Example sentences of "which could give [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At no time did England lack a government which could give direction to religious affairs , whether that of Henry VIII , Mary and Elizabeth , or the minority government of Edward VI , presided over by the exceedingly tough Somerset and Northumberland . |
| 2 | It is to be hoped that in the course of time the word ‘ fear ’ used in the context of the foregoing will be abandoned in favour of the word ‘ foreboding ’ , for the conscience , once properly developed should give warning rather than frighten , and therefore enable the individual to avoid that which could give rise to real fear . |
| 3 | The police on the other hand argued that their task was to uphold the law , to keep the peace , and to facilitate the entry of non-striking miners into workplaces ; mass picketing was obstructive and intimidating , both of which could give rise to arrest and charge for criminal offences . |
| 4 | While generally a very fair summation of the draft ( though , of course , some interpretations could give rise to discussion ) , the description of Article 11 is , I fear , a very serious misunderstanding of the draft Convention which could give rise to unfortunate and unnecessary misapprehensions . |
| 5 | Since the legal rules about the control of water pollution are expressed through the discretion of field officers it is important to understand their working definitions of pollution in terms of the kinds of events , activities , or social settings which could give rise to action on their part , whatever its ultimate conclusion . |
| 6 | He devised passages containing critical sentences which could give rise to several possible inferences . |
| 7 | It should be noted that we do not require immediate notification of any claim but in fact of any event which could give rise to a claim under the policy . |
| 8 | An invisible barrier put up between different departments in a financial organisation , preventing them from discussing matters which could give rise to a conflict of interest . |
| 9 | If , by accident , you try to make it do something which could give rise to an error , you accept the fact that command mode . |
| 10 | Mrs Thatcher should do either as the Mail demands and replace Mr Lawson with a Chancellor of whose policies she can wholeheartedly approve or , as Mr Heseltine urges , lift her veto against the only course which could give credibility to an exchange rate policy . |
| 11 | Essentially , Gloucester was intended to provide a royal presence in Wales which could give weight and a focus to the activities of the king 's servants and supporters there . |
| 12 | Essentially , Gloucester was intended to provide a royal presence in Wales which could give weight and a focus to the activities of the king 's servants and supporters there . |
| 13 | One thing which could give pagers a new lease of life is miniaturisation . |
| 14 | One of the most important factors is the interest rate itself , which could give cause for confusion , were it not for something called ‘ APR ’ — annual percentage rate — which is the figure you should concentrate on . |
| 15 | One of the most important factors is the interest rate itself , which could give cause for confusion , were it not for something called ‘ APR ’ — annual percentage rate — which is the figure you should concentrate on . |
| 16 | In 1924 he published work on the parachor , a function of surface tension which could give information about the structure of molecules . |
| 17 | The novel then began to stake its claim as a genre which could give insight into the human psyche that no news broadcast or film ever could . |