Example sentences of "one which could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equally , the key word in Robyn 's deconstruction of what Silk Cut really means is one which could not be spoken on television . |
| 2 | Mr Bangemann explicitly appealed to other European leaders not to suggest that German reunification was an immediate political issue or one which could be decided without dramatic changes in the political and security situation in Europe as a whole . |
| 3 | It was an enchanting and heady experience , and one which could hardly be other than irresistible : a delightful upbringing for the future queen consort of France , but not one which at first sight looks like adequate preparation for the future queen regnant of Scotland . |
| 4 | The old beam engine was replaced with a newer one which could , with or without the aid of the water wheels , be coupled up to run a dynamo . |
| 5 | But he also warns her not to let these spiritual conversations degenerate into gossip — an obvious danger and one which could ruin the religious life . |
| 6 | Hunt 's points were restored and Niki lost three , so that the position was now one which could be contemplated with some equanimity : Niki had dropped down to 52 points and Hunt leapfrogged up to 26 . |
| 7 | Somehow , the old man had let out a dangerous secret , one which could not be discussed in a room on an Air Force base . |
| 8 | They wanted to recover a wider , more comprehensive vision of the church , one which could include and make room for the different forms in which the church had appeared through history , and in this way to overcome the deeply entrenched divisions between the separated confessions and denominations . |
| 9 | The personal elation and achievement experienced when a deaf child learns to speak recognisable words is great indeed , and has been so persuasive that many educators have perceived this experience as the only one which could possibly satisfy the deaf child as well as his teacher . |
| 10 | For example , hoverflies appear to compute their interception paths with conspecifics according to a simply specifiable rule , one which could plausibly be ‘ hard-wired ’ into the flies ' brains ( Collett & Land 1978 ) . |
| 11 | This deviant case analysis , while yielding important insights , can not be regarded as providing all the variables needed to explain firm by firm variations , as more research is necessary to construct a more refined typology , in particular one which could distinguish between the different types of professional integration here revealed , i.e. attitudinal , dependence on court , and dependence on the good opinion of high status practitioners . |
| 12 | A timely point and one which could be made into a test of this kind of narrative by which an author may be seen to have succeeded or failed to create the necessary suspension of disbelief . |
| 13 | This option allows a measure of latitude to opt for jury trial on indictment to a person accused of a more serious offence , or one which could have profound effects on him if found guilty . |
| 14 | Keith Evans ' charge that some American school media centres actually undermined the morale of teachers ( a charge he did not , incidentally , document ) was not one which could be levelled at centres on the Madeley and Codsall model , and their influence was such that many examples existed , at least for periods of time . |
| 15 | The weaker way is to say simply that although there is a radical and obvious difference between the two hypotheses , it is not one which could make any difference to you , and so that you can be exempted from paying any attention to it . |
| 16 | If the difference suggested is one which could make no difference to us , then it is empty and does not exist . |
| 17 | It is also , of course , from the perspective of the defendant and the prosecutor the inconvenient and expensive course to take , and one which could never have been taken if the case had begun in front of a bench of three ( see e.g. Bromley JJ. ex p Haymills ( Contractors ) Ltd. [ 1984 ] Crim.L.R. 235 ) . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | This is admittedly a rather crude distinction , but one which could be justified by the very uneven break — some 80 per cent of establishments were " non-users " for each category — which it produced ; For experimental purposes we also separated out " high user establishments where the number of fixed-term contract or agency workers used was the equivalent of five per cent or more of the labour force but the results thereby obtained were not more instructive than those obtained by the initial classification and so are reported upon only in a limited fashion . |
| 20 | Or was there a wider , opportunistic yet deeply felt and unreflective vision of ‘ American leadership of the Free World ’ , a vision intoxicating in its sweep but one which could not possibly be presented as compatible with the UN terms ostensibly legitimating the entire operation . |
| 21 | It is a tall order for someone so new to the professional ranks , but one which could never be construed as being beyond a competitor who , as an amateur , tied for second place behind Greg Norman in the Australian Masters at Huntingdale at the start of this season and who also finished in the top 10 in the English Open at The Belfry . |
| 22 | In December the Ethics Committee announced that the investigation had become a formal one which could lead to action against the senators if they were found guilty of infringing Senate rules . |
| 23 | It was an easy way out , but one which could make for a far more enjoyable session . |
| 24 | Holmes agreed that it was in ‘ the homes of the children ’ that ‘ the source of the trouble so often lies ’ and concluded that ‘ the problem of the dirty school child is not one which could be solved by any enquiry into the School Medical Service ’ . |
| 25 | This change of function is one which could potentially have severe consequences for understanding . |
| 26 | For many Keynesians , and certainly Keynes himself , the celebrated ‘ problem of money wages ’ was essentially one which could only be tackled on a political as opposed to an economic front . |
| 27 | I reckon Norwich are on a very fine line between being a half decent side , and one which could go down . |
| 28 | The single-track section of line would have given me cause for concern and it is one which could reasonably be removed . ’ |
| 29 | A warm draught blew across the platform , one which could only be a Mediterranean breeze or synthetically produced , the latter being more likely as we were standing under a dull winter 's day in London . |
| 30 | we 'll have to re-issue another one which could take sort of , you know , this time of year it 's over a week so he said well it definitely has . |