Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh det] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jesus was not executed by the Jewish Sanhedrin -which could , with permission , stone to death a man who had trespassed against Judaic law — but by the Roman administration . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | Now they look to have a side which could go all the way for the first time . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The wind took ther flames all down one side which could lead to a collapse . |
| 9 | The wind took ther flames all down one side which could lead to a collapse . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Yeremi recognized plasma cannons , macro-cannons , defence lasers — artillery which could melt fully armoured Marines , which could blow them away in scraps like chaff . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Then she was in another bedroom which could only be Luke 's , and on the chest by the window lay the passport . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Inward investment which could be accommodated within the existing plans existing strategies on existing sites . |
| 18 | And then it 's got to be regional , national or international investment which could go elsewhere in the U K or in Europe . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | She called it infatuation — an illusion which could destroy us both . |
| 22 | They usually had in addition the right to gather firewood which could be collected without the use of an edged instrument , and in some cases the right to take housebote and haybote under the supervision of the foresters and verderers . |
| 23 | New and unified rules governing both positive and restrictive covenants are proposed , with land obligations ' , new interests in land , being proposed for the future which could be modified or extinguished by the Lands Tribunal . |
| 24 | Jim Keeble recalls one amusing incident in ASF which could have been a terrible accident . |
| 25 | THE danger of trying to limp to safety on goalless draws was graphically illustrated by Coventry 's last-gasp defeat which could have them hanging on to the last day of the season before knowing their fate . |
| 26 | The case , heard in February 1929 , revealed that , since his association with Arsenal began in 1910 , Sir Henry had placed some £15,000 of his own money at the club 's disposal ( a bounty which could explain his campaign against rising transfer fees ) . |
| 27 | Among his sacred possessions were an enormous club which could raise the slain to life again ; a magic harp whose music made its listeners forget sorrow ; an inexhaustible cauldron from which no-one is turned away hungry ; and two marvellous sheep — one eternally roasting , the other forever feeding in readiness for slaughter . |
| 28 | ‘ or was likely to be caused to persons in or on that vehicle ( or trailer ) or on a road ’ 'Likely to be caused' means potentially dangerous such as sharp edges jutting out from the body of a motor vehicle ; a loose driver 's seat which could cause loss of control of the car ; projecting wheel wing nuts or mudguards that could strike a pedestrian ; and a loose rear bumper that might fall off and cause an accident etc . |
| 29 | After initial experiments with raised beds , ramps and customised tools some lateral thinkers from both groups came up with the idea of a wheelchair with a seat which could be lowered to the plants at ground level . |
| 30 | The diagnosis was as simple as it was humiliating : that self-infecting fever of the blood which could lie deceptively dormant , then flare now , into torment . |