Example sentences of "which would [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We called on the Attorney-General to refer his case to the Appeal Court so that the sentence could be increased to one which would protect women for a long time .
2 Following such an incident , a Board of Trade enquiry ruled that the cars should be fitted with massive bumpers , which would protect passengers on the rear steps .
3 But in meeting with Kosygin it became clear to Razak that the Soviet Union would prefer its own larger collective security agreement , which would embrace Japan , Pakistan and India as well as the smaller states .
4 For example , in 1988 the Secretary of State for Wales , Peter Walker , announced a £500 million revitalization programme for the valleys of South Wales , which would involve land reclamation , business advice and support , factory construction , housing rehabilitation and infrastructural investment , and which would be implemented by local authorities , the private sector , central government and the Welsh Development Agency .
5 A Western specialist suggested a regime for the Mediterranean in 1973 which would involve restrictions on naval vessel deployments , the elimination of naval bases and facilities belonging to or operated by the signatories on the territory of littoral states and constraints on the land-based forces of the superpowers in the area .
6 Another novelty proposed by Alvey is the idea of demonstrator projects which would involve industry and academe in pooling their knowledge .
7 SHOPKEEPERS in Redcar and Guisborough are attacking Langbaurgh Council plans to introduce fees for car parking which would involve drivers buying a scratch card and marking off the length of stay .
8 Some geographical targets might be covered , locating historical sites on a map using a grid , and planning marches for the Roman army on a topographical map , which would involve understanding of landforms and contour lines .
9 A man who finds a ready market among the ever-hopeful for his protective devices , was shown with a radiation-checker which would enable families to decide who is the one with the leastest and therefore the candidate to go outside first .
10 Members of Wales PPA quickly realised that these published beliefs were the same as their own , and that here was perhaps an opportunity to avail themselves of much-needed funding to establish support systems which would enable families to take their rightful place in the local playgroup or mother and toddler group .
11 Johnson ( 1971 , p. 283 ) points out that , historically , the emphasis ‘ in Britain has been almost exclusively on procedures which would enable Parliament to exercise a post facto check on the manner in which monies had been spent for the purposes approved by ( but not proposed by ) Parliament ’ .
12 ‘ More training equipment which would enable branch managers to undertake more training in the workplace using pre-structured packages ’ .
13 Cable & Wireless Plc 's Mercury Communications Ltd seems to have run into trouble with its trial of personal numbering announced last August : at that stage it was saying that trials of the technology — which would enable subscribers to use any phone to inform the network of their whereabouts — would begin in the autumn of last year .
14 Darlington councillor Eleanor Young has welcomed the proposal which would enable youngsters over 13 to study for the Basic Food Hygiene Certificate .
15 Pensioner members at their recent Biennial General Meeting came up with a novel suggestion which would enable Pensioner members contribute to the Frank Holden Defence Fund ( see March ‘ Newsheet ’ for details of case ) in a manner that would add substantially to the Fund without denting pensioners ' cash flow .
16 She felt work with women was indispensable , not only for the trade union movement but as part of a longer educational process which would enable women to participate fully after the triumph of the FDR-FMLN .
17 Consumer groups claimed full and clear labelling of food products would be preferred , which would enable customers to choose between similar products and ‘ to decide for themselves as to what constituted the best quality at a given price . ’
18 Teaching materials usually provide very little in the way of explicit rationale which would enable teachers to modify them in a principled way with reference to the ideas which inform them .
19 He had already assessed Paul 's due income from the returns of publishing , and proposed to make an annual settlement which would enable Paul to be kept in comfort in the mental home and , also , provide for the education of the children .
20 is was decided to purchase computer software , from a specialist house , which would enable Field Directors to have quite detailed inventory and operational performance data regarding the fleets under their control .
21 ‘ In early 1991 we had particular problems in achieving the levels of service on the Back Office system which would enable branches to meet their business needs .
22 James 's attempted flight , however , effectively destroyed any hope that a settlement might be reached which would enable James to preserve his throne .
23 At present several attempts are being made to devise performance indicators which would enable schools to be graded , and serve both as a management tool and as a guide to parents in choosing a school .
24 It would be based on a variety of forms of public ownership which would enable people to be masters of their own lives and to give full play to their energy and abilities .
25 The Community Interpreter Project was set up in 1983 to develop and pilot a practical model which would enable people to communicate effectively within the context of the main public services in a multi-lingual Britain .
26 A group of consultants at Guy 's Hospital were unsuccessful in seeking to prevent the Minister from spending money in anticipation of the legislation which would enable hospitals to apply for self-governing status .
27 The Webbs ' account of the transformation of the Metropolitan Trade Union is instructive : Here we can see how the general impulse to a fairer social order , one which would displace Owen 's ‘ old immoral world ’ , became concentrated upon parliamentary reform .
28 A£92MILLION deal which would tighten Bupa 's grip on the British private health market has been stalled by the government .
29 The trial was expected to continue for some time and it was widely believed that evidence would be given which would incriminate politicians still active .
30 The emphasis on the exclusion of outside powers from Southeast Asia could also be linked to the search for a comprehensive political settlement of the Kampuchean dispute , which would enmesh Indo-China into the arrangement reached .
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