Example sentences of "which could [vb infin] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first was to draw up a structure of government which could serve to protect the people from government , from the danger of a tyranny of the majority in the legislature ; but the second aim was to protect the people from themselves . |
| 2 | Once the film has stopped I want you to think of things which could occur to make the situation dangerous to you as the driver of the car . |
| 3 | The EIT was set up last year to help fund university research which could help underpin the technological base of Europe 's industry . |
| 4 | It is this formative assessment experienced in the context of a realistic working environment , eg. a training office , which could help to take the sting out of the summative assessment . |
| 5 | The estimate was given yesterday by Allan Stewart , the Scottish industry minister , when he urged companies to give increasing priority to markets in the Commonwealth of Independent States to win work which could help to offset the gradual decline in North Sea oil opportunities . |
| 6 | The subcontinent is increasingly being used for locations — and Hollywood is beginning to target the Asian community , seeing it as a vast untapped audience which could help bring the industry out of recession . |
| 7 | On that basis , production should be increased with the hope of more jobs and increased business for ailing industries — which could help kick-start the economy . |
| 8 | This market has become sharply more expensive in recent months , which could help limit the Lloyd 's exposure to reinsurance claims , a spokesman said . |
| 9 | ‘ The pattern that imports decreased more than exports remains unchanged , which could help maintain the surplus and problems with other nations , ’ Mr Okoshi said . |
| 10 | In America a journalist was sent to prison for refusing to disclose information which could have revealed the innocence of a person on trial , but prison would not normally be an option in a civil case . |
| 11 | Their Lordships therefore consider that Mr. Perot 's interest in buying both the properties was a material factor which could have influenced the negotiations for the price at which Caliban was sold . |
| 12 | There 's not so many sounds , which could have killed the atmosphere , but the creaking floor boards add to the already chilling atmosphere . |
| 13 | Earlier the inquiry had been told that a four-platform layout for Newton , which could have prevented the tragedy , had been discounted on grounds of cost by the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive . |
| 14 | However , Maxine informed me that her mother had always described how she had screamed when being bathed as a tiny baby , so she doubted whether we would be able to find a specific incident which could have caused the onset of the phobia . |
| 15 | The hon. Lady is right — the tragedy is that Britain is one of the few member states which could have met the convergence conditions of the EMU almost immediately . |
| 16 | An agreement which could have secured the votes of the party 's 21 MPs was scuppered only because of a row over Wales . |
| 17 | The Comintern 's aim was to convert a nationalist struggle into a broader social struggle ( in accordance with part of its remit ) , but Comintern officials made no serious attempt to fulfil the second part of the resolutions adopted at the Sixth Congress by setting up a Communist party in Nicaragua , which could have given the Sandinista movement an organisational base and therefore the possibility of continuity ( Cerdas Cruz : 1986a , pp. 363–97 ) . |
| 18 | THE Liberal Democrats were prepared to do a deal which could have rescued the Government from its humiliating defeat in last week 's Maastricht rebellion . |
| 19 | The man 's prompt action prevented an explosion which could have spread the fire to nearby petrol pumps . |
| 20 | The camera has n't yet been invented which could have captured the magic of my mush that morning . |
| 21 | With a secure nest under Rank , and a distribution deal through Universal in the US , there was little contact with the marketplace , which could have driven the studio to search out new styles and new areas of subject matter . |
| 22 | Security cameras at Victoria , which could have filmed the bombers , had been switched off . |