Example sentences of "[vb pp] which could " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time of writing , after the Conservatives under Mrs Thatcher have returned to power for a third term , further legislation is being considered which could completely dismantle the system of local authority owned public housing . |
| 2 | In the two ‘ Bishops ' Wars ’ which followed , Charles was humiliated and in 1640 was obliged to summon the English parliament in order to have funds voted which could be used to pay the invading Scottish army to return home . |
| 3 | In the existing conditions of financial crisis , it was essential for a government to be formed which could ensure a parliamentary majority in support of the economy measures so that they could pass the Commons . |
| 4 | Evidence is being gathered which could mean a further 169 prosecutions , involving all 10 companies in England and Wales . |
| 5 | A conservative coalition of Democrat and Republican congressmen developed which could delay further reforms , and sometimes block them altogether . |
| 6 | Answer guide : The point here is that at the date of the balance sheet the business did not own the asset nor had it any right to its use as all that had happened at that date was an order had been placed which could easily be cancelled . |
| 7 | However , when confronted with a new product or a new problem , there are a number of things to be done which could help you find the right answer : |
| 8 | Articles were written which could be construed as orthodox , but still interpreted by sympathisers in their intended subversive sense . |
| 9 | And if the base of the wall could not be penetrated , movable towers were built which could be wheeled up to attack the wall from without ; in the longer sieges , such as that of Antioch during the First Crusade , fixed towers were erected over against the walls to harry the defenders and enable a watch to be kept on them . |
| 10 | I had mentioned the unquantifiable public relationships which could be generated during a secondment and argued for the intangible value of the many hundreds of contacts I had made which could not easily be costed in purely fiscal terms . |
| 11 | For all three , some suggestions are made which could provide the basis for tests of effectiveness . |
| 12 | That Parliament relied on the Ministerial statements is shown by the fact that the matter was never raised again after the discussions in Committee , that amendments were consequentially withdrawn and that no relevant amendment was made which could affect the correctness of the minister 's statement . |
| 13 | Copies of the initial draft of the report should be made available and time allowed for observations and objections to be made which could be incorporated in the final report . |
| 14 | ( 4 ) If the target company has more than one class of equity share capital and an offer is made which could result in 30 per cent or more of the voting rights being obtained , a comparable offer must be made for each class ( Rule 36.8 ) . |
| 15 | Labour leader John Smith said there was concern that equipment was supplied which could have been used against British personnel and that the truth about a secret change in policy appeared to have been concealed from the public . |
| 16 | Every document has its contribution to make to research , but there may be other documents not used which could make their contribution too . |
| 17 | Such classes appear to have formed the bulk of the programme and little was offered which could be seen as particularly relevant to community action or the problems of social change . |
| 18 | In good years a surplus might be produced which could be traded for money . |
| 19 | That papers may be produced which could possibly lay the appellants open to further claims ( as to which I know nothing ) is a factor to take into account but it is only one factor to be balanced against the administrator 's reasonable requirements . |
| 20 | He admired Jotan 's detachment , and concluded that it was the lack of direct involvement which made it possible for him to behave as if nothing had occurred which could be the source of concern . |
| 21 | She then searched all the rooms where anything could be found which could count as hers . |
| 22 | He remembered where the saints had lain , and where the altars had stood ; he remembered the old confusion of secular and ecclesiastical affairs , and the use of the south porch as the place where pleas were settled which could get no solution in hundred or shire or royal court . |
| 23 | However , one or two changes have been made since inheritance tax was introduced which could have important implications for anyone planning to pass on gift s with a capital value . |
| 24 | The camera has n't yet been invented which could have captured the magic of my mush that morning . |
| 25 | New plans have been announced which could expand a stretch of the M-twenty-five between the M-four and M-three to seven lanes in each direction . |
| 26 | During 1979 various County and Metropolitan areas submitted Bills to the House of Commons for new powers and the designer is advised to check if any Act has been passed which could affect the proposed location of the high-bay warehouse . |
| 27 | it follows that it is important to recognise when the limitation period expires and ensure that no action is taken which could mislead a plaintiff . |
| 28 | This experience , acquired in an age when the chemist was regarded as an expert only in a special field , turned Davis into a generalist and made him realize that the enormous variety of industrial chemical processes could be reduced to a relatively small number of operations , and that the study of these in the abstract would enable general principles to be discovered which could be applied to any process operation — the keystone of chemical engineering . |
| 29 | A new test for TB has been devised which could save the lives of badgers . |
| 30 | A reliable cadre had been created which could ‘ supply ’ the demand which O'Neill 's response to Paisley 's challenge had created . |