Example sentences of "[noun sg] which [modal v] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | As reported in the proceedings of the institute , this was followed by some comments on river maintenance which might have been made only yesterday. : |
| 2 | In her childhood her father was obliged to take a job , not in the colonial administration which would have been more or less acceptable , but as a manager of one of the Peruvian silver mines . |
| 3 | It would have taken something of a miracle to attract the capital investment which might have begun to change this state of affairs . |
| 4 | In the engineering industry , for example , employers were unable completely to transform work relations towards deskilling and standardised mass production , mainly because they were not prepared to undertake the major capital investment which would have been required ( Zeitlin , 1983 ) . |
| 5 | There was eagerness and excitement in his voice at once , echoing the emotion which must have been obvious in Hornblower 's tone — Hornblower took notice of it , and as he buckled his waistband he reaffirmed his resolution to be more careful how he spoke , for he must regain his reputation as a silent hero . |
| 6 | Jim Keeble recalls one amusing incident in ASF which could have been a terrible accident . |
| 7 | THE danger of trying to limp to safety on goalless draws was graphically illustrated by Coventry 's last-gasp defeat which could have them hanging on to the last day of the season before knowing their fate . |
| 8 | ‘ He was going to introduce changes to the club which would have made your lives much less comfortable . ’ |
| 9 | The silence was underlined by the drumming of grasshoppers and she noticed that there was no other car which might have brought S. Kettering . |
| 10 | Many families have only one car which may have to be reserved for the use of the nurse 's spouse and others have no car at all . |
| 11 | The flood apart from ruining their home made their own car which should have taken them for the fully-paid honeymoon in Scotland , float off down the road and crash into another car . |
| 12 | That 's fine , but you now know this will happen , and you know how to do it — just by carrying on with this Inch Loss Plan diet and the Maintenance Exercise Programme which will have the effect of continually improving your shape . |
| 13 | Within the increased roads programme that I announced today — a road programme which will have increased by 50 per cent . |
| 14 | He would have relished the confusion which must have arisen . |
| 15 | The opposition groups , ranging from social democrats and liberals to Christians , nationalists and anarchists , had been given permission by the Moscow city council and the USSR Council of Ministers to march after the official parade organized by the trade unions , apparently to pre-empt the holding of a larger unofficial demonstration which might have clashed with the official parade . |
| 16 | Burun 's chief wife was small and slim , handsome in the way that unremarkable women sometimes are when they have matured past the need for beauty , and the red-gold of her hair was as yet unmarred by the silver which would have betrayed her age . |
| 17 | This was achieved by a religious ritual which may have stemmed from one in which the original parricides mutilated themselves ( and especially the organ which was responsible for their incestuous desires ) out of remorse and guilt at what they had done and in mourning for the primal father . |
| 18 | These three trends combined to form a more environmental physical geography which may have been late but hopefully not too late . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I presume that Eliot , perhaps overestimating my powers , had thought that I could somehow write a piece which would have avoided causing offence . |
| 21 | Left to themselves , folk musicians did what they could without the guidance which might have come from experienced musicians . |
| 22 | Your Lordships are well aware that the costs of litigation are a subject of general public concern and I personally would not wish to be a party to changing a well established rule which could have a substantial effect in increasing these costs against the advice of the Law Commissions and the Renton Committee unless and until a new inquiry demonstrated that that advice was no longer valid . |
| 23 | ( 5 ) The turnover rent shall be determined by a qualified accountant ( acting as an expert ) and whose decision shall be final ( except so far as concerns matters of law ) to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales : ( a ) if the tenant fails to supply a certificate in accordance with paragraph 3 above ( in which case the landlord 's costs of the determination and the expert 's fee shall be borne by the tenant ) or ( b ) if there shall be any dispute between the parties as to the calculation of the turnover rent ( in which case the costs of the determination and the expert 's fee shall be borne as the expert directs ) ( 6 ) Until the determination of the turnover rent for any rental year the tenant shall continue to pay rent at the rate payable immediately before the beginning of the rental year in question and upon such determination there shall be due as arrears of rent or as the case may be refunded to the tenant the difference ( if any ) between the rent paid by the tenant for that year and the rent which ought to have been paid by him for that year plus ( if the turnover rent is determined by an expert ) such amount of interest as may be directed by the expert ( 7 ) If the turnover rent for any rental year falls below £ the landlord may by notice in writing served on the tenant not more than one month after the determination of the turnover rent for that year ( time not being of the essence ) require that there be substituted for the basic rent and the turnover rent for that year the amount for which the demised property might reasonably be expected to be let on the open market at the beginning of the year in question for a term equal to the residue of this lease then unexpired and on the same terms as this lease ( save as to rent but on the assumption that the rent may be revised every five years ) there being disregarded the matters set out in section 34 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 ( as amended ) and in default of agreement the said amount shall be determined by an independent surveyor ( acting as an expert not as an arbitrator ) to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors whose decision shall be final and whose fee shall be borne as he directs Example 4:5 Turnover rent for theatre or cinema based on box office receipts1 ( 1 ) In this schedule : ( a ) " box office receipts " means the gross amount of all moneys payable to the tenant or any group company on the sale of tickets for theatrical cinematic or other performances in the demised property or the right to stage productions or hold conferences or other events ( whether public or private ) in the demised property and any moneys payable on the sale of programmes souvenirs or similar items ; ( i ) treating any sale by credit card as having been a sale in consideration of the net amount recoverable by the tenant from the credit card company ( ii ) treating any amount which the tenant is entitled to receive by way of grant gift or sponsorship as part of the box office receipts and ( iii ) deducting any value added tax payable by the tenant to HM Customs and Excise ( b ) " bar receipts " means the gross amount of all moneys payable to the tenant or any group company for the supply of food and drink in the demised property : ( i ) treating any sale by credit card as having been a sale in consideration of the net amount recoverable by the tenant from the credit card company ( ii ) allowing the tenant a reduction of two per cent for wastage ( 2 ) The rent payable by the tenant shall be the aggregate of : ( a ) £ … per annum ( b ) 5 per cent of the first 60 per cent of the box office receipts for any year ( c ) 10 per cent of the remainder of the box office receipts ( d ) 7.5 per cent of the bar receipts payable annually in arrear on 31 December in each year ( 3 ) The tenant shall pay on account of the rent on 1 January 1 April 1 July and 1 October : ( a ) in the first year of the term £ … by four equal instalments ( b ) in the second and every subsequent year of the term payments at the rate of the rent payable for the last preceding year of the term by four equal instalments and as soon as possible after the end of the second and each subsequent year the amounts payable for that year under paragraph 2 above shall be agreed or otherwise determined and all necessary adjustments ( whether by way further payment by the tenant or credit given by the landlord ) shall be made ( 4 ) The tenant shall : ( a ) keep full and accurate books or records of account ( b ) permit the landlord ( or a person nominated by the landlord ) to inspect the books or records of account ( but not more often than once every three months ) and if so required to provide the books or records in a readily legible form ( 5 ) ( a ) at the end of each year of the term either the landlord or the tenant may require an audit of the tenant 's books and records by an independent auditor ( acting as an expert ) to be appointed ( in default of agreement ) by the President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales ( b ) the auditor shall certify the amount of the box office receipts and the bar receipts for the year in question and his certificate shall be binding on the parties ( except in so far as concerns matters of law ) ( c ) the auditor has power to determine how his costs and the costs of any representations to him shall be borne |
| 24 | It is a schism which may have contributed to the stalled development of GaAs as an alternative in digital technology . |
| 25 | Dilnot and Kell felt that any ‘ incentive ’ effect which may have been present could only account , at most , for 1.2bn or 3% of the total increase in tax revenues over the period studied . |
| 26 | He leapt forward and slashed at Yuan 's neck , a circular cut which would have beheaded the Manchu if it had connected . |
| 27 | These expenditures may also have generated inflation and wasted talent which could have been used more effectively in resolving more pressing social and industrial problems . |
| 28 | A further explanation could be that rats have a small ductular component of bile secretion which may have been the primary target of the observed response , as evidenced by the increase in biliary bicarbonate output observed in the canine studies . |
| 29 | In the late 1980s , the need for education about the dangers of transmitting the AIDS virus justified a degree of public explicitness which would have been unthinkable in previous decades . |
| 30 | The alternative was either not to commence running the business or to cease running the business shortly after completion which would have meant in either case that the landlord would foreclose on the lease and the plaintiff 's investment in the business would have been entirely lost . |