Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] [Wh det] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said members had questioned the cost of the scheme but alternatives involved problems which could increase costs . |
| 2 | For example , there are some very attractive red lacquered frames which could be very useful , you could choose a dark mahogany frame with a reddish tinge , or even a gold or wood frame if it sets off a dark red mount or background . |
| 3 | An interesting example of task-centred work in an old people 's home showed ways which could be helpful to residential workers , or health care teams in hospital , to work on adjustment to residential life , or the hospital care the client might experience ( Dierking et al . , |
| 4 | Talks with Courtaulds Coatings in Australia raised difficulties which could not be resolved — customers ' demands at opposite ends of the earth were just too difficult . |
| 5 | Chinese officials expressed anger at his reform package and , according to the Far Eastern Economic Review of Nov. 5 , threatened retaliation which could make Hong Kong virtually ungovernable in the five remaining years of British rule . |
| 6 | Thirdly , a court might decline to allow judicial review if it thought that the alternative dispute-settling body possessed relevant expertise which the court lacked ; or , fourthly , if the case raised issues which could be considered by the alternative body but not by the court on judicial review ; or , fifthly , if the alternative body 's procedure was better suited to resolving the case than judicial review procedure . |
| 7 | She boasted that she had obtained an American wonderdrug called Cancell which could successfully treat these incurable diseases . |
| 8 | In 1647 he implemented a suggestion for a universal ‘ character ’ made by Francis Bacon [ q.v. ] ( 1605 ) , and later by John Wilkins [ q.v. ] in Mercury ( 1641 ) , by inventing A Common Writi ng , i.e. a system of symbols which , like Arabic numerals , represented words which could be realized in any language . |
| 9 | Conversely there were occasions when world oil production reached levels which could not be explained by known consumption forecasts , as IEA member governments established or topped up strategic stocks against the uncertainties of life , like the US government 's vast Strategic Petroleum Reserve ( SPR ) . |
| 10 | By contrast , only about one-third of those recently buying on credit gave reasons which could be regarded as positively favourable . |
| 11 | Members discussed plans which could be used for families without permanent homes , including the use of housing associations , local authority hostels , use of empty houses awaiting modernisation and private sector leasing . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , Theodora knew she had skills which could be valuable there . |
| 13 | Or maybe he knew that the Mob had files of their own , that Meyer Lansky , the one-time bootlegger and now the gambling mogul , had pictures which could ruin him : Edgar and Clyde , for once unambiguously tangled . |
| 14 | The thieves were kept under control because the organizers had evidence which could get them convicted . |
| 15 | yo you know if we had problems we 'd each talk to them and we had of course , we had , we formed a resident association and we took our problems to the resident 's association and and we wo , you know , if we had problems which could be ironed out the man , general manager of the development corporation , Mr would come and listen to our complaints and we seemed , you know , we we got along very very well really for such a small place with nothing because the only shopping facilities were in the old town or we had to go to Epping or Bishop 's Stortford you see ? |
| 16 | The side windows had curtains which could be drawn in sunny weather and above them the opening lights had radiused outer corners and yellow ‘ Cathedral ’ glass ( i.e. crinkled glass ) . |