Example sentences of "[prep] which could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Intelligence reports had indicated that such a reactor , the plans and equipment for which could have been supplied by China in 1990 [ see p. 38548 ] , had been built in the northern mountains . |
| 2 | The Soviet Union had agreed to reduce from 308 to 154 its arsenal of SS-18s , the heaviest ICBM in the world , each of which could carry 10 warheads . |
| 3 | She accepted it as a convenience , like an improved system of telephones ; she did not dedicate herself to it as the expression of a moral idea of comradeship and equality , the avowal of which could leave nothing the same . |
| 4 | The inter-war era saw the birth of some great cars , none of which could match the elegance and speed of the Type 35 Bugatti which first appeared in 1924 , and was to be credited with more than 2000 wins during its life-time . |
| 5 | The decision is made harder by the knowledge that almost all terminally ill patients are receiving medication and may be suffering pain and distress , all of which could affect their mental competence , quite apart from some doctors ' reluctance to ‘ give up . ’ |
| 6 | BGS staff on secondment prepared detailed geological maps of a reclamation area in the New Territories of Hong Kong and delineated the portion underlain by cavernous marble , the presence of which could affect development of the area . |
| 7 | PC Tools 8 is crammed with quality features , some of which could make MS-DOS go green with envy |
| 8 | After his long , slow climb Stoneley had found himself to be a novice at office in-fighting , some examples of which could make the brutal intentions of a common criminal seem almost harmless . |
| 9 | Unfortunately some of this work was done without a proper appreciation of the fact that the presence of tree growth , and the shade it gave , prevented or at least discouraged the growth of water weeds , the existence of which could form an even greater obstruction than much of the tree growth . |
| 10 | In addition , the cost of equipment and armour , the quality of which could vary considerably , added greatly to the expense of going to war . |
| 11 | For the West , however , there were promises of greater respect for human rights in the Soviet bloc and of increased East-West contacts , all of which could lead to an easing in Russian domination of Eastern Europe . |
| 12 | 3 options are on the table , 2 of which could involve acute services being closed . |
| 13 | Immobile in his throne on Earth , that godly paragon who was so old that his personal name had long been forgotten both beamed out a beacon and sensed the flow of Chaos , through which his starships must swim and out of which could congeal … abominations . |
| 14 | My right hon. Friend the Minister for Overseas Development is trying to arrange a donors conference to bring further help , but , as my hon. Friend would agree , the best relief of human rights would be if the Iraqis accepted resolutions 706 and 712 and began to sell oil , the proceeds of which could go to the relief of poverty as well as the compensation of those whom they have victimised . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | All of which could give the right shares a healthy glow . |
| 17 | Any one of which could get you either hospitalized or excommunicated . |
| 18 | Those three operations then are the measure of modern medical practice : cancers which might have developed from an enlarged prostate , some rogue polyps and a spinal tumour , any one of which could have proved fatal , were all pre-empted by discovery and cure ; and I can not be other than deeply grateful for this additional lease of life . |
| 19 | At the same time she could n't help but wonder about the fact that in the space of twelve months he had been involved in three relationships , Anna Wallace , Amanda Knatchbull and herself , any one of which could have ended in marriage . |
| 20 | For a massive planet consisting largely of hydrogen and helium there are two main sources of heat for the interior , each of which could account for the excess radiation . |
| 21 | Any one of which could win you £50,000 in cash . |
| 22 | Any one of which could win you £50,000 in cash . |
| 23 | We are convinced that the philosophy which was originally intended to predominate in the post-war UK child care legislation — namely that the work of public agencies was to provide supportive services to families , part of which could include admission to care as a means ultimately of preserving family relationships in the long run — has been lost from current practice . |
| 24 | Their unpicking of our trade union law reforms , which would deliberately make strikes easier , longer and more frequent , their support for every last dot and comma of the European Commission 's social action programme , just one directive of which could add £5 billion to the costs of British employers — |
| 25 | However , we helped secure an enhanced sea bed survey , the results of which could help put an end to this dumping in future . |
| 26 | An Act passed by the US Congress now provides Federal resources to clean up these hazardous sites — the number of which could increase 10-fold in the next few years . |
| 27 | All of which could put the thought of buying an ordinary used BMW in a very different light . |
| 28 | A recurrent criticism of historical approaches in physical geography up to the 1950s was that they had insufficient knowledge of environmental processes to fall back upon which could enhance the understanding of landscape . |
| 29 | But in the hands of people who could not add two and two together , or calculate that the weekly instalments on the dining room suite , the washing machine , the television set , the refrigerator came to most of the whole weekly income , with little over for rent , food , clothes , and every other necessity , it was practically the root of all evil from which could grow debts , family quarrels , rent arrears , eviction and even worse disaster . |
| 30 | Googol fiddled ostentatiously with the bandana round his brow as if toying with the idea of removing what masked his third eye , the warp-eye , a hostile glare from which could kill , as was widely known though seldom tested . |