which self-help and independence could be attained rather than to redistribute wealth and opportunities from rich to poor . |
| 6 | Similarly , it was Rousseau 's conviction that no one could be truly free who did not govern him/herself , and that therefore only some kind of direct democracy provided the framework within which government and freedom could be reconciled . |
| 7 | The use of history to identify a privileged standpoint from which science and religion could always be harmonized runs into trouble for yet another reason . |
| 8 | This committee would have ( a ) encouraged trust and co-operation between unionists and nationalists , developing a practical basis on which north and south could implement joint action on issues of common interest ; ( b ) initiated studies on matters of mutual interest or misunderstanding and ( c ) consulted with heads of departments and their officials on such matters . |
| 9 | The Colonel was not normally one whose nerve or self-confidence could be shaken by a comrade 's torment — he had seen too much and , besides , a soldier in the field made his own luck — but sitting now in the darkness , hardly aware of the familiar sounds of a barracks coming to life , the hollow ring of that dead voice seemed to re-echo in his ears . |
| 10 | It introduced a shortened review procedure for " unfounded " asylum applications — either from those whose identity and/or nationality could not be conclusively proved , or those from a country where there was deemed to be no danger of persecution . |
| 11 | They should become purchasing bodies , buying services from whatever hospital or unit could give the best deal . |