Example sentences of "[noun sg] which could [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She called it infatuation — an illusion which could destroy us both . |
| 2 | THE danger of trying to limp to safety on goalless draws was graphically illustrated by Coventry 's last-gasp defeat which could have them hanging on to the last day of the season before knowing their fate . |
| 3 | The case , heard in February 1929 , revealed that , since his association with Arsenal began in 1910 , Sir Henry had placed some £15,000 of his own money at the club 's disposal ( a bounty which could explain his campaign against rising transfer fees ) . |
| 4 | Although the outlook may seem bleak , a constructive approach towards consultation might result in hitherto unconsidered options coming to light which could enable your job to be saved at the eleventh hour . |
| 5 | Formal occupational pension provision was used ‘ in the managerial interest ’ to retire women early , a practice which could increase their risk of poverty in old age . |
| 6 | He is not subject to any action from without , action which could compel him to change His attitudes or behaviour . |
| 7 | If I owe a client a duty to increase the value of his investment portfolio then if I fail to take action which could enhance its value I am positively harming my client 's interests . |
| 8 | It is important that this form is completed accurately ; if you fail to do so and , in particular , if you conceal any medical condition which could affect your work , your continued employment could be placed at risk . |
| 9 | He seems to have possessed an ingenuous self-assurance which could get him into difficulties and arouse antagonism . |
| 10 | This duality between solidity and beauty thus expressed a sharp division between the material and the ideal , the bodily and the spiritual , highly typical of the bourgeois world ; yet spirit and ideal in it depended on matter , and could be expressed only through matter , or at least through the money which could buy it . |
| 11 | She suggested they would do better if they only sat five exams and spent the rest of their time on work which could give them a much broader education than just swotting for more GCSEs . |
| 12 | Only 130,000 of 700,000 eligible disabled people in Britain use their mobility allowance to run a vehicle which could give them a new life through personal transport . |
| 13 | Your fiancee 's lighthearted disregard for timekeeping is n't exactly an illness which could be dealt with by a GP 's prescription , but although your question was flippant she has , it seems to me , a slight personality twist which could bring her problems . |
| 14 | Indeed , we find it impossible to imagine a plausible moral philosophy which could justify our present penal practices or anything like them . |
| 15 | The column reportedly reveals that Mirror chief executive David Montgomery and other senior staff hold options to buy shares in the newspaper group which could make them hundreds of thousands of pounds ' worth of profits . |
| 16 | If communism was to be contained , then the economic weaknesses and poverty which could help it to develop in Western Europe had to be removed . |
| 17 | THE BBC yesterday clinched a deal to poach top comedian Vic Reeves from Channel 4 in a move which could seal his stardom . |
| 18 | ‘ We were scared — really scared — that the thaw might unleash a flood which could drown us . ’ |
| 19 | A LEADING independent accountant has warned funeral directors against misleading claims encouraging them to take advantage of a tax loophole which could see them reclaiming up to 7,200 per year in VAT . |
| 20 | It has polarised popular opinion such that sick people tend to use only conventional medicine or complementary medicine , thus failing to reap the benefits of knowledge which could help them . |
| 21 | Mr Sims , also from the Intelligence Service , has specialised knowledge which could help us when we get into more detailed matters . ’ |
| 22 | Marx believes that the individual is socially constructed but never provides or even attempts to provide the theory of knowledge which could support his claims . |
| 23 | ABOVE Ventilation is vital for dogs travelling in cars , but do make sure that they are not exposed to a powerful draught which could affect their eyes . |
| 24 | Organizations are arenas within which some things will tend to hang together and be adopted by power-players as a bundle , while other forms of combination may be far less likely to occur as a coherent package , perhaps because they are less coherent or because the alliance which could make them so lacks a position in the field of power to be able to constitute the necessity of its choices . |
| 25 | The thieves were kept under control because the organizers had evidence which could get them convicted . |
| 26 | Loanable funds were not in total short supply , but the same growing and diversifying economy which could provide them also created competition from private borrowers and investors . |
| 27 | And while Carmen Callil hoped for a ‘ writer/thinker of some revolutionary kind who could … elaborate some startling new ideas in a work of social and political theory which could get us all thinking and acting again , with hope ’ , what we would get instead was ‘ more self-justifying memoirs from useless politicians ’ . |
| 28 | Chances are that the build-up to the Full Moon on the 16th will prove emotionally and financially draining , and there will be one last hurtle late in the month which could throw you temporarily off balance . |
| 29 | A horny tube of a tongue flicked out : that tongue which could kiss its own gene material into a host . |
| 30 | Sunderland 1 Middlesbrough 0 EX-ENGLAND striker Peter Davenport produced one of the best goals of his career to dent the promotion hopes of his old club , Middlesbrough , and give Sunderland a victory which could ensure their Second Division safety . |