Example sentences of "which could [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was indulging in a relatively straightforward exercise in civil engineering which could have been undertaken at any time during the last 100 years or more . |
| 2 | The only corroborative evidence , he suggested , was the bruising to her arm and legs , which could have been caused by the exertion of force . |
| 3 | The impulse which made Lewis transcribe the dialogue at such length was something which could have been directed into comic fiction . |
| 4 | On 15 December 1982 the health dispute collapsed and the unions eventually consented to a two-year agreement which could have been accepted months earlier . |
| 5 | Bob quelled her with a look , but I noticed slightly later and indeed all evening that she stuck very closely to his side , which could have been interpreted as her own insecurity if I had n't remembered Mackie saying that meek little Ingrid never gave Bob much chance to stray with the likes of Angela Brickell and God help him if he did . |
| 6 | If you are not , you may be heading for potential losses which could have been avoided and you are almost certainly not trading as effectively or profitably as you should ! |
| 7 | Part of the problem lies in the fact that much of this produce is exported and therefore land which could have been utilised to feed a domestic market is supplying an overseas population . |
| 8 | Then Roland found a sentence which could have been something or nothing . |
| 9 | Looking around Old Town Square , it is a remarkable survival for a capital which was rich in the 19C and which could have been rebuilt then . |
| 10 | As a result of this , a plague struck the Israelites which could have been venereal in origin . |
| 11 | I doubt if any survey has ever been carried out without the researcher having some regrets at the analysis stage about some questions which could have been phrased better , but the good researcher makes sure in advance that these regrets are as few as possible . |
| 12 | These are words which could have been written of the Punjab in its heyday . |
| 13 | Even jackets , which could have been done with the weaving technique , give more of a fabric which can then be lined . |
| 14 | Stukeley also began enthusiastically landscaping the garden of his house in Barn Hill and devised a formal garden on a concentric circular layout which could have been based on his Stonehenge plan ( see drawing ) . |
| 15 | Georgi Markov , the Bulgarian dissident writer , recalled the first speech given by a new factory director which could have been given by any Romanian middle-ranking cynical conformist when put in charge of an operation by an arbitrary decision from the top . |
| 16 | ‘ without reasonable consideration for other persons using the road ’ Means that reasonable consideration was not shown , e.g. where a pedestrian is splashed by a car going through an obviously large puddle which could have been avoided , where headlights are left on full beam , so as to become a potential or an actual hazard , or when a driver changes lanes without reasonable consideration for other road users . |
| 17 | Labour leader John Smith said there was concern that equipment was supplied which could have been used against British personnel and that the truth about a secret change in policy appeared to have been concealed from the public . |
| 18 | Once on the Council , I set out to persuade them to apply for a compulsory purchase order on the site , which could have been done before , of course , if anyone had been single-minded enough about it . |
| 19 | Once it was clear that no demonstrations would take place , the students became nervous about the ‘ xuechao ’ and began to withdraw from any action which could have been construed as political activism . |
| 20 | Two were from World War Two , but one — surrendered to a Salford police station — was a modern East European device which could have been lethal . |
| 21 | Behind him was a broom which could have been used to batter him . |
| 22 | She gave Kate a quick appraising glance and a nod which could have been acknowledgement or approval and said : |
| 23 | Jim Keeble recalls one amusing incident in ASF which could have been a terrible accident . |
| 24 | On both counts , of sex and subjects taught , the GIST teachers were the least promising group which could have been chosen to promote sex equality . |
| 25 | Some well-made metal fish-hooks were found at Gournia ( Figure 36B ) , together with a lead sinker for a fishing line and some stones which could have been used for weighing nets . |
| 26 | The Minoans were capable of producing a large surplus of olive oil which could have been exported ; some of the oil filling the store-rooms of the Knossos Labyrinth at the time of the 1380 BC fire may have been awaiting export . |
| 27 | This nightmare of processing phantoms reminds us of the procession of daemons from Phaistos , which could have been seen in the sort of opium trance de Quincey described . |
| 28 | There was even a well equipped playground which could have been dropped into any English park almost unnoticed but which looked rather incongruous in the centre of a Mexican prison complex . |
| 29 | In the south-west bath-wing there was a central room with a small cistern and niches for presumed ‘ ritual usages ’ ; from this room came a pottery model fir-cone , which could have been a votive offering . |
| 30 | Such an outcome would have caused a great deal of trouble for the council which could have been largely avoided if the resolution had been directly challenged soon after it was made under Ord. 53 . |