Example sentences of "[Wh det] could have [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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1 | By stripping the Volta scheme of all the ancillary facilities which could have stimulated a Ghanaian industrial revolution , Kaiser and Reynolds succeeded in creating the conditions for one of the most prosperous aluminium smelters in the world … at what was then the lowest power rate in the world . |
2 | ‘ Put it down , Carol , it 's not yours , ’ said Melanie in a voice which could have cheered a hockey team on the playing fields of Roedean . |
3 | Only if the government of the day was prepared to fund an idea which could have secured a new source of energy , and helped revitalise a region , would the barrage dream have become a reality . |
4 | Hope looked keenly at the man , held his gaze a moment — a glance which could have ruled a line straight from eye to eye — and then snapped to attention . |
5 | ONE OF Czechoslovakia 's most prominent dissidents , Stanislav Devaty , has gone underground rather than face an appeal hearing which could have confirmed a 20-month jail sentence . |
6 | He thinks his team were robbed of a penalty which could have meant a replay . |
7 | Here , Green saw an opportunity to negotiate an arrangement which could have resolved a number of problems . |
8 | The massive sub-structure implies an upper floor or a sequence of floors which could have comprised a substantial house . |
9 | The lack of fully operational IPPs , which could have provided a safeguard against inconsistency , adds to workers ' anxiety that Elizabeth and Helen are being let down . |
10 | APIVOTAL £21million stake in besieged merchant bank Morgan Grenfell was yesterday put up for auction by Hanson as talks which could have heralded a Morgan-BZW merger broke down . |
11 | What could have proved a disastrous appointment did , and Athletico were only saved from oblivion by the inspired choice of Reg Pybus as coach . |