Example sentences of "a [noun] which can " in BNC.
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| 1 | This allows the filter bacteria a chance to multiply to a level which can deal with the extra waste , helping to avoid the deadly ‘ new tank ’ syndrome ( PFK July ) . |
| 2 | A decision which can prove therapeutic while providing a home-grown solution for the youngster . |
| 3 | For this you will need a tone correction unit of a kind which can be plugged into the appropriate points on the cable connections . |
| 4 | Where the company to be formed is of a kind which can be purchased ‘ off the peg ’ from an agency specializing in company formation , this is a cost-effective way to proceed . |
| 5 | Some linguists argue that such equivalence does not exist ( Bolinger 1977 ) while others like Coveney argue that a weaker kind of equivalence ( of a kind which can not however easily be specified ) is sufficient for identifying structures as variants of an underlying variable . |
| 6 | Now when one goes , there tends to be a sameness which can be a bit of a let down , that you find much the same kind of thing as you would find in a church in Brighton or Lewes going on in Naples , and I do n't know quite how long this will last . |
| 7 | It is not surprising that a PC which can help to design a ship , a skyscraper or an electronic circuit has to be one of the most powerful available . |
| 8 | send a cheque which can get nicked , send the barclay card number , then pay it off . |
| 9 | This idea can now be refined through Bourdieu 's concept of habitus , in which the social group 's perspective upon some form is always predicated upon the historical construction of its dispositions , interaction being a conjunc-ture which can not be reduced merely to its immediate context ( Bourdieu 1977 : 81 ) . |
| 10 | Given that the image already exists on paper , a scanner can capture it as a bitmap which can then be manipulated by a suitable graphics package . |
| 11 | The notion that a Ministry which can not command a majority in the House of Commons … a Ministry in a minority of 31 per cent … in these circumstances is invested with the right to demand a dissolution is as subversive of constitutional usage , as it would , in my opinion , be pernicious to the general and paramount interests of the nation at large . |
| 12 | This is a drug which can be used to treat PCP and will prevent its recurrence . |
| 13 | I agree entirely that Ecstasy is a drug which can kill . |
| 14 | It is introduced as a hypothesis which can bring coherence and understanding into this area — a piece of speculation which has continued to worry empiricists ever since it was first developed since it does not seem to be based on facts . |
| 15 | This is a project aimed at building a computer which can process one million floating point operations per second . |
| 16 | The mouse is a hand-held device connected to a computer which can be used in conjunction with a keyboard . |
| 17 | Now , when you are entering into a contract , and I wonder if you could send this to the to the chairman er your letter er of erm contract because to have a contract which can be varied in its cost always upwards is a very dangerous contract and I would interested to see the contract that is supplied which does not control price . |
| 18 | It is a technique which can also help keep sample size down in the case of a large survey . |
| 19 | But it 's a technique which can be used in many different ways , for example : |
| 20 | At the least , the city is regarded as unappealing ; at the worst , it evokes a loathing which can be as unkind as it is jaundices . |
| 21 | However , it may also be that if the clause is drawn so widely as to be capable of applying in unreasonable circumstances , or if it purports to exclude a liability which can not be excluded under the Act , the court may find it unreasonable to apply it to other circumstances ( see Walker v Boyle [ 1982 ] 1 All ER 634 ) . |
| 22 | This is a Certificate which can be taken in English and any one of more than a dozen Community Languages . |
| 23 | A story which can help pupils to discuss the role of ritual , and the way in which other people can misconstrue it , is that of the little fox in the Legends of Moses . |
| 24 | That a visa for travel to West Germany can be refused on ‘ moral ’ grounds is highly unusual ; a regard for ‘ national security ’ is much more the norm … will it mean no visas for all ‘ bearers of state secrets ’ , a category which can be variously defined from one individual case to the next ? … |
| 25 | If this is not possible you can crush a pill between two spoons to make a powder which can be sprinkled onto the lips and tongue of the baby if needed . |
| 26 | Recording takes place on another screen which shows note duration with as a block-line which can then be turned automatically into standard notation . |
| 27 | Or , even better , find a shield which can also be used as a ram ( like a chair , stool , dustbin or small table ) to knock the knifeman down or against a wall . |
| 28 | Sartre is reported to have said that he did not feel free without a thousand francs in his pocket ; this is clearly a freedom which can only be enjoyed by a few . |
| 29 | At one stage in the lineage , for example , there is a cell which can produce either granulocytes or macrophages , and the decision to follow a macrophage or granulocyte pathway can be controlled by the concentration of a protein factor which , if the concentration is high enough , will direct differentiation exclusively along the macrophage pathway . |
| 30 | But the implication that Mr is that this is not a criterion which can effectively be operated at the strategic level . |