Example sentences of "but which could " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the days before glasnost — which his fictions may be thought to have rehearsed and predicted , but which could well mean that his fictions will no longer be for the West what they have been so far , when the thing that they deplore was still there in its entirety to be deplored — Kundera was forced into exile in the ‘ free world ’ of the time . |
| 2 | This is a rich , satisfying casserole with more than a taste of the exotic , but which could be included in nearly any dinner party menu . |
| 3 | The 404 , designed by Michael Jackson and built by Parker , is the opposite of that , a fast trapeze centre-boarder suitable for youngsters when on an 80 per cent main , but which could test lightweight crews of any age with a full rig . |
| 4 | The 58% who identified less dependence on farm income as a benefit represented those for whom the farm provided a considerable proportion of total income but which could not provide a living income on its own . |
| 5 | An editorial in The Lancet ( November 10 , 1990 ) entitled ‘ Who 's for tennis ? ’ but which could have just as easily been entitled ‘ Who 's for running ? ’ sums up the present state of the art and looks particularly at a new piece of research carried out on civil servants . |
| 6 | There is one newcomer , however , that is only now finding its market but which could play a great part in feeding the world 's people ; and that is a man-made cereal , a hybrid , called triticale . |
| 7 | A related development concerns a class of metals that hitherto few have considered ‘ strategic ’ , but which could become increasingly important . |
| 8 | Few mystical treatises get off to a more intriguing start than The Fire of Love , which describes the first time Rolle became aware of a heat in his breast which , he insists , was not imaginary or metaphorical but which could be felt as a finger felt the heat of the flames in which it had been thrust . |
| 9 | And there was a hunch that ‘ heavy ’ newspaper readers would be attracted by a tasteful paper with plenty of news , but which could be read quickly . |
| 10 | Notoriously , positivists such as Carnap enunciated a principle of meaningfulness which banned transcendental reflection , but which could only be justified by the sort of argument which it debarred . |
| 11 | WORLD CUP CRICKET 1992 : — Hot-off-the-press paperback covering the World Cup which touched everyone but which could be won , alas , by only one country . |
| 12 | The term ‘ ecology ’ could be used as an umbrella to cover a wide range of research traditions that did not interact at the detailed level , but which could be seen to deal with one aspect or another of the relationship between living things and their environment . |
| 13 | Some builders , as we have seen , working later than Cristofori , put in their actions something resembling a check but which could not function as a true check . |
| 14 | Are there ideas which were not right for the time but which could be revived and used , ow ? |
| 15 | But beneath it she understood , accepted , found it far easier to hate him , when he fought her back to the bed , than to ignore him ; the bitings and scratchings of anger coming near enough to passion so that when he entered her again she found it possible , in her loathing , her detestation , her bitter resentment , to wrap her own strong , hard limbs about him in a grip designed to wound and crush him but which could also excite . |
| 16 | But as I argued earlier , there is in every social scientific theory a component which Schumpeter called ‘ vision ’ , but which could also be described as the background ideas in a paradigm , that is influential in determining the focus of attention and the choice of central issues for analysis . |
| 17 | I feel that in some senses it becomes almost about a certain strain of purity — that we would rather have a demonstration of 50 people on maybe a fuller , total political programme , than we would a demonstration of 50,000 people on maybe more limited aims but nevertheless political aims that we do feel carry us forward , but which could draw into activity a broader range of people . |
| 18 | 2.4.2 as may be [ reasonably ] required by the Architect provided that no modification shall be made pursuant to this clause 2.4.2 which would substantially alter the design layout nature capacity or standard of construction of the Premises as provided for in the Building Documents or substantially prejudice the use of the Premises for the purpose specified in the Lease It may be preferable to substitute the word " materially " for the word " substantially " in clause 2.4.2 as the latter suggests that some alteration less than substantial may be permitted but which could result in not inconsequential prejudice occurring to the design or use of the premises . |
| 19 | Basically we are required to report anything erm , any liability which we know about , which does n't actually formally have to appear in the main accounts but which could arise in the future . |
| 20 | The inquiry represents a genuine need for information which could have been partly fulfilled by traditional means such as telephone books or local guides but which could be investigated more thoroughly by using Prestel . |
| 21 | The Comintern still asserted its belief in " Soviet Power " , and the weakness of parliamentary democracy , but despite this the aim of the United Front was to be the formation of an elected coalition Government , which could not achieve " Soviet Power " , but which could educate and encourage the Left towards this distant goal by virtue of its existence . |
| 22 | Something which she failed to translate , but which could be recognised as distinctly unflattering . |