Example sentences of "which could [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final point was that the only business of Littlewoods which could reasonably require protection was their mail order business and not their retail chain store business . |
| 2 | Its members , led by a former Scottish Office minister , Sir Russell Fairgrieve , will seek a meeting with Mr Lang to urge him to exercise his influence in the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers for Scottish MEPs to be elected by PR , which could dramatically affect Labour 's dominant position in seven out of the eight European seats . |
| 3 | If owing to pressure of other work in the office the ideal team is not available , senior management will need to pay greater attention to the job since either the line of delegation will be sparse at the top end , or well qualified and experienced surveyors will be forced to do mundane duties which could both lower morale and prove financially inefficient . |
| 4 | Not only were they more cheaply remunerated — at the church 's expense , mainly — and far more experienced in the business and technicalities of administration and negotiation , but their clerical status gave them a weight which most laymen could only acquire by aristocratic connections or by ennoblement ; lay chancellors , to be of any consequence , needed political and dynastic links , which could also spell danger for the king . |
| 5 | However , it should not be too difficult to imagine several different titles for passage ( 3 ) , each of which could equally facilitate comprehension . |
| 6 | This would give double the required output voltage which could easily cause damage to the power supply components and beyond . |
| 7 | But he also emphasised the need for greater spending on transport and communications , science and research and development — programmes which could yet take priority over health spending under a Labour government . |
| 8 | A strong force of 26 heavy line-of-battle ships was based on Plymouth to protect the western approaches and patrol up-Channel towards the Nore , while Vernon himself took command of a smaller fleet , of rather weaker vessels , in the Downs , which could either sail west down the Channel or north-east to intercept an enemy making for the Thames estuary . |
| 9 | With Manchester United due at White Hart Lane on Saturday , Tottenham 's problems are made worse by a lengthening injury list which could soon reach crisis proportions . |
| 10 | Such assessments have to contend with other factors which could potentially produce misclassifications , such as inconsistency of teacher judgement . |
| 11 | While on sick leave , you must not work for another employer and should not engage in activities which your illness would normally prevent and which could therefore raise doubts about the nature of your illness . |
| 12 | In such circumstances , the new engineering which could apparently transform wetland wastes into sources of valuable crops to be sold to a growing population , must have seemed like something for nothing , and therefore irresistible . |
| 13 | Perhaps that pervasive sense of a struggle for existence , a natural selection in which , after all , victory or even survival proved both fitness and the essentially moral qualities which could alone achieve fitness , reflects an adaptation of the old bourgeois ethic to the new situation . |
| 14 | The importance of Leigh is that the court was prepared to treat the " open justice " principle as a rule of law which could be asserted by a journalist against a discretionary policy , rather than as a desirable state of affairs which could nonetheless give way to judicial convenience . |
| 15 | Between the wars the idea of modern architecture was a heroic adventure which could actually improve man 's condition . |
| 16 | East Beirut officials and press called that a flagrant interference in the Lebanon 's affairs , which could only strengthen Gen Aoun . |
| 17 | East Beirut officials and press called that a flagrant interference in the Lebanon 's affairs , which could only strengthen Gen Aoun . |
| 18 | With more confidence , more people would be looking to invest in capital goods like office furniture , which could only help Project and its 450 Haverhill workforce , he said . |
| 19 | As Lothar was still only in the lower clerical orders , those of the deacon , he had to be ordained priest , which could only take place on the ember days , so accordingly the ceremonies were delayed until Saturday and Sunday 21/22 February , six weeks after the election . |
| 20 | Nonetheless , whatever success was achieved within these programmes it was not enough to change the general picture of an agricultural system which could only expand production by having access to more land . |