Example sentences of "an [noun] which would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , this is an hypothesis which would repay systematic investigation in respect of historical examples with contrasting forms of division of labour . |
| 2 | As argued for above , a denial of re-hearing based on a ‘ last opportunity ’ rationale only convinces if premised on the foregoing of an opportunity which would have been afforded . |
| 3 | The work of the craftsman is to realise an inner idea in a way that is beautiful , useful and enduring , and as his work is the object of his satisfaction and delight ( " if it were in his power to produce an effect which would know and love him , this he would assuredly do " ) , so man is created for God who alone satisfies his nature . |
| 4 | Yet , in April , the Executive Committee of the National Union of Textile Workers ( NUTW ) declared its intention of demanding a restoration of the 5 per cent on base wages lost in 1921 and that the cost of living addition should be altered every three months — an action which would benefit the textile workers . |
| 5 | They not only allowed the third party an action which would have been impossible at civil law , but also permitted specific performance . |
| 6 | Every few seconds or so she squeezed a hard rubber shape that the blood bank nurse had given her , an action which would pump the blood faster into the cannula , through plastic tubing and into the attached plastic bag , which was slowly filling . |
| 7 | Your agent on Belial also murdered Federique Moshe-Rabaan in an attempt to divert Adjudicator Bishop 's suspicions : an attempt which would have succeeded had it not been for my , ’ and he preened himself , ‘ abilities at detection . |
| 8 | Mandela on Oct. 12 said that the ANC was prepared to abandon its long-held policy of nationalization if the business community could provide an alternative which would redress the economic imbalances in the country . |
| 9 | Bush had recently proposed an alternative which would provide tax credits to all but the largest businesses if they voluntarily adopted a similar leave policy . |
| 10 | By creating demand for the group among record companies you could provoke an auction which would push up your advance ( signing-on fee ) by tens of thousands of pounds , and your royalty percentages by two or three ‘ points ’ . |
| 11 | Rockefeller , a member of the oil and banking family , explained his decision on the grounds that there was too little time to organise a successful campaign and to be ready to form an administration which would meet his " own high standards " . |
| 12 | For that statement to be anything but trivial , there would have to be situations in which an individual was faced with a choice between an act which would promote its own reproductive success and that wou wou would injure its reproductive success , but promote that of the group , shall we say by foregoing eating something , by not fighting with another member of the group , by not mating with a female , whatever it may be . |
| 13 | The aim was to find an anion which would replace a putative transported pH-changing anion and thus alter the size of the uptake current . |
| 14 | It was Mr Major who saw that in the preservation of the Union lay an issue which would strike a chord not only in Scotland , but across Britain . |
| 15 | The traditional association of the Democrats with minority interests was seen by many Republicans as an issue which would continue to erode the former party 's support in the South , a crucial common factor in the Democratic candidate 's defeat in five of the six presidential elections since 1968 . |
| 16 | In Russia a proposal of 1802 to set up an institute which would offer an elaborate course extending over eight years to prepare young men for a diplomatic career led nowhere . |
| 17 | The government saw it as a means to increase the resources under its control ; those few livestock owners who were aware of the project saw it as a means to acquire more stock and supplies of water , but with no thought of selling more of their animals ; the Bank saw it as an intervention which would initiate a commercial livestock industry in Tanzania , a means of increasing resource utilization and exports . |
| 18 | On Jan. 16 Radio Bangladesh reported that the government had agreed to grant an amnesty which would secure the release immediately of 3,683 prisoners and the phased release over eight years of a further 9,000 . |
| 19 | Kiribati and Nauru are seeking an amendment which would ban the dumping at sea of all radioactive waste . |
| 20 | But they agreed with a proposal from the French Government , which is currently responsible for the EC Council of Ministers , to discuss an amendment which would allow the Commission to grant temporary exemptions to countries facing problems with liberalisation . |
| 21 | Michel Charasse has put forward an amendment which would allow cigarette advertising at the Grand Prix . |
| 22 | Other peers in the paternalist tradition , led by the former knight of the shires , Lord Chelwood ( the much-parodied Sir Tufton Beamish ) , planned an amendment which would have required the tax to be related to ability to pay . |
| 23 | However , last night peers rejected an amendment which would have under-mined new tougher rules affecting visitors , short-term and prospective students and their dependants . |
| 24 | Wages did not rise in proportion , and by the Spring of 1795 there was the extensive distress and threat of mass starvation which led , in May , to the infamous meeting of the magistrates at Speenhamland in Berkshire , an event which would have such an impact on poor-law provision for the next few decades . |
| 25 | An enterprise which would put at risk the health , wellbeing and lives of several million people . |
| 26 | Gradually , it dawned on me that this was an organisation which would allow me to take and give . |
| 27 | He wanted a campaign of direct action and mass protest , not an organisation which would take up individual cases of discrimination . |
| 28 | Without conceding that the gentry of Tula , Smolensk , and elsewhere were justified in calling for an assembly which would give them a chance to vent their spleen , Alexander II seemed to be no less frightened than they by the enormity of the changes he had sanctioned . |
| 29 | However poor , a child who passed the hurdle of the special place examination would get an education which would open up university or further training and , if not that , a white-collar , clean , respectable job — and in many cases an allowance to help with his or her maintenance . |
| 30 | On the other hand there was the demand , often locally generated , usually far more enthusiastically supported by parents and teachers , for an education which would produce a competent and reasonably docile junior civil servant , a clerk , storekeeper , interpreter or later an assistant this or junior that to work under a white colonial officer . |