Example sentences of "[pron] which could " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1984 , when the InterCity Charter Unit was first set up , it had at its disposal some twenty sets of Mk 1 stock — principally second-class tourist open vehicles — but nothing which could credibly be described as suitable for the VIP trains it was seeking to introduce . |
| 2 | Stocker was at pains to say : ‘ We have nothing which could be tested on humans … nothing yet which can help Aids patients or people infected with the Aids virus or any other virus . ’ |
| 3 | Torquay Deaf Club suffered some minor damage , but nothing which could not be easily repaired . |
| 4 | In 1976 , the film Ilsa , She-wolf of the SS was brought before the courts of New York State on a charge of obscenity , but the case was dismissed because the judge found nothing which could properly be covered by the Miller test , no ‘ lewd exhibition of the genitals ’ , no representations of ‘ ultimate sexual acts , normal or perverted ’ . |
| 5 | In the drawing room , where they had drunk their pre-dinner sherry , Dalgliesh had a sense of a room which deliberately rejected the past , containing nothing which could violate the owner 's essential privacy ; no family history in photograph or portrait , no shabby heirlooms given room out of nostalgia , sentimentality or family piety , no antiques collected over the years . |
| 6 | This large collection contains nothing which could n't be found in the libraries of a major city such as Middenheim or Altdorf ( allow any scholarly type an Int test to realize this ) , except for the Chaos/heresy works , which would be restricted-access in the temples . |
| 7 | He could see no definable head , nothing which could be stricken off even with doleful consequences . |
| 8 | Nothing which could endanger either the crown or the safety of the realm ? ’ |
| 9 | They agreed to do nothing which could be construed as recognition of the current Soviet government . |
| 10 | It was that sort of genial incompetent who plagued the management of Ceauşescu 's industry , but what else were ill-trained bureaucrats to do when orders rained down on them which could not be obeyed even with the best will in the world . |
| 11 | Pupils ' general knowledge about sizes of units and the relationships among them which could assist them to get a " feel " for numbers and help them decide whether measurements were reasonable , was lacking . |
| 12 | But they reaped no advantage ; there was nothing moving towards them which could be deemed to be a consideration , with the result that the case is one in which the contract is made , but remains unenforceable in law … . |
| 13 | erm software one which which could possibly have |
| 14 | He played that aspect of himself which could well have been in a war — after all he had trained long enough for it — and the result was the sort of performance he was to deliver several times in his film career and none the worse for that : professional , convincing . |
| 15 | But the most famous and prestigious pilgrimage of all was that to Jerusalem itself which could be conceived at a literal level as a journey to the centre of the earth . |
| 16 | In some cases we will take action against you which could lead to you being dismissed . |
| 17 | The Data Protection Registrar has also commented that the mere fact a breach of security has occurred will not be proof that the data user has been negligent , provided the data user has ‘ done everything which could reasonably be expected ’ ( DPR Guideline 4 ) . |
| 18 | And this conception leads inexorably to the view that experience is like a kind of screen , something which could perhaps be painted if only we had the skill and reflective capacity , or something which could be captured by language or music . |
| 19 | And this conception leads inexorably to the view that experience is like a kind of screen , something which could perhaps be painted if only we had the skill and reflective capacity , or something which could be captured by language or music . |
| 20 | The impulse which made Lewis transcribe the dialogue at such length was something which could have been directed into comic fiction . |
| 21 | He noted that the Canberra meeting ‘ is the start of something which could grow into a very significant development not only for the region but for the global economy . ’ |
| 22 | As we have seen , scientia , or scientific knowledge as the seventeenth century understood it , was not something which could be obtained from an observation-based study of the natural world . |
| 23 | What caused its collapse was Craig 's conversion to something which could be presented to loyalists as power-sharing . |
| 24 | The judges responded by saying that the ‘ purpose ’ of the accused was something which could be defined objectively . |
| 25 | That was something which could never be established after this lapse of time . |
| 26 | This last phrase , used in my diary , is a revealing one : cold was n't something imposed on me by anything as trivial as the outside temperature ; it was something which could be controlled from within and by myself alone . |
| 27 | ‘ He obviously enjoys being involved in something which could mark a new stage in his career . |
| 28 | So your managers are free to concentrate on your core business — something which could be a key to your success in the difficult economic times ahead . |
| 29 | In neither case , does the activity of a postman emerge as something which could be good if it existed in isolation . |
| 30 | ONE WOULD not normally think a national awareness day for something which could affect as many as one in three of the population would be necessary . |