Example sentences of "which could [adv] [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This goodwill , Hopkins added , ‘ went beyond — in my judgement much beyond — any forecast which could reasonably have been made before hostilities began ’ . |
| 2 | Its training grant scheme represents a commitment of £3 million that has helped secure inward investment and 3,300 jobs which could otherwise have been lost to other areas . |
| 3 | Fortunately those of my friends who knew me before were only amused by this foolish description and there was no general resentment of my peerage , which could properly have been attributed to many services that I had given to the government — of both colours . |
| 4 | In summing up we may say : something has been made visible which could not have been perceived without the effort to make it visible . |
| 5 | In the yard at the back , a slow burning bon fire added to the pong which could not have been good for those living nearby . |
| 6 | The range and depth of learning and the sense of satisfaction and achievement gained by the students were of a level which could not have been reached in the classroom . |
| 7 | About 1768 , while the boys were young , an incident occurred , the lasting consequences of which could not have been foreseen . |
| 8 | But in spite of the multiplication of new basic research tools in the humanities , it is surprisingly difficult to point , in specific areas , to solid , uncontroverted gains to scholarship which could not have been achieved without the new technology . |
| 9 | new evidence has become available which could not have been reasonably known of or foreseen ; or |
| 10 | In the second appeal , the tape clearly did demonstrate something about the gruffness and depth of the accused 's voice which could not have been gleaned from the transcript . |
| 11 | ‘ The court shall not in any civil proceedings grant any injunction or make any order against an officer of the Crown if the effect of granting the injunction or making the order would be to give any relief against the Crown which could not have been obtained in proceedings against the Crown . ’ |
| 12 | By re-amended notice of appeal dated 30 August 1991 the defendants sought an order to set aside or vary the judge 's order or to order a retrial and sought leave to adduce fresh evidence on the grounds , inter alia , ( 1 ) that the judge had erred in law in failing to take into account ( a ) the lack of a penal notice on the order which it was claimed that the appellants had breached ; and ( b ) the plaintiff 's delay of 18 months in applying for the committal order ; ( 2 ) that the judge 's decision was arrived at without regard to fresh evidence which the defendants had obtained since the hearing , part of which related to matters subsequent to the hearing and the remainder of which could not have been obtained with reasonable diligence ; which , if given , would probably have had an important influence on the result , which was credible and which should , therefore , be admitted ; ( 3 ) that , alternatively , the court should exercise its discretion to admit the fresh evidence as the liberty of the defendants was at risk ; and ( 4 ) that the sentence imposed was excessive . |
| 13 | The wrongful act of the son in intercepting those letters , which could not have been anticipated by the creditor , was held not to affect the creditor so as to prevent it from enforcing the charge . |
| 14 | Now it was time for Tomba , 25 the following week , to resurrect his career and reputation with a World Cup slalom victory which could not have been more thrilling . |
| 15 | God 's laws of nature were like those of the Medes and the Persians , which changed not ; but they were not necessary laws which could not have been otherwise . |
| 16 | Most of this is flint , which could not have been derived from the Hastings Beds exposed in the cliffs to the west . |
| 17 | Later she was to think how little she was prepared for the simple events which were to change her life completely — indeed she would have said that so much had happened to her already that any further incidents must be minor , a judgement which could not have been more faulty . |
| 18 | More specifically , the accident resulting from the first incident had only taken place because of a concatenation of events leading to it which could not have been foreseen . |
| 19 | The memory task may have been made inappropriately difficult by preventing subjects from using strategies such as mentally retracing the route and scoring as correct memories only aspects of the situation which could not have been provided from previous knowledge . |
| 20 | to consult the landed and trading interest of the nation , by lessening its incumbrances and public debts , and putting them in a method of being paid off in a few years ; which could not have been done , unless a way had been found to make the Annuities for long terms redeemable ; which had been happily effected by the South-Sea Scheme , without a breach of parliamentary faith . |
| 21 | This impression of " specialness " , of contingency , of the event 's occurrence being something which could not have been taken for granted , disappears in the sentence with -ing . |
| 22 | In a default action where the plaintiff 's claim is amended by adding or substituting a claim which could not have been made in a default action , the action continues as if it had been commenced as a fixed date action ( Ord 15 , r 2(2) ) . |
| 23 | And he admits to being impressed by new housing partnerships between the public and private sectors on projects which could not have been built without the co-operation of both parties . |
| 24 | What is meant by calling these ‘ complex ’ is that they serve a clear and distinct function which could already have been envisaged by the testator in making his will . |
| 25 | He had some minor heart ailment , and then a kidney problem which could probably have been treated . |
| 26 | When the officer said , ‘ You will be charged with sedition , over and above the mobbing , but in certain circumstances that might not be pressed , ’ Cameron distressed himself by making a small , indefinite sound which could well have been taken for agreement . |
| 27 | He played that aspect of himself which could well have been in a war — after all he had trained long enough for it — and the result was the sort of performance he was to deliver several times in his film career and none the worse for that : professional , convincing . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , he did feel that Coastal had a strong claim to the latest 3cm version which could well have been made available to assist with the war at sea if large resources had not been diverted to equip the Main Farce of Bomber Command . |
| 29 | Excited to find she could just make out traces of narrow fields with dividing banks and walls , she ventured further towards a rounded mound which could well have been an Iron Age barrow , and just beyond it she found the standing stone , where she shivered pleasurably , her imagination running riot about the monolith 's precise function in the days when the settlement had been a live , thriving community . |
| 30 | One of my bigger irritations is when I have an enormously tight schedule taking me all over the country and I get calls — sometimes on my mobile phone when I 'm stuck in the middle of a field somewhere — insisting that it 's vitally important I attend a meeting that has just been scheduled for three o'clock that afternoon in London , which could easily have been planned at least two weeks earlier . |