Example sentences of "[Wh det] could [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cattle-ranching requires only a small number of cowboys and large tracts of land , which could alternatively be intensively cultivated , with the result that there is underemployment of labour and a low physical and economic return per unit of surface area . |
| 2 | They are in Vicar Lane , Well Street and Peckover Street , and were built from 1853 onwards to supplement the old Piece Hall ( now demolished ) , which could no longer contain all the wool traders . |
| 3 | One major contribution , if not the most important , was the growing disagreement which raged around the loose Elizabethan compromises of religious conscience , which could no longer work when the personalities involved changed . |
| 4 | Merleau-Ponty 's argument thus meant acknowledging a certain equivocalness in Marxist claims to truth , which could no longer claim exemption from critical examination , and led inevitably , therefore , to an early form of what , even then , was characterized as ‘ post-Marxism ’ . |
| 5 | In other words , the New Critical concept of coherence took over the task of unifying meaning which could no longer be attributed to the author . |
| 6 | Lurking in the corridors of Brussels is a draft EC directive which could fundamentally change the way the Panel works . |
| 7 | Having several sons in the trade worked to the general benefit of the family business which could thereby offer a wider range of services . |
| 8 | Certainly mention of Cailliet and Bédé brings back Eliot to a familiar uniting of primitive and urban as , after stating that ‘ I myself would like an audience which could neither read nor write ’ , he recalls Sweeney Agonistes ( published in book form in December 1932 ) and speaks of the poet as ‘ something of a popular entertainer … having a part to play in society as worthy as that of the music-hall comedian ’ . |
| 9 | There was a gulph [ sic ] between slavery and freedom which could neither be filled up nor closed over and across which the slave must leap ere he alighted on the other side and found himself a free man . |
| 10 | As a result the banks found themselves in a quandary — they had lent vast sums of money which could neither be repaid nor return interest . |
| 11 | The 36% of the thesis information not published included unclear results , negative results , or information which could neither be slotted into the papers nor aggregated to make a whole paper . |
| 12 | The 36% of the thesis information not published included unclear results , negative results , or information which could neither be slotted into the papers nor aggregated to make a whole paper . |
| 13 | This goodwill , Hopkins added , ‘ went beyond — in my judgement much beyond — any forecast which could reasonably have been made before hostilities began ’ . |
| 14 | There was no clue to contemporary thinking at the DTp throughout the 1970's : indeed , it was not until 1987 that a new standard reference work was published which could reasonably be expected to provide up to the minute advice on traffic planning in existing urban areas . |
| 15 | On the whole individual museums went for drawings that best filled gaps in their collections and which could reasonably be afforded with their limited budgets . |
| 16 | A trick , certainly ; in a sense too , a trick which results in a form of self-incrimination ; but not one which could reasonably be thought to involve unfairness . |
| 17 | ‘ Development ’ is also defined as meaning ‘ physical , intellectual , emotional , social or behavioural development ’ and , where the question whether harm suffered by a child is significant turns on the child 's health or development , his health or development shall be compared with that which could reasonably be expected from a similar child . |
| 18 | In this case I would think that , if the minister does not act in good faith , or if he acts on extraneous considerations which ought not to influence him , or if he plainly misdirects himself in fact or in law , it may well be that a court would interfere ; but when he honestly takes a view of the facts or the law which could reasonably be entertained , then his decision is not to be set aside simply because thereafter someone thinks that his view was wrong … |
| 19 | It is a condition that , at the time of insurance becoming effective , the insured person has not booked his/her holiday contrary to medical advice nor is aware of any circumstances which could reasonably be expected to give rise to a claim . |
| 20 | 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 ) . |
| 21 | According to s31(10) where the question of whether harm suffered by a child is significant turns on his health or development , this must be compared with the standard of health or development which could reasonably be expected of a similar child ( s31(10) ) . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The single-track section of line would have given me cause for concern and it is one which could reasonably be removed . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Alongside their traditional functions ( which grow ever harder to explain to a public caught up in the excitement of recent developments ) , they offer a general reassurance against unpleasant surprises ; a brake on events which could otherwise outstrip our power to control them . |
| 26 | This was one reason why they played such an important role in the renaissance of interest in the classical world from the fifteenth century onwards : here were many examples of objects giving tangible evidence for events which could otherwise only be read about . |
| 27 | Another detail to be purchased was a small doorstop , as the final location for the tank is behind a door , which could otherwise bump into the stand . |
| 28 | The cure for unemployment and the nation 's economic ills lay in the exclusion of all imports which could otherwise be made in Britain . |
| 29 | Its training grant scheme represents a commitment of £3 million that has helped secure inward investment and 3,300 jobs which could otherwise have been lost to other areas . |
| 30 | Among others , these prevent double counting of non-trade exchange differences which could otherwise be included under deductions for cases III , IV or V Schedule D , of exchange differences on currency acquired under a forward contract and indefinite deferral of unrealised gains ; ensure carry-forward of losses are not prevented by a drafting technicality ; enable regulations to apply arm's-length test exclusions to debts that vary in amount ; and extend the rules on translating forward currency contracts to those not reflected in accounts prepared under normal accounting practice . |