Example sentences of "[noun] which could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I always wondered if they were his demons or familiars which could scuttle along the walls to listen for treason and search out conspiracy . |
| 2 | While she felt sure she would enjoy his mother 's company , she was reluctant to encourage an association which could involve further contact with him . |
| 3 | The M forty not running too badly at the moment , although between junction two and junction seven there are a fair few roadworks which could hold you up throughout your journey . |
| 4 | Now they look to have a side which could go all the way for the first time . |
| 5 | The wind took ther flames all down one side which could lead to a collapse . |
| 6 | The wind took ther flames all down one side which could lead to a collapse . |
| 7 | It was a hazardous undertaking : everyone thought of the nitrogen mustards as dangerous compounds which could destroy vital cells in many organs . |
| 8 | Yeremi recognized plasma cannons , macro-cannons , defence lasers — artillery which could melt fully armoured Marines , which could blow them away in scraps like chaff . |
| 9 | One of the possible catching methods which could bear most fruit was , he added , long-lining , once universal along the Scottish coasts and mostly abandoned . |
| 10 | And then it 's got to be regional , national or international investment which could go elsewhere in the U K or in Europe . |
| 11 | In particular his concern with social benefit and social cost ( the costs of ill-health fall on the community , not just the individual ) , the view that welfare spending should be regarded as a social investment which could increase national productivity and efficiency and his technocratic approach to solving social problems are all typically Fabian . |
| 12 | In a recent analysis of the garotting panic of 1862 , Jennifer Davis has argued that there was in fact no startling upsurge in crimes of violence which could justify the extent of the alarm . |
| 13 | As always in such an undertaking , the art of organization lay in the avoidance of offending those who were not asked at a particular moment and in the ability to remember enmities and jealousies which could cause friction and poison the atmosphere if the wrong people found themselves together . |
| 14 | She called it infatuation — an illusion which could destroy us both . |
| 15 | They were organizations which could operate on the one hand on the electorate and on the other on the MPs , thus directly influencing policy . |
| 16 | The course will nestle among hills and will boast some of the finest scenery in the country coupled with some ideal golf terrain long flat stretches to hilly parts and natural lakes which could come into play on some holes . |
| 17 | Jim Keeble recalls one amusing incident in ASF which could have been a terrible accident . |
| 18 | THE danger of trying to limp to safety on goalless draws was graphically illustrated by Coventry 's last-gasp defeat which could have them hanging on to the last day of the season before knowing their fate . |
| 19 | The case , heard in February 1929 , revealed that , since his association with Arsenal began in 1910 , Sir Henry had placed some £15,000 of his own money at the club 's disposal ( a bounty which could explain his campaign against rising transfer fees ) . |
| 20 | Among his sacred possessions were an enormous club which could raise the slain to life again ; a magic harp whose music made its listeners forget sorrow ; an inexhaustible cauldron from which no-one is turned away hungry ; and two marvellous sheep — one eternally roasting , the other forever feeding in readiness for slaughter . |
| 21 | ‘ or was likely to be caused to persons in or on that vehicle ( or trailer ) or on a road ’ 'Likely to be caused' means potentially dangerous such as sharp edges jutting out from the body of a motor vehicle ; a loose driver 's seat which could cause loss of control of the car ; projecting wheel wing nuts or mudguards that could strike a pedestrian ; and a loose rear bumper that might fall off and cause an accident etc . |
| 22 | The diagnosis was as simple as it was humiliating : that self-infecting fever of the blood which could lie deceptively dormant , then flare now , into torment . |
| 23 | The frustrations which Bridgeman and Maxse expressed towards the party hierarchy were the product of their belief that the leadership was not responding adequately to the party 's ‘ crisis ’ , and in particular not accepting the kind of programme which could bring the party back to power . |
| 24 | Clearly , this is a programme which could command considerable support , but its development has been impeded by several problems . |
| 25 | What has been set out in these pages is a programme which could change Britain for good . |
| 26 | It was quite clear that Henderson , the leader of the dissident minority in the Cabinet , had no chance whatever of producing a programme which could secure the support of a Commons majority . |
| 27 | This was neither the basic approach of Raistrick to fungal metabolism , nor quite the same concept as that of antibiosis , but it led to a similar outcome , the possible discovery of a microbial agent which could destroy the microbes that caused disease . |
| 28 | Drugs and hypnosis were all very well as tools for coping with the hormonal storms caused by the superhuman organs his body housed ; but what he must attain swiftly was a superhuman mind which could command the body to fight on irrespective of injury . |
| 29 | At the same time as writing down the reasons , other things came to mind which could illustrate and support those reasons , so they are jotted down too . |
| 30 | 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 . |