Example sentences of "which could [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On rare occasions complaints may be made to the school which could lead to court action . |
| 2 | Over a series of evenings at the end of March and the beginning of April , 13 chief examiners gave Associateship candidates invaluable advice on the techniques which could lead to success in the approaching examinations . |
| 3 | John MacGregor , the Secretary of State for Transport , said that the code would stress the importance of testing essential systems and of advising coastal states if a vessel is experiencing difficulties which could lead to pollution . |
| 4 | In December the Ethics Committee announced that the investigation had become a formal one which could lead to action against the senators if they were found guilty of infringing Senate rules . |
| 5 | A SCOTTISH scientist is at the forefront of research which could lead to cannabis being used to treat certain brain-related disorders , including Alzheimer 's disease . |
| 6 | Implicit in this reply , of course , is the assumption that there is a sequence of functional intermediates between very simple structures , which could arise by chance , and the highly complex structures of today . |
| 7 | The Schools Council history team rightly foresaw many difficulties and problems which could arise from empathy work . |
| 8 | With the spectre of a ruinous trade war looming which could spread like wildfire round the world . |
| 9 | After all , the principle of making an oven which could cook by microwave energy simultaneously with hot air was established back in 1968 when British inventors Kenneth Hilton and R J W Constable filed the patent on the complete specification for the Articair oven which later developed into the Mealstream . |
| 10 | This ranged from yellow gold with comparatively low values for silver , through pale yellow electrum with a higher silver content , to white gold which could pass for silver . |
| 11 | Of course there are some woods in the ebony family which could pass for rosewood , and vice versa , and as this is a prototype instrument , anything 's possible . |
| 12 | d ) the perceived surrender by the Law Society to lenders of responsibility for supervising a sector of the profession , which could result from capping ; |
| 13 | The serum concentration is falling rapidly at 15 minutes , and small changes in the timing of the sample will greatly affect the observed result , which could result in day to day inconsistencies and unwarranted changes in dosage . |
| 14 | The one-teacher school at Heiton , near Kelso , is the subject of consultations which could result in closure . |
| 15 | Without it he is in danger of suffering a rupture which could result in death . |
| 16 | Such a collapse is accompanied by sudden mass-loss , giving the system a velocity impulse which could result in ejection from the cluster core . |
| 17 | I feel that in some senses it becomes almost about a certain strain of purity — that we would rather have a demonstration of 50 people on maybe a fuller , total political programme , than we would a demonstration of 50,000 people on maybe more limited aims but nevertheless political aims that we do feel carry us forward , but which could draw into activity a broader range of people . |
| 18 | He said the country is on the brink of a tourism explosion which could end in disaster for the local community if it is n't managed properly . |
| 19 | The combined effect is to benefit the smaller and the more handicapped farms and MacEwen and Sinclair predict an overall HLCA saving of£3.2 million which could go to upland farms in a range of measures , including the payment of HLCAs on the first 10 dairy cows per farm . |
| 20 | It was the glory of the realm which could go into music : that and the triumphant regality of an old , vain woman . |
| 21 | Royal Ordnance would not discuss likely buyers for the new rocket which could go into production next year . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The abandoned mines would fill with water contaminated with iron , acids and chlorides which could seep through ground waters affecting rivers . |
| 24 | Phase changes provide a possible mechanism which could account for subsidence as well as uplift , depending on whether the crystalline transformations involved give rise to more , or less , compact mineral structures . |
| 25 | Stirling envisaged a much larger force of raiders with a permanent base deep in the desert , supplied by air , which could descend at will on the coastal lifeline of the Axis forces . |
| 26 | An unpruned bush may suffer from wind rock over winter , opening up a funnel around the base of the stem which could fill with water and freeze . |