Example sentences of "a [noun] which [pers pn] could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How do we test our ideas ? ’ is a question which we could ask about an experiment with seeds , struggling to grow while deprived of adequate light . |
| 2 | She thought even of a proposal which she could have the pleasure of turning down . |
| 3 | I was isn a relationship which I could feel was going wrong — in the same way that all my previous relationships had gone wrong . |
| 4 | It was at the very next stage was n't it that you had this switch from a boundary which we could accept to one which we profoundly could not accept ? |
| 5 | After the object ( a toy car ) had been put at B , the boxes were locked ; with the result that most of the infants went straight to B , could not get in , and returned to A and tried to gain entry to a box which they could see ( whatever ‘ see ’ means here exactly ) was empty . |
| 6 | all it was was a box really , a box which you could get off a , a , a machine and dump it on the ground , erm the idea came from , from er I think dustcarts really , where , where you could sort of tip them up and , and they 'd empty , and that , that was this early thought on it er |
| 7 | But the shift in focus involved in the journey south did not necessarily reposition the directors who had once rediscovered northern grime into a world which they could explore with sympathy and understanding . |
| 8 | This does not affect the cogency of his criticism and prognostication — the cultural barbarism which he feared has perhaps descended , although not in a form which he could have envisaged . |
| 9 | Going through the Cedars ' brochure with them , however , they were pleased to find a statement which they could relate to , namely that the school sets out to help children , ‘ who are having problems in learning to read , find spelling and writing difficult , are unable to express themselves well , are unable to settle and concentrate … ’ |
| 10 | So do n't end up writing off a debt which you could have avoided by paying attention to the obvious right under your own nose — use the information that is available to you . |
| 11 | If things went well , we 'd get our investment back in five years , with a handsome profit as well , and we 'd still have effective control of a hotel which we could continue to operate as part of our group . |
| 12 | The company wanted to standardise on a system which it could operate throughout Europe and the Middle East , but which , in turn , could consolidate all the European information to provide reports to the US . |
| 13 | The gearbox selected neutral as Patrese went through a quick left-hander , a problem which he could have coped with had the mechanism not decided to offer him , without warning , second gear half-way through . |
| 14 | Although Kucan said that Slovenia was not " closing the door " on negotiations on Yugoslavia 's future , the resolution signalled that Slovenia had abandoned hope of those negotiations achieving a formula which it could accept . |
| 15 | The lack of any classification and very basic retrieval tools make finding the document rather tricky , but you may find a more organised recipient to re-mail a copy which you could cannibalise to form the basis of your next report on a similar topic . |
| 16 | A long time ago , Alice thought , as she heard the arrival of the first of Félix 's dinner guests , she and Harry had longed to be rich in order to buy themselves a house which they could share . |
| 17 | Whether it was the unsavoury reputation of the government of Lloyd George ; or whether it was the division in the party between the followers of Lloyd George and the followers of Asquith ; or whether it was the aftermath of universal suffrage and the desire of the working man for a party which he could call his own — it now looked certain that the party division of the country would no longer lie between Liberal and Conservative but in a wider gulf between Conservative and Labour , with the Liberal Party on the sideline . |
| 18 | An operation which he could describe as due to take place some weeks ahead was the second to correct the condition . |