Example sentences of "[indef pn] 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 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 ) .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 The impulse which made Lewis transcribe the dialogue at such length was something which could have been directed into comic fiction .
14 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 . ’
15 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 .
16 What caused its collapse was Craig 's conversion to something which could be presented to loyalists as power-sharing .
17 The judges responded by saying that the ‘ purpose ’ of the accused was something which could be defined objectively .
18 That was something which could never be established after this lapse of time .
19 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 .
20 ‘ He obviously enjoys being involved in something which could mark a new stage in his career .
21 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 .
22 In neither case , does the activity of a postman emerge as something which could be good if it existed in isolation .
23 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 .
24 Was it something which could be conferred , by means of an act of dubbing , or by the issue of a patent ?
25 But if the death of Hastings was a sign that Gloucester had made up his mind to take the throne , this was not yet something which could be admitted .
26 You then begin to build up a story line , a structure and something which could be called interesting and could be the start of interesting idea .
27 Even though I now encourage my class to use any methods they like , there are still times when I wished I had not said something which could inhibit a pupil 's thinking .
28 The script gave one a hint of what they were all about , but after that it was a question of backwards and forwards passing of sketches , ideas on backs of envelopes , bits of paper until ultimately we came down to this pepper-pot shape which Ray then had to translate into something which could be manipulated and made to work — which he did brilliantly .
29 It is viewed as a ‘ foreign body ’ invading the department , rather than something which could be of potential value .
30 As for Sylvia , there was something which could be working itself out between his only daughter and this Honourable : whether it would work out well or ill or at all , he wanted to be there to see it develop .
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