Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [Wh det] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they reaped no advantage ; there was nothing moving towards them which could be deemed to be a consideration , with the result that the case is one in which the contract is made , but remains unenforceable in law … . |
| 2 | He played that aspect of himself which could well have been in a war — after all he had trained long enough for it — and the result was the sort of performance he was to deliver several times in his film career and none the worse for that : professional , convincing . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | In future , it recommended the construction of something which could be transported to several shows . |
| 5 | Rowden is a fine school and it 'll give him plenty of sports and develop a side of him which could never see the light of day in Ireland . |
| 6 | Second , the student wanted to appeal to the rational side of John , to that side of him which could see the futility of his actions . |
| 7 | As he held her she seemed to swell , as if another skin , another body , more calm and perfect than the one she had , grew out of her as token for that love of him which could in looks and words show itself so inadequately . |
| 8 | In some cases we will take action against you which could lead to you being dismissed . |
| 9 | It is submitted on behalf of the Attorney-General that there was no delay , either in the investigation of the complaint against the respondent or in the bringing of proceedings against him which could properly be said to amount to an abuse of the process of the court . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In neither case , does the activity of a postman emerge as something which could be good if it existed in isolation . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | In studying a period and a phase in which what could be proved at the time to be shadows were so determinedly pursued , is he after all studying not an aberration , not a deviation from the normal , but the common behaviour of mankind ? |
| 14 | ‘ He obviously enjoys being involved in something which could mark a new stage in his career . |
| 15 | She had agreed — no , worse than that , she had volunteered , to help him in something which could ultimately lose her the club . |
| 16 | Peck was annoyed at the interruption , but there was something in the bearing of the man who stood before him which could not be ignored . |
| 17 | ( In speaking of what a thing is like in this sense , one is not referring to its relation of resemblance to other things , only of that in it which could be the basis of such resemblance . ) |
| 18 | It is ‘ an extraordinary compound ’ , as he himself wrote of the Prime Minister , although the elements and the whole are as different from anything which could have emanated from Lloyd George as it is possible to imagine . |
| 19 | It was that sort of genial incompetent who plagued the management of Ceauşescu 's industry , but what else were ill-trained bureaucrats to do when orders rained down on them which could not be obeyed even with the best will in the world . |
| 20 | What caused its collapse was Craig 's conversion to something which could be presented to loyalists as power-sharing . |
| 21 | The social services department should also tell you about services provided by itself or other services known to it which could be of use to you . |
| 22 | More specifically , the accident resulting from the first incident had only taken place because of a concatenation of events leading to it which could not have been foreseen . |
| 23 | However , the House was in no mood to agree to anything which could involve massive expenditure on public offices . |
| 24 | These were of a markedly superior quality to anything which could be produced in Europe at the time ; indeed , by comparison , the British had not by then developed any significant dyeing technology . |
| 25 | Pupils ' general knowledge about sizes of units and the relationships among them which could assist them to get a " feel " for numbers and help them decide whether measurements were reasonable , was lacking . |
| 26 | ‘ But there are several present disagreements between us which could prove contentious at both the BA Conference in Torquay and in the future . ’ |