Example sentences of "which could [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 6 Make a list of material which could generate ongoing coverage over a three- or six-month period and work out a plan for offering both general releases and specific feature material . |
| 2 | His Ordo was primarily concerned with the forces of Chaos from the warp which could possess vulnerable individuals of psychic talent , twisting them into tools of insanity . |
| 3 | Resistance groups on the Continent frequently produced schemes for a European structure which could prevent another war and some were ready to create a political federation . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , one editor fears today 's decision sets a dangerous precedent which could make successful prosecutions much more difficult in future . |
| 6 | Will the right Hon. Gentleman exempt Wales from the opting-out schemes which could make those plans meaningless ? |
| 7 | He possessed a dominating grace which could make any adversary subject to his will . |
| 8 | The weaker way is to say simply that although there is a radical and obvious difference between the two hypotheses , it is not one which could make any difference to you , and so that you can be exempted from paying any attention to it . |
| 9 | And it was a problem finding a ledger system which could meet this need as well as Excel , as Mr Nabakov explains : ‘ Typically , many of the accounting systems are unable to handle this , and only offer 12 or 13 reporting periods . |
| 10 | Straw is largely seen as a waste product but treatment with caustic soda , ammonia or urea can increase its nutrient content , thereby producing an economical animal feed which could supplement existing hay and silage feed systems . |
| 11 | ‘ The folly of this was illustrated by the controversial sale of the assets of the Mentmore estate in 1977 which exposed the need for a fund which could exercise similar powers to those of the secretary of state , with sufficient resources , and without excessive central government control ’ . |
| 12 | It is difficult to interpret this change in attitudes , which could reflect increased levels of patient expectation , a decrease in the quality of the service provided or a combination of the two . |
| 13 | Among them is Peter Beaumont , who is busy hatching a plot which could pay spectacular rewards . |
| 14 | Erm Ryedale District , as can be seen from the table supplied by Greater York , has taken the largest proportion of the Greater York housing element over the past ten years , as regards the proposed level of future housing growth suggested for the Greater York area , the District Council supports the figure in the structure plan , the Greater York study identified a number of sites around the Greater York area which could accommodate further development without compromising greenbelt objectives or adversely affecting the character of the settlements surrounding York , and within that part of Southern Ryedale within the Greater York area the identified sites were , by and large , incorporated into the Southern Ryedale local plan , which has recently been through the public enquiry , the District Council does not believe that a larger amount of land could be identified within Southern Ryedale , without compromising greenbelt objectives . |
| 15 | I thank you Chair , I mean , clearly I have to ask for a little bit of license on this one , in that I have to comment on things outside of my own district , erm but you will not be surprised to hear , given my evidence earlier that the City Council 's view is quite clearly that there is sufficient land with , on the edge of York , the main urban area , which could accommodate this type of level of development and obviate the need for a new settlement in the structure plan period , I accept , however , of course that that is dependant upon the definition of the inner boundary of the greenbelt , if the City Council 's view on that is er acceptable then Inspector , I believe there will be sufficient sites to obviate the the need for a new settlement , clearly if the Inspector takes a tighter view on the greenbelt , then there will be little land opportunity within the main urban area for this . |
| 16 | A place in the small Indian establishment offered the successful applicant a career which could bring great responsibilities at an early age and at what was nominally a junior rank , and perhaps more importantly , it was well rewarded . |
| 17 | She looked exquisite , breakable , so desirable that not a few lustier members of the congregation , whose minds should have been on holier things , found themselves in a sudden , quite ferocious state somewhere between arousal and bewitchment , which could bring any man to his knees . |
| 18 | A factor which could facilitate this process is the selection of chairmen and members in sympathy with the government 's aims for the NHS , or at least willing to accept that its views are paramount . |
| 19 | Clearly , this is a programme which could command considerable support , but its development has been impeded by several problems . |
| 20 | Both the ITV broadcaster and the BBC are renowned for their programme archives which could attract new viewers to satellite and cable if promoted properly . |
| 21 | The risks would be less if Congress were to act quickly on reform proposals provided by the administration , which could attract new capital into banking from outside , and break down the barriers that have hampered the growth of strong banks . |
| 22 | A MAJOR research programme , which could revolutionise vital welding work in the North Sea , has been launched in Aberdeen . |
| 23 | They were described as designed to disadvantage the fledgling opposition parties which could expect substantial support from West German sister parties . |
| 24 | Czechoslovakia — for many years the most reformist of the CMEA countries — was treated as a pariah by Western governments after the collapse of the Prague Spring and , under the watchful ‘ normalisation ’ of Gustav Husak 's leadership , has preferred economic stagnation to the sort of risks and reforms which could start Western trade flowing again . |
| 25 | We mean to work out ways of using new course structures , perhaps with part-time study , new ways of teaching and an innovative approach to university admission which could enable more people from Birmingham and the West Midlands to benefit from their local university . |
| 26 | UN representative Anstee hailed the agreement as a " considerable breakthrough " which could avert civil war . |
| 27 | 3 options are on the table , 2 of which could involve acute services being closed . |
| 28 | Long-term solutions , which could involve agreed workouts and profit participations , require input from all the company 's professional advisers . |
| 29 | However the requirement for confidentiality in an exercise oriented in part to accountability , mitigated against the possibility of a whole-school evaluation which could involve all staff . |
| 30 | IBM Corp was scheduled to make an ‘ operational announcement ’ on its Adstar storage business in San Jose just after we closed on Friday , but we have to assume that it was not anything sufficiently dramatic that it would move the share price , otherwise the company would have had to announce it on the New York Stock Exchange before the market opened to prevent a false market operating in the shares ; the announcement was to be made by vice-chairman Jack Kuehler , and was also to include some personnel news ; IBM has been studying ways to separate Adstar from the rest of the company , Dow Jones & Co notes , and earlier this year , it hired Morgan Stanley & Co and the Boston Consulting Group to recommend ways to speed up the process , which could involve outside investors or a new class of IBM share — and those advisors were scheduled to be done with the preliminary work by now ; a first step would likely be the creation of Adstar as a wholly-owned subsidiary — it has kept separate books since last year ; but the IBM spokesman said some observers might be surprised by the announcement , which was to be concerned with Adstar 's ‘ operations as an IBM business unit and its future direction . ’ |