Example sentences of "[noun prp] which could " in BNC.
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| 1 | The UK government reportedly favoured the principle of " subsidiarity " [ see also p. 36741 ] , which it took to mean that decisions should only be made in Brussels which could not better be taken at national level . |
| 2 | Incidentally , proposals for the establishment of a major Kent ground at Crystal Palace which could give the county a profitable metropolitan base are being enthusisastically pursued , though they are unlikely to be realised before the end of the century . |
| 3 | If the pilots , flight attendants and management can not agree a new buyout , Coniston said it would force a restructuring of UAL which could include selling off the company 's planes and its air routes . |
| 4 | But even if the majority of Asian states recognise a link between the political aspirations of non-alignment and the broader goals of the revived Soviet ‘ pan-Asian security ’ scheme they are unlikely to permit themselves to become drawn into a new structure of strategic accords in Asia presided over by Moscow which could enable the USSR to press for more direct relations of military alignment in the future . |
| 5 | If we make ourselves the bar , if we suggest that self-determination is the right of every people on earth but the Germans , we risk creating resentments in Germany which could be quite as destabilising to the European order as reunification . |
| 6 | Brian Faulkner , having lost control of the Unionist Party , had formed the new Unionist Party of Northern Ireland which could only field two candidates and won less than three per cent of the poll . |
| 7 | With some minor deviations — such as Paisley 's preference for fuller integration with the mainland in the early 1970s — the DUP has maintained the image of being the most traditional of the unionist parties and the one with the record of consistent opposition to any changes in the political structures of Northern Ireland which could be seen as compromise with nationalists and republicans . |
| 8 | British Steel , National Power and North West Water are among participants in The Pump Centre , a major new co-operative initiative run by AEA which could save clients millions of pounds by improving awareness of the latest pumping technology among component suppliers , manufacturers and users . |
| 9 | In his social criticism Eliot assumes an idea of England which never existed and proposes an England which could not exist : in the same way , his own vision of the world was too singular for him to be able to invest his social dramas with the emblematic or representative significance to which he aspired . |
| 10 | The communiqué stressed the urgency of securing international commitments " to control the adverse effects of climate change " ( an issue of particular concern to those low-lying islands such as Tuvalu , Kiribati and some of the Marshall Islands which could become submerged if ocean levels rose as a result of the " greenhouse effect " ) . |
| 11 | It is taking a particular interest in proposals in Britain , such as a pilot road-charging scheme in Cambridge which could be introduced in 1994 , a similar but smaller scheme underway in the London Borough of Richmond , and a highway-pricing plan for Edinburgh . |
| 12 | The study has four main objectives : To identify those elements of the national space programmes of the European members of NATO which could contribute to a multilateral military space programme . |
| 13 | Yesterday it was only Larsen which could match the technique of the turks . |
| 14 | The Blues ' striker has failed to agree new terms with manager Howard Kendall which could signal his departure from Goodison Park . |
| 15 | The second Bill had passed through the House of Commons only to be thrown out by the House of Lords which could reject all legislation except money bills . |
| 16 | In recognition of this he promised to alter the style of his campaign in order to avoid attacks on Bush which could prejudice his chances of victory in the November election . |
| 17 | The final point was that the only business of Littlewoods which could reasonably require protection was their mail order business and not their retail chain store business . |
| 18 | Thankfully for the Hibs manager , Reid 's ankle is not broken as was first feared but he is doubtful for Saturday 's match against Airdrie which could result in a recall for John Burridge . |
| 19 | We may be sure that many people even in the eleventh century had doubts about this doctrine ; just as St Anselm was convinced that the road to Jerusalem which could be pursued within the walls of a monastery was safer and holier than that to Jerusalem itself . |
| 20 | CLEAR estimates that there are already four million cars in Britain which could run on unleaded petrol without adjustment , and a further nine million could do so with minor adjustment . |
| 21 | It will also be cheaper for foreigners to visit Britain which could bring a much-needed boost for the tourist industry . |
| 22 | The Duchess of Kent today opened a centre in Oxford which could ease these difficulties . |
| 23 | Eagle Trust ( the parent company of WS ) admitted on April 17 that it had recently shipped hydraulic equipment to Iraq which could have been used as a recoil system for a gun . |
| 24 | A COMPANY owned by the Ministry of Defence helped build a weapons facility in Iraq which could be used to support Exocet missiles , the Scott arms-to-Iraq inquiry heard yesterday . |
| 25 | The two cities indirectly hold more than 17 per cent and 10 per cent of MBB which could be enough to stop the merger , observers said . |
| 26 | It then has to go through regulatory procedures like filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission and Hart-Scott-Rodino which could taken until late March , early April . |
| 27 | This function they performed only in a limited and highly conservative way ; but there was hardly any other institution in France which could perform it at all . |
| 28 | In terms of the definition of er what is historic York I think again an issue we went over for some length of time at the greenbelt inquiry , I would draw your attention back to my earlier comments that York is basically a modern industrial city with a very precious historic core , that historic core er represents no more than actually five percent of the built up area , that something like eighty five percent of the city was built after eighteen hundred , the view that was expressed by the County in N Y Two , in terms of the definition of the greenbelt , the Greater York greenbelt and its purposes was not accepted by the City Council , we do not accept that all of the func elements of the York greenbelt contribute towards preserving the character of the historic city , we rely on the the fact that the two comments the Senior Inspector made at this , the the green wedges and historic core itself that establish the historic character of the city , there are many parts of the edge of York which could repli be replicated in many cities , historic or otherwise around the country and finally just coming back to the issue of scale of development erm the point I should have made earlier about the house builders figures for the city of York is that the house builders did suggest a figure of four thousand for the city , erm , I 'm not aware on what basis that was made , but clearly my evidence would quite clearly indicate that I believe that could not be accommodated , certainly on any known sites within the cit current city boundary , thank you Chair . |
| 29 | Ma'am when sir when this when this road when these when it is dualled , it will have compl adequate capacity to serve the new settlement and will be the only radial route around Greater York which could do so satisfactorily . |
| 30 | He assured Lord Salisbury on his visit to England in the summer of 1929 that ( according to Salisbury 's notes of their conversation ) , though dominion status might be admitted as the ultimate goal , ‘ inasmuch as it is impossible to anticipate an India which could defend itself , and as it is unthinkable that a British army could be subject to native control — an essential condition of real Dominion status — the realisation of the aspiration is not within sight ’ . |