Example sentences of "which can [be] [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 However , the Younger Committee argued that such a topic as privacy , which can be subject to rapid changes in social convention , was probably best not regulated on the basis of the slow build-up of case law , which would always tend to reflect the values of an earlier period rather than of contemporary society .
2 Often the adverts are not geared to needs but aim at ‘ developing a desire ’ , thus fostering a consumerist mentality which can be detrimental to developmental effort .
3 Some agencies offer special services which can be useful for specific jobs .
4 However , genetic changes occur in captive groups which can be counter-productive to conservation aims .
5 Lastly , there are a number of isolated sub-categories of social classes with distinct corporate interests which can be critical in particular circumstances .
6 Beyond the double CD lies the expensive realm of boxed sets which can be ideal for major presents .
7 With odd numbers of phases the motor can be operated in the " half.stepping " mode , producing the increment of motion equal to half the normal step for each excitation change , e.g. the seven-phase phase motor is excited alternately three- and four-phases-on , giving the excitation sequence : ABC , ABCD , BCD , BCDE , CDE In the hybrid motor there are two phases , which can be excited with positive or negative currents , or , if the motor is bifilar-wound , there are four phases each excited with unipolar current .
8 One of the databases on BLAISE-LINE is the Whitaker file , which can be cross-checked against other files to verify if titles are in print .
9 The soil fabric is characteristically loose and shows the effects of freeze-thaw processes which can be intense at high altitudes .
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