Example sentences of "which could be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Charles I went north at the beginning of the rebellion that was to cost him his head , his Lord General sent to Robert Barker , the King 's Printer , to bring a press to Newcastle-upon-Tyne , from which could be disseminated royalist proclamations and pamphlets . |
| 2 | You then begin to build up a story line , a structure and something which could be called interesting and could be the start of interesting idea . |
| 3 | The European Commission is planning to cut the legal limit for blood alcohol in drink-driving offences to 50mg/100ml in proposals which could be implemented EC-wide if approved by a majority of EC states . |
| 4 | In Sweden these potential documents ‘ which could be made available by the possibilities to combine and search through information using computer techniques were official documents ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 5 | tried to inaugurate a new concept of citizenship which would link men of different social classes , The concept was based upon the notion that there was a good common to members of all classes , a goal the existence of which could be established from German Idealist metaphysics and which could be made visible in actual measures of educational reform and social welfare . |
| 6 | It is to these triumphs , some of which could be made intelligible to laymen while others remained obscure , that we shall now turn , looking first at the discoveries rather than at their reception outside the scientific community . |
| 7 | A national system of appraisal might also encourage the teacher unions to unite in a demand for the establishment of a Teachers ' Council which could be made responsible for regulating entry to teaching and for establishing a code of conduct ( particularly important when teachers are able , in appraisal schemes , to judge their colleagues ) . |
| 8 | The final task he set himself for his Presidency , which was due to end next year , was to weed out of the Regatta calendar all the rowing courses which could be made unfair by the wind . |
| 9 | This was discussed with Mr Brown and as a result he was given a variable height bed which could be kept low to enable him to get in and out easily . |
| 10 | These included soya products , dried haricot beans , baked beans , dried eggs which were very popular and tinned pressed meats of vague origins branded Spam , Prem and Tang somebody 's grinning there , do you remember those which could be eaten cold or cooked in various ways . |
| 11 | The Turbo 30 gave the best results on a well-kept , even lawn with medium to fine grass , which could be cut short . |
| 12 | It was very important to know as near as possible the number of kibbles which could be mined weekly " upon which the projects of gaine or loss are to be framed . " |
| 13 | However , if the breach concerned some trifling defect , perhaps a mere technicality , which could be put right very quickly and easily , the term would be classed as a warranty . |
| 14 | The question of the sort of relations between journalists and politicians which could be considered proper was to remain of great importance in determining the changing role of the press . |
| 15 | The most famous of all Josiah Wedgwood 's inventions , however , was his Jasper ware , an unglazed vitreous fine stoneware which could be stained blue , green , lilac , yellow , maroon or black to provide a suitable background for white classical reliefs or portraits in the same material . |
| 16 | When Samuelson and Solow wrote of trading off inflation against unemployment , what they were implicitly postulating was a policy makers ' social welfare function , , from which could be derived social indifference curves . |