Example sentences of "[noun] which could " in BNC.

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1 When in early Christian Rome they converted pagan temples into churches , they removed all the symbols of the old religion which could be torn out without endangering the structure .
2 I always wondered if they were his demons or familiars which could scuttle along the walls to listen for treason and search out conspiracy .
3 The tyre then begins to slide and scrubs off the excess speed which could n't safely be lost with a more drastic pull on the brake .
4 While she felt sure she would enjoy his mother 's company , she was reluctant to encourage an association which could involve further contact with him .
5 There are many features of animals which could be improved on , and which are as they are because of the legacy of the past .
6 The M forty not running too badly at the moment , although between junction two and junction seven there are a fair few roadworks which could hold you up throughout your journey .
7 ‘ B/2 ’ trolley masts with sloping caps which could be turned through the full circle .
8 The current South African team is still a long way from emulating the 1960s side which could well have claimed World Championship status if they had been able to test their strength against Garry Sobers ' West Indies .
9 Now they look to have a side which could go all the way for the first time .
10 If anything , he looked younger and fitter , he 'd certainly kept himself in trim , although the hair was thinning and he seemed to be cultivating one long strand on the right side which could be plastered over the scalp .
11 The wind took ther flames all down one side which could lead to a collapse .
12 The wind took ther flames all down one side which could lead to a collapse .
13 There were three filling stations side by side which could only be used with French credit cards , ’ said Mr Brown , a 48-year-old college lecturer , of Craven Vale .
14 It was a hazardous undertaking : everyone thought of the nitrogen mustards as dangerous compounds which could destroy vital cells in many organs .
15 Perhaps because of its success , it has been held as a model of scholarly inquiry ; social scientists have tried to emulate what they believed were the methods of physics : formulating a testable hypothesis , setting up an experiment which could be replicated , carefully observing and measuring the results , and proving or disproving the hypothesis .
16 Yeremi recognized plasma cannons , macro-cannons , defence lasers — artillery which could melt fully armoured Marines , which could blow them away in scraps like chaff .
17 Edison replied with an ‘ Improved Phonograph ’ ( 4 ) , using solid wax cylinders which could be shaved and reused .
18 The chosen lexicon or word list must be represented in computer memory , but there are numerous methods which could be employed to do this , in order that it can easily be searched .
19 Describe the methods which could be used to arrive at an annual forecast of sales .
20 Because there are several different methods which could be employed to achieve that same purpose , the structure of that original program was not essential to the purpose and , hence , the structure was expression and not idea .
21 One of the possible catching methods which could bear most fruit was , he added , long-lining , once universal along the Scottish coasts and mostly abandoned .
22 The party was criticized for not fielding more candidates and for not smoothing out policy differences with other opposition parties in order to offer voters a coalition which could be a credible alternative to the LDP government .
23 Then she was in another bedroom which could only be Luke 's , and on the chest by the window lay the passport .
24 Other safe forms of investment which could then be considered for any capital your parent may have could also include the building societies , local authority bonds ( if she is prepared to leave her money untouched for a year or two ) , National Savings Certificates , Post Office Savings , the National Savings Bank and Trustee Savings Bank .
25 In particular his concern with social benefit and social cost ( the costs of ill-health fall on the community , not just the individual ) , the view that welfare spending should be regarded as a social investment which could increase national productivity and efficiency and his technocratic approach to solving social problems are all typically Fabian .
26 Inward investment which could be accommodated within the existing plans existing strategies on existing sites .
27 And then it 's got to be regional , national or international investment which could go elsewhere in the U K or in Europe .
28 He described the attack as a ‘ crime against humanity ’ and urged Mr Brooke not to be ‘ hustled ’ into steps which could only aggravate the situation .
29 In a recent analysis of the garotting panic of 1862 , Jennifer Davis has argued that there was in fact no startling upsurge in crimes of violence which could justify the extent of the alarm .
30 In his sermons , broadcast over the radio , the Archbishop condemned the paramilitary groups as part of the institutionalized violence which could not be rooted out without reforms to create more just economic and social structures .
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