Example sentences of "[conj] [Wh det] may [adv] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which must bring us back to the UK , which had dreadful years in 1991 and 1992 and which may not be much better in 1993 . |
| 2 | An alternative approach , which will be adopted in this chapter , is to concentrate rather on the possibility of identifying divisions which pertain to particular object domains and which may not be consistent with any cohesive representation or society . |
| 3 | Here we are concerned with the basic principles , on which all else depends and which may eventually be applied to longer movements as well as to short sections . |
| 4 | The idea of basic sexual instincts , which are present from birth and which may also be unconscious , was retained in all Freud 's theories . |
| 5 | Although many norms are shared by the majority in society , there are also intra-group norms which govern the behaviour of particular groups of people but which may not be accepted by the majority . |
| 6 | In this context we may distinguish ( i ) the impartiality which is part and parcel of making moral or legal-judgments on the basis of formulating universal rules permitting or prohibiting certain types of conduct as distinct from making decisions only about particular persons and particular occasions : the impartiality not just of universalisability but of rules which actually are to be universalised ; ( ii ) the impartiality of being a non-involved person which is particularly relevant to the position of the person who is applying legal or moral rules to particular circumstances and which is directly to do with the characteristics of the judge who according to this standard must have no personal interest in the outcome of the case , but which may also be relevant in the process of legislation since legislators may have particular and personal interests in the outcome of the legislation in question ; ( iii ) there is the idea of impartiality as a norm of moral and judicial reasoning which has to do with giving due consideration to all relevant factors , a practice which may further but is not guaranteed by impartiality of the first two types . |
| 7 | The pluralist description of the social order with its myriad political institutions , groups , and actors all competing , albeit unequally , for power treats the media as a set of institutions which may act independently in society but which may also be deployed by powerful groups . |
| 8 | The industry deserves better consideration and the country needs the benefits that recovery and growth in our industry could bring but which may well be sabotaged by inappropriate Government cuts . |
| 9 | There are always a priori assumptions of what we call an ideological nature , which are not amenable to proof , but which may helpfully be amenable to explicit and prior communication . |
| 10 | Conversely , he under privileges aspects which are not characteristic , but which may conceivably be important in other musics : among them ‘ sound ’ , motoric stimulus , nuances of pitch inflection . |