Example sentences of "which could [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On April 6 , 1990 , the government called for the creation of a European security commission under the auspices of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) , which could lay the foundation of a new and united security system for Europe [ see also p. 37382 ] . |
| 2 | ( 3 ) The proposal is a friendly merger with the larger company wishing to acquire the smaller company but there is known to be a difficult minority shareholder in the smaller company holding above 10 per cent of the voting rights ( or able to muster that level of support against the proposal ) which could prevent the larger company implementing the compulsory sale procedures under CA 1985 , s429 . |
| 3 | Since she represented the Emperor and the government , her task was to serve as a sheet-anchor and a symbol around which could rally the national will to resist the enemy . |
| 4 | Educators , both from a professional and management position , must become much more involved in developing ( rather than simply operating ) these programmes which could form the basis of a real way forward . |
| 5 | SCIENTISTS at Kyoto University , Japan , have built a prototype optical transistor which could form the basis of computers that will run on laser beams instead of electric signals . |
| 6 | Britain supports the trade deal , which could form the basis of a wider Gatt accord for 100 countries . |
| 7 | ‘ Mr. Fitzgerald … submitted that the lack of care which could form the basis of the verdict could be a legitimate method used by the jury of expressing a view that there was a culpable breach by someone of a legal or moral duty to take care of the deceased which would be distinct from the general duty of care on which the modern law of negligence is based . |
| 8 | An important aspect of recent legislation and policy has been to tighten up on ‘ information agreements ’ , which could form the basis of secret collusion . |
| 9 | The CML suggested that lenders could assist the Law Society with monitoring panel solicitors through the provision of factual information and statistics which could form the basis of risk indicators . |
| 10 | Examples in the last category would include personal prejudices held by key people against the salesperson , his company , or its products , while positive factors might include common interests which could form the basis of a rapport with the buyer , or favourable experiences with other types of products sold by the salesperson 's company . |
| 11 | She stopped dead , unable to prise out the words which could jeopardise the life that she and Thomas shared , which could wreck the child 's emotional stability she had worked so hard to ensure , which could take him away . |
| 12 | Hitler 's policy was clever : to keep Romania and Hungary in competition with each other to see which could make the greater territorial gains . |
| 13 | This means they will not stick to each other , which could make the composite useful as a high-definition toner for colour photocopying machines . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Also , the height of the head-dress proportionately lowered the position of the face which could make the drawing imbalanced and reduce the figure , thus losing the detail . |
| 16 | As a member of one of the two departments into which the direction politique of the foreign ministry was then divided , he found that he and his colleagues spent much of their time playing draughts and that there was considerable rivalry between the two as to which could make the better " five o'clock tea " . |
| 17 | It was intended as a high-performance set which could inherit the reliability associated with previous BR ( SR ) DEMUs , thus beating the older , inherently unreliable diesel-mechanical multiple units hands down . |
| 18 | After much haggling , approval was only obtained for those four out of the seven sets which could meet the much higher rate of return which would henceforth be applied to BR investment . |
| 19 | As things currently stand , and there are no compelling reasons to think that matters will suddenly change , there are few theories which could meet the standard of being directly testable , though there are more subsidiary theories within larger frameworks which do gain , or lose , plausibility in light of empirical evidence . |
| 20 | If you use latex barriers , remember to rinse them first in case they have been treated with talc , which could irritate the vulva . |
| 21 | This was considered fairer because the amount of advertising time would be small and expensive , which could favour the wealthiest clients . |
| 22 | The latest development prompted widespread speculation that the army intended to supervise fresh elections which could favour the return to power of Benazir Bhutto , leader of the Pakistan People 's Party ( PPP ) . |
| 23 | And the voice which would sing like a violin and with a bass which could shake the floor . ’ |
| 24 | Only two of Ulster 's 32 clubs play their hockey on grass and Gavin realises that Portrush are caught in a time warp which could hinder the North West outfit 's progress . |
| 25 | Two proposed sites in Blackbird Leys have been included in the Green Belt , which could hinder the commercial development United says will be needed to help pay for the new all seater stadium . |
| 26 | Thus , NCp7 may be present in the HIV-1 preintegration complex and may bind to the newly made DNA , adopting a chromatin-like structure which could protect the provirus from cellular nucleases during its transport to the nucleus . |
| 27 | One of the main reasons for this disagreement could be the dynamic character of DNA curvature , caused by differential sequence-dependent DNA flexibility ( 8,9 ) and the existence of context-dependent interactions which could influence the wedge-like features of dinucleotide steps , as in the case of AnTm tracts ( 5,9,26 ) . |
| 28 | As a result , there were two important cross-currents which could influence the political stance taken by any particular member of Parliament under William and Anne . |
| 29 | The frustrations which Bridgeman and Maxse expressed towards the party hierarchy were the product of their belief that the leadership was not responding adequately to the party 's ‘ crisis ’ , and in particular not accepting the kind of programme which could bring the party back to power . |
| 30 | When he had convinced himself of this , and made sure that there was no other evidence which could lead the authorities to him , Kirov made his discreet departure . |